The National Obscenity Law Center is a privately funded clearinghouse on obscenity law, both civil and criminal. Obscenity opinions are routinely collected, abstracted and incorporated into a case bank index. The Center maintains copies of all reported obscenity cases since 1800. NOLC files also include categories of material and information such as legal memoranda, pleadings and motions, jury selection, jury instructions, expert witness bank, articles, statutes and ordinances.

The concept of a national clearinghouse of legal information and materials for prosecutors, governmental agencies and other interested attorneys was a recommendation of the Hill-Link Minority Report of the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (often cited by the U.S. Supreme Court). It was tested and proven as a LEAA project from 1973 to 1975 and is now continued through private funding.

• To furnish to prosecutors objective publications so that they may fairly enforce obscenity laws.

• To provide governmental agencies, law enforcement, other interested members of the bar, and members of the general public, publications regarding current obscenity laws.

• To realize and deserve the reputation of being the most authoritative source on obscenity law matters.

• To serve as an information base for individuals who are doing reasearch on obscenity law.

Paul J. McGeady Director of NOLC and General Counsel of Morality in Media, Inc.

Paul J. McGeady has prepared model obscenity and child pornography legislation for federal and state governments and counseled attorneys on the prosecution of these crimes. In 1984, Mr. McGeady recommended to Congress that they pass a law making federal obscenity violations “predicate crimes” under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, resulting in the RICO-obscenity law, which allows the government to confiscate the assets of convicted pornographers. He has also authored numerous amicus curiae briefs for federal and state courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. McGeady has lectured at universities, conferences and seminars throughout the country and participated in debates in the U.S. and abroad. He has been interviewed by a variety of media outlets, including print, radio and television media. Prior to becoming general counsel of Morality In Media, Inc. in 1978, Mr. McGeady served on various civic boards and organizations, including, in 1964, being a member and principal architect of the report of the Mayor's Anti-Porngraphy Commisssion of the City of New York and counsel for the Hill-Link Minority Report of the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. A graduate of Fordham Law School and longtime member of the New York State Bar, Mr. McGeady also served as Secretary and Counsel for the Continental Insurance Companies.

Robin S. Whitehead Senior Attorney of NOLC and Counsel of Morality in Media, Inc.

Before joining the staff at the NOLC in 1997, Ms. Whitehead worked for four years in the area of insurance defense and medical malpractice. As an attorney for the Law Center, Ms. Whitehead assists prosecutors, police, public officials, legislators, community and civic leaders, and citizens on issues of obscenity, child pornography, material harmful to minors, public indecency, obscene and indecent broadcasting, and the regulation of of sexually oriented businesses. As counsel for MIM, she has authored numerous amicus curiae briefs in both federal and state courts. Ms. Whitehead has lectured at seminars, conferences, and has provided workshops to citizens groups and pro-family organizations nationwide relative to these areas of law.