Douglas Mirell appeared as volunteer counsel for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California in support of releasing sealed transcripts from juror-dismissal hearings. He argued that a blanket restriction was not narrowly tailored and that privacy concerns should instead be addressed through appropriate redactions, distinguishing between dismissed jurors who had become public and those who had not; he also maintained that continued sealing encouraged rumor, speculation, and innuendo about the dismissals. Mirell later appeared as a speaker in motion hearings concerning a subpoena duces tecum and the McKinny recording and sanctions related to a media-camera incident.