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LAVENDER LAW 2013 Welcome to San Francisco! This year marks an important milestone as we celebrate Lavender’s Law 25th Anniversary. We are thrilled to be back in San Francisco, where the dream of Lavender Law® first became a reality in 1988. Twenty-five years later, it is wonderful to see how far Lavender Law has come and celebrate the incredible progress that the LGBT community has made during that time. We are proud to commemorate the achievements of the past 25 years while remaining mindful that there is still much work to be done to achieve full equality.

In honor of our anniversary, our comprehensive programming will analyze Table of Contents how to build on past victories to achieve further success in the coming years. Workshops on topics such as employment benefits, immigration and tax law LGBT Bar Board and Staff...... 7 will focus on the rapidly changing legal landscape following the Supreme Court Sponsors...... 9 decisions in Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth v. Perry. A general Dan Bradley Award...... 17 attendance session will look back on the last quarter century of LGBT rights Michael Greenberg advocacy and examine the tremendous achievements that have since been Writing Competition...... 18 realized. Student Leadership Award...... 19 Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40.. 20 We hope that you will take full advantage of the many excellent opportunities Corporate Counsel Division...... 21 at Lavender Law and return home inspired to continue the work of achieving Thursday Schedule...... 23 greater progress for the LGBT community. Friday Schedule...... 24 Saturday Schedule...... 31 Career Fair Recruiters...... 38 D’Arcy Kemnitz Jason Gibson Todd Brown Recruiter Employment Executive Director President President Benefits Comparison...... 40 National LGBT National LGBT Speaker Biographies...... 45 Bar Association Bar Foundation

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The National LGBT Bar Association would like to thank the National 25th Anniversary Committee for their commitment to the success of the 2013 Lavender Law Conference & Career fair.

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LAW & SEXUALITY

TULANE JOURNAL OF Law & Sexuality: A Review of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Law

Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality is the official legal journal of the National LGBT Bar Association. First published in 1991, Law & Sexuality is the first and only student-edited law review in the country devoted solely to covering legal issues of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on a wide variety of subjects, including constitutional, employment, family, health, insurance and military law. The Journal addresses all of these issues and more with theoretical and practical articles by academicians, practitioners and students. This journal is published every year and has broad national and international circulation.

As the official legal publication of theNational LGBT Bar Association, the Journal publishes the winning article of the annual LGBT Bar Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition. This exciting competition is dedicated to encouraging and recognizing outstanding law student scholarship on the legal issues affecting LGBT persons.

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Lavender Law 2013 | 15 Th e National Employment Lawyers Association and Th e Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy send our heartfelt congratulations to Lavender Law for 25 years of protecting the rights of the LGBT Community.

To join NELA and for more information please visit www.nela.org.

For more information about Th e Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy please visit www.employeerightsadvocacy.org. AWARDS Dan Bradley AWARD

This year, the National LGBT Bar Association is proud to present James Esseks with the 2013 Dan Bradley Please join the Award, the organization’s highest honor. James Esseks is the Director of the ACLU LGBT & AIDS Project and National LGBT previously served as the project’s Litigation Director. He oversees litigation, legislative lobbying, policy advocacy, Bar Association organizing, and public education around the country that aims to ensure equal treatment of LGBT people by the in thanking government; equal protections for LGBT couples and families; protection from discrimination in jobs, schools, James Esseks housing, and public accommodations; and fair treatment of people with HIV/AIDS. James was counsel in United for all of his States v. Windsor, in which the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and in successful hard work challenges to Florida, Arkansas, and Missouri’s bans on adoption or parenting by lesbians or gay men. He has on behalf also been involved in efforts to pass LGBT non-discrimination laws at the federal, state, and local levels; worked of the LGBT on successful ballot initiative campaigns for marriage equality in Maryland, Washington, and Maine; and community. challenged schools that seek to stifle the speech or association rights of LGBT students. Please join theN ational LGBT Bar Association in thanking James Esseks for all of his hard work on behalf of the LGBT community.

Dan Bradley Award RECIPIENTS: 2002 | Philadelphia, PA The Dan Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center Bradley 2013 | San Francisco, CA for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA James Esseks, Director, LGBT & AIDS Project, ACLU Award is 2001 | Dallas, TX the National 2012 | Washington, DC Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Activist and Jennifer Levi, Director, Transgender Rights Civil Rights Leader, Houston, TX LGBT Bar Project, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders 2000 | Washington, DC Association’s 2011 | Hollywood, CA Mark D. Agrast, Legislative Director & Counsel to highest honor. It Nancy Polikoff, Professor of Law, American Rep. William H. Delahunt, Former LGBT Bar Co- University Washington College of Law Chair recognizes the efforts of a mem- 2010 | Miami Beach, FL 1999 | Seattle, WA ber of the lesbian, gay, bisexual Jon W. Davidson, Legal Director, Lambda Legal Hon. Stephen M. Lachs, Los Angeles County and transgender legal community Superior Court Judge 2009 | Brooklyn, NY whose work has led the way in Dr. Frank Kameny, LGBT Civil Rights Pioneer 1998 | Boston, MA John Ward, Founder & Former Executive Director our struggle for legal equality. Dan 2008 | San Francisco, CA of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders Bradley was the first chair of the Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights • Therese Stewart, Chief 1997 | West Hollywood, CA American Bar Association Section Deputy City Attorney, City of San Francisco Abby Rubenfeld, Rubenfeld & Associates, of Individual Rights and Responsi- Nashville, Tennessee; Former Legal Director of 2007 | Chicago, IL Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund bilities’ Committee on the Rights Hon. Patricia M. Logue, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County 1996 | New Orleans, LA of Gay People. Bradley saw the Suzanne Goldberg, Attorney for Lambda Legal law as a powerful instrument of 2006 | Washington, DC Defense & Education Fund • Tom Stoddard, Urvashi Vaid, Former Executive Director of the Former Executive Director of Lambda Legal social justice, and he believed Arcus Foundation Defense & Education Fund • Jeanne Winer, Trial Counsel for Plaintiffs in Evans v. Romer that lawyers had an obligation to 2005 | San Diego, CA place their skills as advocates at Arthur S. Leonard, Professor of Law at New York 1994 | Portland, OR Law School and author of Law Notes William E. Adams, Jr., Nova University School of the service of the least powerful Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL among us. 2004 | Minneapolis, MN Ruth E. Harlow, former Legal Director of Lambda 1992 | Chicago, IL Legal Defense and Education Fund; Lead Counsel Sue Wilson, Attorney for Sharon Kowalski in the landmark case, Lawrence v. Texas 1990 | Atlanta, GA 2003 | New York, NY Nan Hunter, Professor, Brooklyn Law School; Matthew Coles, Director, ACLU National Lesbian Former Head of Gay & Lesbian Rights Project, ACLU and Gay Rights Project • Leslie Cooper, Staff Attorney, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project

Lavender Law 2013 | 17 AWARDS

Michael Greenberg WRITING COMPETITION

Established in memory of Michael Greenberg, a former National LGBT Bar Association National LGBT board member and Philadelphia attorney who died in 1996 from complications of AIDS, Bar Association this exciting competition is dedicated to encouraging and recognizing outstanding law student scholarship on the legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons. Each year, the LGBT Bar receives dozens of submissions from law Law Student students on the cutting edge legal issues affecting the LGBT community. Division Congratulations go out to the award winner and runners-up of the 2013 Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition. The honorees will be recognized at Saturday’s Awards Lunch sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell.

