Stephanie Command

Stephanie Command is a trial and appellate litigator who represents clients in high-stakes disputes at the intersection of business, politics, public expression, and reputation. She has secured victories for plaintiffs and defendants in dozens of cases and handles matters from the first pleading through trial and appeal.

Stephanie has extensive experience in political and election litigation. She has represented nonprofits, political parties, candidates, and other political organizations in litigation and administrative proceedings in state and federal courts across the country, often on accelerated timelines. She was part of the teams that defended the results of the 2020 presidential election against post-election challenges brought by the Trump campaign and its allies, including litigation in Pennsylvania.

Stephanie also represents clients in disputes involving speech, reputation, and the First Amendment. She has defended national political figures, nonprofits, and political communications firms against defamation and First Amendment claims; advised clients responding to subpoenas seeking politically sensitive communications; and conducted prepublication review to assess and reduce defamation risk. Her experience includes defending a political communications firm against federal First Amendment claims through dismissal and on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

Her practice also includes complex entertainment and commercial litigation. With Courtney Elgart and JR Fleurmont, Stephanie represented the producers of The Walking Dead in their profit-participation dispute with AMC, which resulted in a $120 million settlement shortly before trial. She has also secured a multi-million-dollar arbitration award for a hotelier and represented clients in other significant contract and business disputes.

Stephanie clerked for Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and Judge Stephanie Thacker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Before co-founding EFC LLP, she practiced at Sullivan & Triggs, Perkins Coie, and White & Case. She graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from Cornell Law School.

Stephanie lives in Idaho with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a cat. Outside of work, she can usually be found with her family in the mountains or on the river, preferably on a multi-day whitewater trip.

Experience

Stephanie’s experience includes:

• Representing the producers of The Walking Dead in a profit-participation dispute with AMC that resulted in a $120 million settlement shortly before trial
• Securing a multi-million-dollar arbitration award for a hotelier
• Defending the results of the 2020 presidential election against post-election challenges brought by the Trump campaign and its allies, including litigation in Pennsylvania
• Obtaining dismissal of federal First Amendment claims against a national political communications firm over election-related social media moderation and defending that result on appeal to the Ninth Circuit
• Obtaining dismissal of defamation claims against a national nonprofit arising from its characterization of a prominent political activist
• Defending national political figures against defamation claims arising from political speech
• Representing nonprofits, political parties, candidates, and political organizations in litigation and administrative proceedings before state and federal courts nationwide, often on accelerated timelines
• Advising clients on defamation, First Amendment, prepublication, and other speech-related issues
• Representing clients in complex entertainment, contract, and other commercial disputes

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each matter depends on its own facts and law.