Legal Opinion
Brokamp v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 24, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2020-3574Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELIZABETH BROKAMP, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 20-3574 (TJK) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Elizabeth Brokamp is a psychologist licensed and located in Virginia who wants to offer teletherapy services to clients in the District of Columbia. But she cannot speak with those clients unless she is licensed as a professional counselor here. So she sued, arguing that the District’s licensure requirement for professional counselors violates the First Amendment both as applied to her and as facially overbroad. The…
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