FIRST PLACE: Natacha Lam, J.D. Student, Harvard Law School “Clash of the Titans: Seeking Guidance for Adjudicating the Conflict Between Equality and Religious Liberty in LGBT Litigation”

FIRST RUNNER-UP: Brian Kaufman, J.D. Student, Emory University School of Law “The Ambivalence of Colonial Residue: Comparative Perspectives of Sexual Identity Construction, Politics, and Culture in Zimbabwe and South Africa”

Second Runner Up: Elizabeth Levy, J.D. Student, UC Irvine School of Law “Virgin Fathers: Paternity Law, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the Legal Bias Against Gay Dads”

We would also Tomas Main Alisha Williams Elizabeth McIntyre like to extend our Jason Beekman Carl Charles Julia Belian sincere thanks to Michele Joo Danya Wright Matthew Benedetto our competition Victor Flatt Blake Johnson Valerie Schneider judges! Brian Moulton Matt Castello Josephine Ross

Ashley E. McGovern Marc Poirier Christopher Tozzo Anjali Nair

Jessica Wood Heron Greenesmith Sean Preston David Austin

Shawn Crincoli Sam Pearson-Moore Charles Sprock

Anya Mukarji-Connoly Sonia Katyal Erica Kagan

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Student Leadership 2013 AWARD WINNER

The National LGBT This year, the National LGBT Bar Association is proud to present MIEKO FAILEY, Bar Association would a student at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, with the 2013 Student Leadership like to congratulate Award, the organization’s highest honor for law students. Through Ms. Failey’s work in Loyola’s OutLaw group, she made connections with community activists in Los Ms. Failey and Ms. Angeles and strengthened the group’s ties with alumni. In hosting a reception to honor Dooley for their hard alumni contributions to the movement, she attracted lawyers from LGBT organizations work and numerous throughout Los Angeles and impacted far more than just Loyola’s OutLaw group. Ms. contributions to the Failey developed a program in conjunction with the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center for OutLaw students to volunteer with the Center’s legal department to gain experience and help an LGBT community. organization advocate for many of the most vulnerable members of the LGBT community. The 2013 Student She is a previous recipient of the Donald L. Snow Scholarship, given by the Lesbian and Leadership Award will Gay Lawyers Association for Commitment to LGBT Civil Rights. be presented Saturday, August 24 at the Law Student Division and 2013 Student Leadership Award Runner-up presentation of Best The National LGBT Bar Association would also like to recognize ELIZABETH DOOLEY, a LGBT Lawyers Under student at Stanford University Law School. As Co-President of Stanford’s OutLaw group 40 (class of 2013) she helped add gender identity to Stanford Law School’s non-discrimination statement, Lunch, sponsored by partnered with a veteran’s organization to address the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and its impact on transgender soldiers and expanded the group’s outreach to prospective Sullivan & Cromwell. students. Additionally, she helped organize a slate of speakers for a panel to discuss the impact of bullying of LGBT students in schools. In the past year, Ms. Dooley was part of a team of students working in Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation clinic. In recognition of her work in the clinic, she was awarded the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance in Supreme Court Clinic Practice. She was also a recipient of the BALIF Lavender Law Scholarship in 2012.

Lavender Law 2013 | 19 AWARDS Best LGBT LAWYERS UNDER 40 (CLASS of 2013)

The National LGBT Bar Association is proud to announce the recipients of its fourth annual Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award. The LGBT Bar established this award to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal professionals under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBT equality. The National LGBT Bar Association’s congratulations go out to all of this year’s winners:

Aaron Tidman Madeleine Findley David Castleman Randall D. Katz Associate Partner Associate Assistant U.S. Attorney Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP U.S. Department of Justice & Popeo, PC Marc Hearron Dipal Shah Richard Saenz Alan Schoenfeld Associate Director of Policy Development & Staff Attorney Counsel Morrison & Foerster Programming Queens Legal Services - HIV/LGBT WilmerHale American Constitution Society Advocacy Project Marek Bute Alexander Edelman Associate Attorney Doug Champion Ryan H. Nelson Partner Snell & Wilmer, LLP Associate Associate Edelman, Liesen, & Myers LLP Gibson Dunn Jackson Lewis LLP Martin Jackson Amanda Shooshtary Partner Edward Sadtler Scott Willoughby Attorney Sidley Austin LLP Partner Senior Corporate Counsel Law Offices of Amanda Shooshtary Kirkland & Ellis LLP Clorox Michael Vincent Sosso Amy Crawford Managing Counsel, Antitrust Emily Hecht-McGowan Sean Riley Partner BP Director of Public Policy Deputy Attorney General Kirkland & Ellis LLP Family Equality Council Office of the Attorney General of Mika Mayer Kentucky Andrew Parlen Partner Holly Lincoln Partner Morrison & Foerster Trial Attorney Tara Newberry O’Melveny & Myers LLP U.S. Department of Justice Partner Miko Hernandez Connaghan Newberry Law Firm Andrew Sachs Partner Jeffrey Jacobi Attorney Faegre Baker Daniels Senior Associate Terra Slavin Wrenn Bender LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Lead Staff Attorney Christian Dowell LLP L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Beverly Luther Legal Director, Global Brand & IP Associate Counsel Litigation Kate Mogulescu Wayne Thomas Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Yahoo! Inc. Supervising Attorney Managing Attorney The Legal Aid Society GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project Brian McDonald Courtney Selby Partner Associate Dean of Information Omar J. Alaniz Jones Day Systems, Director of Law Library/ Special Counsel Associate Professor of Law Baker Botts Kinna Crocker Maurice A. Deane School of Law, The Best LGBT Family Law Attorney Hofstra University Patrick Costello Lawyers Under 40 Sonoma County Attorney Class of 2013 will Dan Torres Miami, Florida Laura E. Nelson LGBT Program Director be recognized at Associate California Rural Legal Assistance Paul Southwick Saturday’s Awards Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi LLP Associate Lunch. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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Corporate Counsel Division

The National LGBT Bar Association’s corporate counsel division is comprised of professionals from around the country working to address the specific needs of the LGBT legal community within the corporate arena. The group has organized networking events, presented awards and developed best practices for companies large and small as they relate to LGBT issues.

The corporate counsel division offers sponsors and invited guests the opportunity to network at these various events, including the LGBT Bar’s signature Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Reception series and programs held in conjunction with the Lavender Law® Conference featuring corporate counsel and law firm speed interviews; networking dinners; and, launched in 2012, the Corporate Counsel Institute.

2012-2013 OUT & PROUD CORPORATE COUNSEL AWARD WINNERS

San Francisco 2013: Andrew Los Angeles 2013: Paul New York 2013: Matthew Houston 2013: Brad Bryan, Vu, Senior Associate General Marchegiani and the Legal Morningstar, Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, Counsel, WalMart Global Department of NBCUniversal Legal & Compliance, Morgan BP America eCommerce Stanley Upcoming Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Receptions October 10, 2013 – Boston November 14, 2013 - London February 6, 2014 - Chicago February 27, 2014 - New York March 27, 2014 - Los Angeles May 1, 2014 - Toronto June 12, 2014 - San Francisco

Dallas 2013: Legal Department London 2012: Tim Hailes, San Diego 2012: Tristan *Dates and locations subject to change of American Airlines Managing Director & Higgins, Director, Law For more information, please contact Associate General Counsel, Department, Sony JPMorgan Chase & Co. Electronics, Inc. Kelly Simon at (202) 637-7661 or [email protected]

The National LGBT Bar Association would like to thank the following corporations for their participation in this year’s Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair: BMW of North America · Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Freddie Mac · JPMorgan Chase · Microsoft GlaxoSmithKline · Colgate Palmolive · Bank of America · Google Inc. · Grindr · Navigant Consulting · Xerox · American Airlines Target · Liberty Mutual · Sony · Yahoo! · BP America · Bloomberg · Wells Fargo · Major, Lindsey & Africa The Prudential Insurance Company of America · MetLife · Hewlett-Packard Company

Lavender Law 2013 | 21 DIVERSITY IS WOVEN INTO The Association of Corporate OUR CULTURE. Counsel congratulates The National LGBT Bar Association on 25 years of promoting justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.

