Mike Godwin is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and he created the Internet adage Godwin’s Law and the notion of an Internet meme. He was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, and has been a contributing editor of Reason magazine since 1994. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the R Street Institute in Washington DC, and was elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees in April 2019.Mike Godwin is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and he created the Internet adage Godwin’s Law and the notion of an Internet meme. He was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, and has been a contributing editor of Reason magazine since 1994. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the R Street Institute in Washington DC, and was elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees in April 2019.