LGBT Bar in the News

2013

• LGBT lawyers join high court bar
  • Richard Acello, ABA Journal
  • May 1, 2013

• National LGBT Bar Association/Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair Student Award Competition Details
  • Public Service Jobs Directory
  • April 15, 2013

• In-House Counsel Join LGBT Bar Foundation Board
  • Brian Glaser, Corporate Counsel
  • April 2, 2013

• Analysis: Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s increasingly visible Supreme Court role
  • Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino
  • March 28, 2013

• House Passes LGBT Inclusive Violence Against Women Act; Obama Vows to Sign
  • Outcome Buffalo
  • February 28, 2013

• Bill to Bar LGBT Discrimination in Jury Selection Reintroduced In Senate
  • Chris Geidner, BuzzFeed
  • January 25, 2013

• Shaheen, Collins, Whitehouse Lead Charge to End LGBT Discrimination During Jury Selection Process
  • Press Release from Senator Shaheen
  • January 25, 2013

• Supreme Court to welcome 30 members of gay and lesbian lawyers’ group to high court bar
  • Associated Press, Washington Post
  • January 16, 2013

• Gay-friendly skies – American Airlines honored for pro-LGBT policies
  • Shaun Knittel, Seattle Gay News
  • January 4, 2013

• LGBT Bar Association to honor American Airlines’ Legal Department
  • Yahoo! News
  • January 4, 2013

• LGBT Bar Association to honor American Airlines’ Legal Department
  • Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald
  • January 4, 2013

2012

• Sony’s law department director honored with National LGBT Bar Association’s Out & Pround Corporate Counsel Award
  • Julie Beck, Inside Counsel
  • October 17, 2012

• Jury ACCESS Act Bans Discrimination Against Jurors Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • Echelon
  • September 25, 2012

• Senators sponsor bill to ban bias against LGBT jurors
  • Wisconsin Gazette
  • September 25, 2012

• Becker Participates in LGBT Bar Association Webcast on Voter Rights and Voter Suppression
  • Cleveland Marshall College of Law
  • September 21, 2012

• For Transgender Veterans, Awkward ID Problem Awaits Simple Fix
  • Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post
  • August 24, 2012

• LGBT Civil Rights in the Military
  • C-SPAN
  • August 24, 2012

• Holder Reaffirms Obama Administration’s Commitment to Gay Rights at LGBT Law Conference
  • Justin Snow, Metro Weekly
  • August 24, 2012

• Holder calls on LGBT attorneys to advance cause of equality
  • Chris Johnson, Washington Blade
  • August 23, 2012

• Holder: Justice Dept., gay advocates united in ‘common cause’
  • Paul Conner, Daily Caller
  • August 23, 2012

• U.S. attorney general addresses LGBT bar association
  • Wisconsin Gazette
  • August 24, 2012

• WATCH: AG Holder to LGBT Lawyers: ‘Common Cause’ With Obama Administration
  • Trudy Ring, Advocate
  • August 24, 2012

• Five local LGBT attorneys receive national honor
  • Windy City Times
  • July 31, 2012

• NCTE attorney, named among best LGBT lawyers, talks transgender issues
  • Fola Akinnibi, LGBTQ Nation
  • July 26, 2012

• Mintz Levin Attorney John B. Koss Selected as a 2012 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Honoree
  • Business Wire, Yahoo! Finance
  • July 24, 2012

• LGBT bar group honors Lawyers Under 40
  • Windy City Times
  • July 18, 2012

• Equality California leader to be honored with 2012 Ally for Justice Award
  • San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
  • July 14, 2012

• BMW is Top Sponsor of Lavender Law Event
  • Echelon Magazine
  • June 25, 2012

• GSK gets LGBT legal award
  • Jen Colletta, Philadelphia Gay News
  • May 10, 2012

• Company news: Charles Sprock elected to National LGBT Bar Foundation
  • Syracuse.com
  • April 26, 2012

• DIRECTV deputy GC honored with Out & Proud Award
  • Cathleen Flahardy, Inside Counsel
  • March 27, 2012

• LGBT Legal Symposium
  • Bianca Phillips, Memphis Flyer
  • March 21, 2012

• Am Law Lawyers Added to LGBT Bar Association Board
  • Tom Huddleston, Jr., Am Law Daily
  • February 10, 2012

• LGBT Bar Association Honors Out & Proud Corporate Counsel
  • Catherine Dunn, Corporate Counsel
  • February 6, 2012