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The firm’s uncompromising commitment to diversity has lead to important diversity recognition. Baker Botts is consistently ranked among the Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity by Multicultural Law Magazine and on the American Lawyer’s annual Diversity Scorecard. In addition, we have received high marks, including perfect scores of 100, on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, which ranks organizations for policies, practices and benefits for LGBT employees.

Baker Botts proudly supports the the National LGBT Bar Association. We congratulate the organization on its 25th Anniversary.

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THURsday, AUGUST 22, 2013 10:30am – 4:00pm Individual Career Counseling Sponsored by Littler Mendelson P.C. Schedule as of July 19, 2013. For the most up to date Nob Hill D information, please see the app.

8:00am – 5:00pm Recruiter and Attendee Check-In 12:00pm – 1:30pm The Guerilla Guide to Gaining/ North Registration Maintaining Employment/Business in the New Legal Services Paradigm Sponsored by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & 9:00am – 10:30am Career Services and Job Search Flom LLP Strategies for Law Students Location xxx Sponsored by Morrison & Foerster LLP Times are tougher than ever. How will you stand out Nob Hill A-C amongst your peers? How will you advance in the new A panel of legal practitioners with experience working in legal services paradigm? Come and hear the experts, in government, non-profit, small and large firms guided by painfully honest terms, and get the real deal on what it a law career services professional will discuss the tools, takes to succeed in the new economy, where legal work considerations and critical aspects to find, research and is harder to come by than ever. Start building your brand evaluate gay-friendly employers in each of these legal before you even graduate – you will be selling yourself areas. every single day, so think about how to best market/ present yourself to partners, clients, judges, juries, New! Moderator: Mark Goldfarb adversaries, et al. Your success depends on it. Speakers: Grover Cleveland, Jim Leipold, Joshua Speakers: Elaine Arabatzis, Jim Holmes, Jim Leipold Wayser

12:00pm – 1:30pm Recruiter and Student Lunch 9:00am – 5:00pm Trangender Law Institute Sponsored by Proskauer Rose LLP, McGuireWoods (Accepted applicants only) LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Grand Assembly Foothill GI/G2 4:00pm – 6:00pm VIP Reception 9:00am – 5:00pm Family Law Institute (By invitation only) (Accepted applicants only) Sponsored by American Airlines Sponsored by XXX View Lounge Club Room, Foothill E & F 4:00pm – 5:30pm Law Student Congress Meeting 10:00am – 10:30am Coffee Break Sponsored by Fish & Richardson P.C. Sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright Nob Hill A-B Grand Assembly 6:00pm – 8:00pm Welcome Reception 10:00am – 5:00pm Career Fair Sponsored by Seyfarth Shaw LLP Yerba Buena 1-8 Salon 8

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area of practice, type of firm and geography. This FRIday, AUGUST 23, 2013 program is an easy way for in-house counsel facing mandates to diversify their vendors/suppliers and to 8:00am – 5:00pm Attendee Check-In establish personal connections with outside lawyers in the LGBT community. Law firm associates and North Registration partners can practice their interview skills and business development pitches in a safe environment and begin 8:00am – 10:00am Corporate Counsel Power the conversations that can lead to longer-term working Breakfasts (By invitation only) relationships. Atrium 10:30am – 10:45am Coffee Break

9:00am – 10:30am General Attendance Sponsored by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Session One Grand Assembly From Hardwick to Windsor: The Last 25 Years of the LGBT Equality Movement 10:45am – 12:15pm Junior Scholars I Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Sponsored by Covington & Burling Yerba Buena 7 Juniper Twenty-five years ago, Bowers v. Hardwick, the case The objective of this panel is to encourage and foster that held that sodomy was a crime, was still rippling the development of junior scholars writing on sexual through the LGBT community. Friends and family orientation and gender identity issues. The Forum members were dying of AIDS on a daily basis, but provides an opportunity for these scholars, chosen from President Ronald Reagan resisted even saying the word a call for papers, to present their current scholarship until movie star Rock Hudson died of AIDS in 1985. The and to receive feedback and mentoring from more AIDS quilt was created just one year earlier and had not established scholars in the field. yet gained traction or support beyond a small group of activists. Same-sex couples were staging “kiss-ins” to Coordinator: Courtney Joslin raise awareness and the first victory in a relationship recognition case would not come for eight years. We have come a long way since then. Panelists will discuss 10:45am – 12:15pm Concurrent Workshops the groundbreaking victories in cases such as Lawrence Session One v. Texas and Macy v. Holder and how those rulings The New LGBT Legal Employment Market influenced the equality movements. Specific topics such Sponsored by Axiom as family law, HIV/AIDS, transgender equality and tax law will all be examined in terms of how far the legal Yerba Buena 1 profession has come in supporting diversity. Speakers Historically, law firms were among the most inhospitable on this panel have seen firsthand the dramatic advances employers for LGBT people. Yet, many LGBT law made by the LGBT community. grads still struggle in the job market. Designed for law Speakers: Judge Phyllis Frye, Nan Hunter, Scott students, graduates, faculty, and CSO professionals, this Schoettes, Therese Stewart session will examine how the employment market has changed and will provide strategies for maximizing LGBT graduate employment opportunities. Curricular reform, 10:00am – 12:00pm Corporate Counsel Speed support for student groups, on-campus programming, Networking (By invitation only) off-campus networking, and digital job hunting and due Foothill G diligence all contribute to making the most of the current market for out and proud LGBT job applicants. Corporate Counsel Speed Networking provides focused, intimate networking opportunities for corporate Speakers: Marty Grenhart, James G. Leipold, Larry legal departments to identify LGBT outside counsel Levine, J. Kelly Strader specifically chosen to meet their needs based on

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Till Equality Do Us Part: Divorce for Same-Sex sex couples, including trusts, wills, financial powers Couples in States That Do Not Recognize Their of attorney, and medical directives and the impact on Marriages such work that the recent Supreme Court decisions will likely have. Included in this discussion will be a review Sponsored by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & of the legal and tax issues associated with the decision Garrison LLP of whether to get married, the importance of naming Yerba Buena 2 guardians for minor children, and how beneficiary A growing number of states recognize marriages designation forms play an important role in making any between same-sex spouses, or comprehensive estate plan ‘hang together.’ registered domestic partnerships or civil unions with the Moderator: Elise S. F. Baker rights and responsibilities of marriage. As with many Joan M. Burda, Tamara Kolz Griffin, Scott couples, some married same-sex couples break-up and Speakers: Squillace decide to divorce, but they may not be able to if they live in states that do not recognize their relationships. This can have serious legal and financial consequences, Not the Usual Suspects: Civil Rights Organizations and prevents them from remarrying. However, new Advancing LGBT Rights laws allow non-residents to divorce in some states. Additionally, some attorneys in non-recognition Sponsored by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & states have been able to obtain orders ending these Berkowitz P.C. relationships through creative approaches. Yerba Buena 5 Moderator: Cathy Sakimura The role of allied organizations in advancing LGBT rights Speakers: Lauren Barros, Karen Langsley, Allison Mendel is critical, but not often highlighted. Allied organizations, organizations whose primary mission does not explicitly address LGBT rights, have been essential in moving Ensuring Access at the Courthouse for Trans Persons LGBT rights forward. These organizations understand not only the weight of their voice, but that progress Sponsored by Alston & Bird towards justice for all benefits not only LGBT people, Yerba Buena 3 but makes their entire organization more inclusive and There is much discussion about including legal rights ultimately strengthens the organization’s broader agenda. of transgender persons into state and federal non- How can staff and lay/volunteer leaders facilitate allied discrimination legislation, but less discussion about the organizations’ participation in expanding LGBT rights? courtroom and how to make it and court processes What opportunities exist for allied organizations? more accessible. Court rules and policies may or may Speakers: James Esseks, Alesdair H. Ittelson, Seth M. not include transgender people within their scope. Marnin, Matthew Barragan, Karin Wang Judges, advocates, activists, and trans people need to know how to modify or work within court processes to make experiences and treatment of trans people Can’t Go Back to Yesterday: How the Dodd-Frank in courtrooms fairer. This panel of judges, judicial Act Has Changed Financial Services Regulation and educators, and others will discuss best practices, tools, Litigation and approaches for ensuring access and fairness for Sponsored by Bank of America transgender persons in court. Yerba Buena 6 Speakers: Judge Anthony Cannataro, Judge Victoria Kolakowski, Judge Debra Silber The impact of Dodd-Frank and the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being felt not just on Wall Street and Main Street, but also in Basic Estate and Income Tax Planning for Same-Sex Silicon Valley and everywhere in between as companies Couples realize their business activities – mobile payments, new software and hardware, B2B transactions, and Sponsored by Arnold & Porter even virtual currency – could trigger new regulatory, Yerba Buena 4 enforcement, and litigation risks. Hear from a panel This panel of practitioners from different states will of outside and in-house counsel on the ways in which discuss the nuts and bolts of estate planning for same regulatory compliance expectations and litigation risks – particularly for a host of industries never before

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considered to be within scope of regulated financial bill, and what it means for increasing legal services and institutions – have been upended, and how to navigate the visibility of the issue. successfully these new and evolving risks. Speakers: Terra Slavin, Andrew Sta. Ana, Wayne Speakers: Valerie Hletko, Sandra Neely, Greg Todd, Thomas, Judge Zeke Zeidler Donna Wilson

Navigating Your Employer-Provided Benefits Bruised Rainbows: Making LGBT Survivors of Following the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Domestic and Sexual Violence Visible in the Legal Decisions Community Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery Sponsored by Baker Hostetler Nob Hill B Nob Hill A As a result of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Domestic and sexual violence in LGBT communities individuals within the LGBT community have been is as common as or more common than among non- denied important protections under federal law, including LGBT individuals, but unique dynamics have resulted in in connection with their employer-provided benefits. an invisibility of the issue and the potential for further Nonetheless, in recent years, a large number of victimization by the legal process of LGBT survivors. employers have voluntarily extended LGBT employees This training will examine domestic violence and sexual equal benefits. However, in doing so, those employers violence in LGBT communities as well as the landmark have faced significant administrative and other legislation the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), challenges. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled how we passed the nation’s third federal LGBT-inclusive in Windsor v. U.S., on the constitutionality of DOMA, and in Hollingsworth v. Perry, on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 which denied same-sex couples the right to marry based on a popular vote. Our panel will address key considerations for employer-provided plans, including health and welfare and retirement plans, based on the Supreme Court’s decisions in these cases. We will also discuss practical planning opportunities for LGBT employees in light of the affect the Supreme Court Fish is a proud sponsor of the decisions’ have had on employee benefit plans. National LGBT Bar Association Speakers: Pat Cain, Joseph M. Manicki, Richard M. Segal, Todd A. Solomon and the Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair. Still on the Books: Sodomy Laws in the United States At Fish, we embrace the value of variety. We work Sponsored by Carlton Fields hard to cultivate a creative, respectful, and inclusive Nob Hill C culture which values the diversity of people, experiences, In April 2013, Montana’s Governor signed a bill that perspectives, talents and capabilities; builds and repealed the state’s sodomy law. A surprising number strengthens the overall diversity of the firm; and of states still have a law criminalizing same-sex allows ingenuity to thrive. As a firm serving the world’s intimacy despite the landmark ruling in Lawrence v. greatest innovators, we know innovation often results Texas in 2003, legalizing same-sex sexual activity in all from seeing the world in a different way. states. Given the specific nature of state law and the Lawrence case, courts have ruled that states’ sodomy statutes were not wholly invalidated by the 2003 ruling. Advocates of legal equality still face challenges almost a decade after the momentous decision. This panel will discuss the reasons that sodomy laws are still on the books and how activists can work to eliminate them altogether. Speakers: Peter Renn, Brian Simons, Paul Smith, Phillip www.fr.com Tahmindjis

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Inside the GC’s Playbook: 5 Practical Ways to as well as for children raised by non-biological parents Improve Legal Spend and Efficiency or by more than two parents. The law often does not easily fit the realities of LGBT families, and creative Sponsored by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton legal approaches may be needed. Because changes Nob Hill D in family law often come about through litigation This session highlights five key methods that global rather than through legislation, it is vital that attorneys companies have applied to reduce Total Cost of representing LGBT parents pay attention to the potential Ownership (TCO) of their legal department. Pioneering consequences their case may have on other families. in-house chief of staff, legal operations directors/ Moderator: Courtney G. Joslin managers, law firm partners and executives discuss Patience Crozier, Paul Thorndal, Richard Wilson their real life experiences, challenges and successes Speakers: implementing these principals into their operations. This session will be facilitated by Elevate, a leading provider Cutting Edge Issues in Trans Rights of legal consulting, managed services and technology. The 5 Methods: 1. Key Metrics, Benchmarking and GC Sponsored by Davis Polk & Wardwell Dashboards 2. Value-driven Legal Spend and Outside Yerba Buena 2 Counsel Management 3. Working Differently (Alternative Legal Services) 4. Not More Technology, but Smarter From multiple wins on identity document polices, health Use 5. Managing Change. care insurance bulletins in several states, new policies on jails and prisons, school controversies related to trans Speakers: Becca Bloomquist, Connie Brenton, Kunoor kids, restroom-related legislation, to EEOC and other Chopra, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Nicole Dogwill, J.D. agency rulings on sex, the field of transgender rights is Fugate, Gavin Gray, Pratik Patel constantly evolving and expanding through litigation and legislation/policy. Panelists will assess where and why 12:15pm – 2:15pm International Association of LGBT Judges Meeting (By invitation only) Foothill F

12:30pm – 1:45pm Dan Bradley Award Celebration Lunch Sponsored by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Yerba Buena 8

2:00pm – 5:30pm Corporate Counsel Institute (By invitation only) Sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel Club Room Changing the world GlaxoSmithKline develops medicines, vaccines, and healthcare products that help people ‘do more, feel better, live longer.’ And we do so by ensuring that we seek, 2:00pm – 3:30pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS value, and draw upon the differing knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and styles SESSION TWO resident in our global community.

Are you My Mommy? It is our honor to congratulate the National LGBT Bar Association for 25 years Litigating Contested Parentage Cases of groundbreaking work as they mark the silver anniversary of their Lavender Law Sponsored by Crowell & Moring Conference and Career Fair in San Francisco. Yerba Buena 1 There are many different ways that LGBT parents are forming families. Questions about legal parentage can come up for children conceived by assisted reproduction involving sperm donors, egg donors, and/or surrogates, www.gsk.com

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we are winning and losing, and will explain which types organizations. The organizers will provide an overview of of litigation and legislative efforts are strategic right now a pilot LGBT competency training curriculum for legal aid in each of the highlighted topics. offices being developed by the speakers. Speakers: Judge Phyllis Frye, Jamison Green, Bennett Coordinators: Ez Cukor, Cathy Sakimura, Dan Torres Klein, Dru Levasseur, Elana Redfield, Harper Jean Tobin, Joseph Wardenski Advanced Estate and Income Tax Planning for Same-Sex Couples CAUCUS: Legal Aid Services for Low-Income Sponsored by Fenwick & West LGBT Clients Yerba Buena 4 Sponsored by Debevoise & Plimpton This workshop will focus on various tax issues that arise Yerba Buena 3 for same-sex couples. The panelists will focus primarily on This caucus is a networking and informational meeting estate tax issues and the difference in treatment between for legal aid and legal services advocates interested couples whose relationships are recognized and those in providing services to low-income LGBT clients. All whose relationships are not recognized. Some attention advocates involved in providing services to low-income will be given to related income tax issues as well. individuals are invited to attend. In this caucus, we Speakers: Pat Cain, Tamara Kolz Griffin, Wendy will discuss issues such as the challenges in serving Hartmann, Michael Tucker and reaching the LGBT community, tips for providing competent services, strategies for effective outreach to the LGBT community, and examples of successful Teaching Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity LGBT-focused projects started by legal services and the Law: A Roundtable Discussion (Accepted applicants only) Sponsored by Foley & Lardner Yerba Buena 5 This workshop is intended for individuals who teach, have taught, or will teach Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity courses in law school or undergraduate settings. The workshop will be structured as an informal, facilitated discussion in which participants can share ideas about teaching-related topics. Topics will be participant-generated, but will likely include: 1) overall course structure and philosophy, 2) the use of textbooks versus other reading materials, and 3) how to meet the challenge of keeping pace with doctrinal developments while maintaining a predictable course arc. The workshop welcomes faculty regardless of tenurial status, and especially invites adjuncts to join our discussion. Moderator: Leonore F. Carpenter Speakers: Denise Brogan-Kator, Sharra Greer, Art Leonard, Larry Levine

New Frontiers: Ending Psychological Abuse of LGBT People Sponsored by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Yerba Buena 6 LGBT people have endured a tragic history of medical and psychological abuse under false promises of changing sexual orientation to straight including shock treatment,

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lobotomies, and “reparative therapy.” Aversive techniques Transgender servicemembers are still barred from open are now uncommon, but other sexual orientation change service. Panelists will discuss the legal issues that efforts continue nationally and internationally. This panel servicemembers continue to face, even after the repeal will examine current strategies against SOCE including of DADT. legislation, litigation, and administrative actions. Emphasis Speakers: Beth Hillman, Diane Mazur, David McKean, will be on California’s first-ever law protecting youth from Jillian Weiss, Bridget Wilson SOCE including ensuing litigation and a groundbreaking case on behalf of SOCE survivors under New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act. Role of In-House Legal Departments and Law Firms Speakers: Senator Ted Lieu, Shannon Minter, Sam in the Public Dialogue on LGBT Civil Rights Wolfe, Tobias Barrington Wolff Sponsored by Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Nob Hill C Judicial Vacancies As states continue to deal with legislative and ballot Sponsored by Goodwin Proctor initiatives to expand LGBT equality (or prevent efforts to limit rights), law firms and corporations are being Nob Hill A asked to take public positions on these policy issues The current vacancy rate in the judiciary is alarmingly based on their roles as employers, business leaders, high. Many existing vacancies have been designated and advocates for the law. This panel will bring together as “judicial emergencies” by the courts. Despite these lawyers from law firms and in-house legal departments vacancies, however, judicial nominees in the last four that have dealt with these questions and taken different years have faced unprecedented delays and opposition. A functioning court system is integral to the nation’s political livelihood and criminal justice system. This panel will discuss the current state of judicial vacancies and what steps can be taken to ensure that the courts are fully represented with diverse and qualified nominees. Littler Mendelson, P.C. Speakers: Andrew Blotky, Praveen Fernandes, Robert Raben is proud to support the

Legal Issues in the Post-DADT Military ® Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig 2013 Lavender Law Nob Hill B This workshop will present an overview of challenges Conference and faced by LGBT service members after the repeal of the law that prohibited the open service members discovered to be gay, lesbian or bisexual. Although the law popularly Career Fair known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed and service members can no longer be separated because of their sexual orientation, a number of challenges remain. The obstacles are a result of the lack of protections provided to servicemembers based on sexual orientation and gender identity. For example, under federal law, and in the military, sexual orientation and gender identity are not protected classes. Military Equal Opportunity regulations do not include protections against these types of discrimination and the MEO may not investigate complaints arising from that discrimination. The LGB servicemember is limited to seeking redress within the chain of command, or through the slow and cumbersome mechanism of Inspector General Complaints. littler.com • Littler Mendelson, P.C.

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positions with varying results. Panelists will share their 3:45am – 5:15pm Junior Scholars II experiences and offer suggestions for dealing with Sponsored by Covington & Burling similar situations. Yerba Buena 2 Moderator: Brian Moulton The objective of this panel is to encourage and foster Speakers: Christopher Dolan, Marya Rose, John the development of junior scholars writing on sexual Sullivan, Kirk Wallace orientation and gender identity issues. The Forum provides an opportunity for these scholars, chosen from Running a Solo or Small LGBT-Focused Law Practice a call for papers, to present their current scholarship and to receive feedback and mentoring from more Sponsored by MetLife established scholars in the field. Nob Hill D Coordinator: Courtney Joslin Solo and small firm attorneys from around the country will discuss law office management, marketing, ethics and case management for those interested in starting or 3:45pm – 5:15pm Concurrent Workshops Session who are presently operating a firm with LGBT-focus. Three Moderator: Debra E Guston Advanced Topics in Elder Law: Planning for LGBT Older Adults Speakers: Jodi Argentino, Alan Boudreau, Karen Moulding, Zack Paakkonen, Abby Rubenfeld, Kathleen Sponsored by Cravath Swaine & Moore Womack Yerba Buena 1 This panel provides a comprehensive overview of the special challenges facing LGBT older adults as they age. Increased life expectancy, the spiraling cost of health As a national law firm with 19 offices care, and uncertain retirement income have complicated worldwide, McGuireWoods knows the the aging process for all Americans, but LGBT older adults are often at a pronounced disadvantage due to value of diversity. This is reflected in their reliance on chosen family, financial insecurity, and our culture, our commitment to clients continuing discrimination. Panelists will discuss how and our leadership. We are proud to to navigate the complex system of federal benefits in a post-Windsor world, including: pension rights, social sponsor the security, Medicare/Medicaid. They will also address issues related to caregiving, LGBT-friendly senior living facilities, and health care decision making. National LGBT Bar Moderator: Larry Chanen Association’s Lavender Speakers: David Godfrey, Nancy Knauer, Robin Maril, Law® Conference and Gerald McIntyre, Hillary Meyer

Career Fair We Have an Anti-Discrimination Law! Now What? Sponsored by K&L Gates Yerba Buena 3 It takes a village to pass a GLBT-inclusive anti- discrimination law, but how is it enforced once it’s on the books? Though many are familiar with what goes Michael W. Graff Jr., Partner into passing these laws, most know less about the 703.712.5110 | [email protected] 1750 Tysons Boulevard | Suite 1800 | Tysons Corner, Virginia 22102 government agencies tasked with giving them teeth. In this workshop, individuals from several state human 900 Lawyers | 19 Offices | www.mcguirewoods.com rights agencies talk about the role of enforcement agencies, as well as the difficulties and successes they have experienced in working with their states’ specific anti-discrimination laws. Special attention is given to

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the practical challenges and political pressures these LGBT community, but despite the achievements that agencies face in enforcing the newest amendments to have been realized, there are still obstacles to justice, these laws to include gender identity and expression. most notably in the case of religious exemptions. The religious and LGBT movements have long been depicted Speakers: Tico Almeida, Jaime Wojdowski, John C. Hummel, Harper Jean Tobin, Jeffrey Wortman as conflicting ideologies. Religious exemptions allow religiously affiliated organizations, or even just religious individuals, not to obey LGBT non-discrimination rules in Disenfranchisement for All?: The Continuing employment, housing and public accommodations. As the Problem of Voter Suppression LGBT community turns to legislative action, most notably in the two relationship recognition cases heard by the Sponsored by Kate Scholer Supreme Court, the tension between the accommodation Yerba Buena 4 of religious beliefs and the commitment to LGBT equality under the law becomes increasingly noteworthy. During the 2012 Presidential Election, voter This panel will explore current legal and legislative suppression measures were front and center in the developments on religious exemptions, and discuss public dialogue. Many states enacted measures that effective messaging against religion-based discrimination would prevent certain groups from voting, including against LGBT people. members of the LGBT community. An increasing number of states are proposing and enacting Speakers: James Esseks, Jenny Pizer, Tobias Barrington legislation that eliminates early voting, requires a photo Wolff ID for all voters and changes residency requirements. Panelists will talk about the impact these laws have on all voters, including the transgender community. For example, Pennsylvania voter suppression law was challenged by a transgender voter. Additionally, the impact on past elections as well as those that are upcoming will be analyzed. Speakers: Jody Herman, David Rosenblum

Juries and LGBT Bias: Issues and Best Practices in LGBT-Related Voir Dire and Jury Matters Sponsored by Morgan Lewis & Bockius Yerba Buena 5 The speakers will discuss best practices regarding LGBT jury issues, including approaches to LGBT- related voir dire, juror challenges based on LGBT prejudice, and detecting implicit bias against LGBT folks during voir dire. The panel will discuss both research and experience from the bench, as well as proposed legislation on LGBT “Batson”-related There may be a firm challenges. A must-attend for both criminal and civil where you can be the person practitioners. you’d like to be. Speakers: Todd Brower, Shelbi Day, Giovanna Shay, Judge Zeke Zeidler Embrace your mojo, think mofo.

Learn more at mofomojo.com Religious Exemptions Sponsored by Winston & Strawn Yerba Buena 6 The equality movement has come a long way in ©2013 Morrison & Foerster LLP, mofomojo.com securing equal benefits and opportunities for the

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Transgender Athletes Intersectionalities: LGBT and HIV Equality in Sponsored by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Immigration Reform Nob Hill A Sponsored by Ogletree Deakins How can the world of sports be more inclusive of Nob Hill B transgender athletes? More and more transgender This presentation will focus on the rights of LGBT and athletes are seeking the opportunity to compete in HIV-affected people at the intersection of immigration accordance with their gender identity, and regulatory and criminal justice systems. The panel will address bodies are grappling with how to craft policies of how efforts to criminalize HIV-affected people negatively inclusion. Panelists will discuss the law that governs this impact immigration protection and relief. It will also area and the developing best practices for inclusion in explore strategies to counteract the criminalization of K-12, collegiate, recreational, and professional sports. HIV, and explain how plans and proposals for overhauling They will analyze the “fairness” concerns sometimes the broken immigration system should be informed by raised when transgender women compete in “women’s the experiences of LGBT and HIV-affected immigrants. events” and discuss whether the gender-identity-based Panelists will also discuss the role of citizenship and policies adopted by many K-12 and recreational leagues belonging in the movement for LGBT and HIV equality. can work at all levels of competition. Speakers: Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Nan Hunter, Ayako Speakers: Erin Buzuvis, Helen Carroll, Elizabeth Kristen, Miyashita, Maya Rupert Scott Skinner-Thompson, Matt Wood

Gay and Trans Panic Legal Defenses: Seeking Justice Sponsored by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Nob Hill C Gay panic and trans panic legal defenses are surprisingly CONGRATULATIONS TO THE long-lived historical artifacts, remnants of a time when widespread public antipathy was the norm for lesbian, NATIONAL LGBT BAR ASSOCIATION gay, bisexual and transgender (‘LGBT’) individuals. These defenses ask a jury to find that a victim’s sexual Thank you for 25 years of service. The orientation or gender identity is to blame for the contributions made during this pivotal time defendant’s violent reaction. They claim that sexual in our history have resulted in tremendous orientation and gender identity can not only explain, progress and justice for the LGBT community. but excuse, a perpetrator’s loss of self-control and subsequent assault of an LGBT individual. By fully or partially acquitting the perpetrators of crimes against LGBT victims, these defenses imply that LGBT lives are worth less than others. This panel will discuss the different applications of the gay and trans panic defenses as well as recommendations to lessen their use and effectiveness. Speakers: Lousene Hoppe, John Hughes III, Ryan Scott, Amy Slusser

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navigant.com The discussion will focus on the importance of possessing broad business knowledge and leveraging that through a personal networking in order build a

©2013 Navigant Consulting, Inc. All rights reserved. 00001861 Navigant Consulting is not a certified public accounting firm and does not provide audit, attest, or book of business throughout your professional career. public accounting services. See navigantconsulting.com/licensing for a complete listing of private investigator licenses. Key components of the discussion will revolve around understanding the goals and business challenges of the

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clients. Particular emphasis will be on the observation organizations to continue discriminating against the that often firms have a communication breakdown LGBT community by denying benefits, employment within different segments of the firm e.g., partners, and housing, among other things. While religious billing, marketing and firm management, that leads to liberty is undoubtedly an essential right for our country, the loss of potential clients. Finally, we will address that freedom is infringing upon the rights of other how these communications breakdowns and lack of communities. Panelists will discuss what victories the business knowledge can all be addressed through LGBT community should look towards in the next 25 networking. years, how tensions between religious freedom and the push for full LGBT equality can be addressed and how Moderator: Kenneth Sanchez we can build on the success of the past to achieve full Speakers: Kate Fitzgerald, Michael Lundberg, Mike equality in the future. Sosso, Bill Underwood Moderator: Tobias Barrington Wolff Speakers: Bill Eskridge, Julie Greenberg, Shannon 5:30pm – 6:30pm Academic Advisory Committee Minter, Jenny Pizer Meeting (All scholars invited) Sponsored by U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 10:30am – 10:45am Coffee Break Nob Hill C/D Sponsored by Baker Botts LLP Grand Assembly

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9:00am – 10:30am GENERAL ATTENDANCE SESSION TWO Still to Come: Looking Forward to the Next 25 Years Sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Yerba Buena 7 The LGBT community has reached unprecedented levels of equality and acceptance in 2013. Despite the gains we have made, however, there is still much to be done. Employees are still being fired simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Committed same-sex couples are still not legally recognized in many states. The transgender community faces increased discrimination and prejudice simply because their appearance or name does not conform with their listed gender on identity documents such as passports, drivers licenses and military documents. Religious exemptions allow

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10:45am – 12:15pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS The Changing Business of Law and the Value of SESSION FOUR Networking II: Advancing your Business Knowledge Finding and Defining the Right Legal Career for You Sponsored by Navigant Consulting Sponsored by Freddie Mac Yerba Buena 2 Yerba Buena 1 This panel will provide a follow-up discussion to the issues discussed during Session Three. The discussion Recognizing today’s legal career trajectory is like a river will continue to focus on the importance of leveraging with forks and turns, this panel’s objective is to guide broad business knowledge through personal networking. attorneys through the whitewater and help them meet The speakers will build on the observation that often their career goals. We will address the considerations that firms have a communication breakdown within go into making career choices, whether in public service, different segments of the firm e.g., partners, billing, government, corporate in-house, or firm partnership. marketing and firm management, that leads to the loss We will provide pointers for new attorneys or seasoned of potential clients. Further analysis will be given to veterans seeking a career change. We will suggest the communications breakdowns and lack of business formulating plans that concretely lay out the steps for knowledge that can all be addressed through networking. finding career satisfaction. Finally, we will discuss how to use your LGBT status to your best advantage regardless Moderator: Kenneth Sanchez of your legal career goals. Speakers: Jon Dobson, Thomas Gaynor, Tom Murray, Jen Speakers: Megan K. Hey, James D. Moore, Andrew Olmsted Parlen, Barry Parsons, Anthony Varona

Stop Stealing My IP Sponsored by Microsoft Yerba Buena 3 This workshop will focus on recent changes in patent, trademark, and copyright laws that will affect businesses and private practice. The panel will include those O’Melveny & Myers LLP involved with the recent legislative changes to Patent is proud to sponsor the Law (America Invents Act) and major IP cases. Case discussion will include the recent Apple design patent decision against Samsung and latest measures to protect consumer products and movies. National LGBT Moderator: David Tsai Bar Association’s Speakers: Q. Todd Dickinson, Tristan Higgins, Greg McCurdy, Ken Priore, Julius Towers, Bobbie Wilson Lavender Law From Charge Practice to Pattern or Practice: Conference and Litigating EEOC Discrimination Claims Career Fair Sponsored by Nossaman LLP Yerba Buena 4 This panel will discuss how to file and respond to administrative charges, including those alleging transgender discrimination, how to respond from the employer side, and how charges can grow into large scale litigation by the EEOC or private plaintiffs, including plaintiff and defense side views of the same. www.omm.com Moderator: Laura Maechtlen Speakers: Erik Emro, Janice Mock, Melissa Romig, Julius Turman, Michelle Seldin Silverman

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Queering Legal Services: discuss legal and policy strategies for challenging those Making Equality Gains Accessible to All exclusions and getting transgender health care covered under health care reform. Sponsored by Patton Boggs Ilona Turner Yerba Buena 5 Moderator: Tara Borelli, Danny Kirchoff, Bennett Klein, This session will provide an advanced level discussion Speakers: Elana Redfield, Harper Jean Tobin of serving low-income LGBT clients though direct legal services and pro bono representation. The panelists will discuss how legal services in both urban and rural areas Advancing the Intersex (DSD) Movement can better serve LGBT clients, providing examples of Through the Courts work being done by Georgia Legal Services Program in rural Georgia and a multi-organization effort in New York Sponsored by Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP City. This session will also cover how LGBT organizations Nob Hill B and pro bono attorneys can serve low-income clients through direct services programs, explaining the work of This workshop will provide an overview of the Intersex FreeState Legal Project, an LGBT direct services program (Differences in Sexual Development) movement and a in Baltimore, Maryland. discussion of the first public case on behalf of a child with an intersex condition. Litigators responsible for this case Speakers: Lee Carpenter, Virginia Goggin, Currey will outline their legal strategy and compare the approach Hitchens, Aaron Merki, Richard Saenz adopted in this case to previous LGBT impact litigation. In addition, the panel will discuss ways the legal profession can help advance the rights of people with intersex conditions. Creating Change through the Executive Branch Speakers: Julie Greenberg, Alesdair H. Ittelson, Anne Sponsored by Pepper Hamilton Tamar-Mattis Yerba Buena 6 When we think about how to create change we often over-

emphasize litigation and the legislative process. Yet civil rights activists have made important strides by pushing for changes through Executive Orders and administrative agency regulations. From President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to President Obama’s executive orders protecting LGBT rights within the federal system, executive DiveIn diversity action has often been the first step in moving forward. This and inclusion panel will explore the scope of presidential and agency at orrick power to expand civil rights protections and discuss past, present and current efforts to improve protections for LGBT individuals and families through this process. Orrick commends Speakers: Pat Cain, Jackie Gardina, Brad Jacklin, Bill Tamayo the national lgbt bar association Health Care Reform and Transgender People for its important work on behalf of our Sponsored by Ropes & Gray community. We congratulate you on your Nob Hill A 25th anniversary. The Affordable Care Act is set to take effect soon. What will be the implications for transgender people from the We are proud to support Lavender Law 2013! increased access to health coverage the ACA will provide through Medicaid expansion and the state exchanges?

Most of the health insurance plans that will be models for the state exchanges, and most state Medicaid plans, www.orrick.com contain explicit exclusions for transition-related care. What will be the impact of recent developments and pending united states | europe | asia challenges to the denial of transgender health care under federal and state public health plans? Panelists will

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The Iowa Story and More: Fighting for Fair and A Day in the Life: Managing Partners Impartial Courts Sponsored by Sponsored by Pillsbury Winthrop Nob Hill C Shaw Pittman LLP Political attacks pose a threat to courts. In 2010, Nob Hill D voters ousted three Iowa Supreme Court justices A managing partner is the highest formal job title who participated in the unanimous Varnum v. Brien given to senior law firm partners. Managing partners decision on marriage for same-sex couples under have extensive and varied responsibilities. Panelists the state’s constitution. The 2012 elections yielded represent managing partners from many of the largest a different result: Justice David Wiggins, the fourth and most respected law firms in the United States. Varnum justice, kept his seat. What changed between They will discuss their day-to-day work and the many 2010 and 2012? Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice unexpected issues that can arise at any given moment Mark Cady will discuss how the Iowa Supreme Court including finances, managing committees, creating changed its approach to public outreach after the 2010 and implementing goals and strategies and supervising retention election. Defending courts against political staff members. These experienced panelists will take attacks, increasing diversity on the bench, advocating for attendees through a day in their lives. adequate court funding, all will be discussed. Speakers: Lisa Damon, Richard M. Segal, Paul Moderator: Praveen Fernandes Smith, Denise Visconti, Joshua Wayser, Keith Wetmore Speakers: Chief Justice Mark S. Cady, Eric Lesh, Liz Seaton 12:15pm – 1:15pm Law Student Division Awards Ceremony and Presentation of Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Class of 2013 Lunch Sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell Yerba Buena 7

12:15pm – 3:00pm Affiliates Gathering, Lunch and Meeting (Invited representatives of regional, state or local LGBT voluntary bar associations only) Sponsored by O’Melveny & Myers LLP Foothill F

1:30pm – 3:00pm Tax Think Tank (Accepted applicants only) Sponsored by Winston & Strawn LLP Nob Hill D

1:30pm – 3:00pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS SESSION FIVE Let’s Talk About It Sponsored by the Prudential Insurance Company of America Yerba Buena 1 A majority of straight people favor equal rights for the LGBT community, but the majority of those straight people are not being vocal, active allies. LGBT rights and issues are discussed at meetings, conferences,

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and in ‘official’ settings, but are still not always the LGBT people using assisted reproductive technology water-cooler topics amongst straight people. Straight (ART) to conceive children face varying state laws people who only encounter LGBT issues in a theoretical, to establish parental rights. How do laws governing detached way, gain valuable perspectives when they parentage and marriage overlap? This session will talk to and about LGBT colleagues and their rights. address ART methods (donor insemination, co-maternity, This panel consisting of LGBT and Straight people will IVF, surrogacy) and ways attorneys can proactively secure explore some of the issues, barriers, misunderstandings legal parental rights for their clients to avoid conflicts and insights in candid ‘gay-straight’ communications of laws issues that arise in the patchwork of laws both with an eye towards helping more straight allies find nationally and internationally. Panelists will discuss pre- their voices. birth and post-birth parentage orders, second-parent adoptions and martial presumptions of parentage. Contributor: Lynda Murray-Blair The panelists are Fellows of the American Academy Speakers: Dominic Campodonico, Theodore Furman, of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys and Lisa Linsky, Kassem Lucas, Rick Schroder each will address establishing parentage from different perspectives as well as the ethical issues that arise.

US Securities and International Capital Markets Moderator: Courtney G. Joslin Roundup Speakers: Tiffany L. Palmer, Kimberly Surratt, Michele Sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Zavos Yerba Buena 2 Daniel Winterfeldt, London-based Head of US Capital Markets at global firm CMS Cameron McKenna, leads a panel discussing the current regulatory landscape and recent developments affecting international issuers wishing to access the US and international capital markets. The panel also discusses the current state of Proskauer is proud to support the the international capital markets, particularly in light of the ongoing Eurozone crisis and important legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. Lavender Law Speakers: Noah Kressler, Beverly Luther, Daniel Winterfeldt Conference Hot Topics in Trademarks for 2013 and its mission to advance Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company Yerba Buena 3 diversity in the legal profession. In this workshop we will cover the year’s hottest topics in trademark law, including the growing importance of trademarks on the Internet, online brand promotion and enforcement, and the future of trademarks on the web. We will discuss social media, innovative enforcement strategies, mobile platforms, and the new gTLD Diversity is the commitment we all share. program. Speakers: Christian Dowell, David Jaquette, Ashley Watson, Brian J. Winterfeldt

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Criminalizing LGBT Youth: Causes and Consequences Advanced Issues in Safe Schools Law and Policy of the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Kids Sponsored by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP Yerba Buena 6 Yerba Buena 5 Building upon a basic knowledge of anti-bullying law Although LGBT youth represent 5-7 percent of the nation’s and practice, this workshop will explore advanced overall youth population, they comprise 13-15 percent legal and policy issues relating to schools and the of the youth in the juvenile justice system. This panel, safety, mental health, and well-being of LGBT young composed of lawyers and advocates working on the people. Experts will discuss related topics including front lines of this issue, will explore the reasons for that cyber-bullying and first amendment issues, disparate disproportionate representation, including the particular punishment and criminalization, bullying and suicide, and challenges LGBT youth face in each stage of the school- federal government approaches to create safer schools. to-prison pipeline and juvenile justice system, from school Speakers will include attorneys from LGBT national environment and discipline, to the juvenile court process, organizations who focus on youth issues and also from to treatment within juvenile detention centers. The panel the US. Department of Education, Office of Civil will also discuss potential solutions, in terms of policy and Rights. legislation changes, litigation, and community interventions. Speakers: Shawn Gaylord, Alison Gill, Asaf Orr, Robert Moderator: Lori Rifkin Salem, Suzanne Taylor Speakers: Currey Cook, Cathy Sakimura, Shannan Wilber The Future of LGBT Immigration: A Discussion of Immigration Issues in Light of Comprehensive Immigration Reform & Judicial Action on DOMA Sponsored by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Nob Hill A 2013 is sure to be momentous for LGBT immigrants. The Supreme Court has ruled against Section 3 of Skadden DOMA, Congress may pass immigration reform, and the White House is implementing new protections for immigrant detainees. We will recap the coalition building is proud to support the between immigrant and LGBT rights advocates that propelled these efforts and comment on what more can be done to build a strong community at the intersection National LGBT of the two movements. Substantively, we will update participants on relationship recognition, address changes Bar Association in asylum and family law that impact LGBT immigrants, and cover the continuing challenges of immigration Lavender Law detention, which will be a persistent issue. Speakers: Mike Jarecki, Shannon Minter, Aaron Morris, Congratulations on 25 years of promoting Scott Titshaw, Keren Zwick justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community. Strategies for Students, Faculty & Staff Facing Discrimination at Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Nob Hill B In 2013, the Society of American Law Teachers released a policy paper Strategies For Students, Faculty, & Staff

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sexual orientation under AALS and ABA regulations as 5:00pm – 7:00pm Farewell Reception well as state and federal laws. Sponsored by BMW of North America Speakers: Jackie Gardina, Larry Levine, Julie Nice, Marc Atrium Poirier

Paths to the Judiciary and Ethical Considerations Nob Hill C Varying types of judges including: appointed; elected and/or subject to re-election; Federal; and one judge who is also permitted to practice law will share their insights and experiences. The panel will focus on ethical guidelines or standards associated with panelists’ paths...[continue with what is there until] (arising especially out of judicial ethics codes), members of the International Association of LGBT Judges will be available during and after the session to share their thoughts with attendees. Moderator: Judge George Silver Speakers: Judge J. Gary Cohen, Judge Linda Colfax, Judge Michael Fitzgerald, Judge Phyllis Frye, Judge Linda Giles

3:15pm – 4:45pm GENERAL ATTENDANCE SESSION THREE Recent Developments in Relationship Recognition Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis and BP America Yerba Buena 7 This year marked a watershed moment for the recognition of same-sex relationships. Many additional states this year have allowed same-sex couples to marry, an additional state passed a civil union law, and the Supreme Court ruled on both Windsor v. United States, which challenged the federal government’s refusal to recognize marriages entered by same-sex couples under the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act”. and Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenged California’s We are proud to sponsor the Proposition 8. This panel will discuss the progress that has been made and the challenges that still exist. 2013 Lavender Law® Conference Panelists will analyze the Supreme Court’s recent and congratulate the rulings and their implications of those rulings for same- sex couples across the nation and the lawyers who National LGBT Bar Association represent them. on their 25th Anniversary. Moderator: Paul Smith Speakers: Pat Cain, Jon Davidson, Art Leonard, Douglas NeJaime, Nancy Polikoff, Bill Singer

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2013 Career Fair Recruiters & Exhibitors

2013 Recruiters Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Ackerman Brown PLLC Cooley LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Covington & Burling LLP Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Natsis LLP Jacobson LLP Cozen O’Connor Allen & Overy LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Alston & Bird LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Arent Fox LLP Government Accountability Office – Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Office of the General Counsel Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Baker Botts LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell Haynes and Boone, LLP Dechert LLP & Berkowitz P.C. Hewlett-Packard Company Dickinson Wright PLLC Baker Hostetler LLP Hogan Lovells Dickstein Shapiro LLP Baker & McKenzie Holland & Knight LLP Dinsmore & Shohl Ballard Spahr LLP Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP DLA Piper LLP Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Human Rights Campaign Dorsey & Whitney LLP Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Hunton & Williams LLP Axelrod LLP Duane Morris LLP Husch Blackwell LLP Bingham McCutchen, LLP Faegre Baker Daniels Irell & Manella LLP Blank Rome LLP Farella Braun & Martel LLP Jenner & Block LLP Bryan Cave LLP Federal Deposit Insurance Jones Day BuckleySandler LLP Corporation K&L Gates LLP Burr & Forman LLP Fenwick & West LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Financial Industry Regulatory Kaye Scholer LLP Carlton Fields Authority Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Chadbourne & Parke LLP Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Chapman and Cutler LLP Fish & Richardson P.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Liberty Mutual Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Freddie Mac Linklaters

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Littler Mendelson Proskauer Rose LLP U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Major, Lindsey & Africa Quarles & Brady LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Reed Smith LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz Mayer Brown LLP Richards, Layton & Finger Mintz Levin Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Wells Fargo Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco District Attorney’s Wiley Rein LLP Office McDermott Will & Emery Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Schiff Hardin LLP McGuireWoods LLP WilmerHale Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Sedgwick National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Winston & Strawn LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Navigant Consulting Inc. 2013 Exhibitors Shipman & Goodwin LLP New York City Law Department Association of Corporate Counsel Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Nixon Peabody LLP American Constitution Society Sidley Austin LLP Norton Rose Fulbright BALIF Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Nossaman LLP BMW of North America Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Office of the Comptroller of the Flom, LLP The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund Currency Squire Sanders It Gets Better Project Ogletree Deakins Steptoe & Johnson LLP LeGaL: The LGBT Bar Association of O’Melveny & Myers LLP Greater New York Strasburger & Price LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP MetLife Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Patton Boggs LLP Mexican American Legal Defense & Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Paul Hastings Educational Fund Thompson Coburn LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Garrison LLP Thompson & Knight LLP Commerce Pepper Hamilton LLP Thomson Reuters Point Foundation Perkins Coie LLP Troutman Sanders LLP Society of American Law Teachers Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office U.S. Department of State Thomson Reuters Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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gender family

Key: Y = Yes leave sexual gender identity gender as a

N = No healthcare gender/iden trans related (e.g. IVF, IUI) (e.g. IVF, domestic domestic partner

DNO = Does not offer this benefit including health care IP = In process family planning that covers

Firm/Organization… …includes orientation protected class …includes as a protected class …include tity expression diversity training identity/expression ...offers covering care …offers partner benefits ...adjusts gross salary for domestic partners to offset tax burden …offers bereavement …offers domestic partner paternity and maternity leave …offers a plan planning …offers to defray the cost of (e.g. adoption fees) Ackerman Brown PLLC Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Allen & Overy LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Y Y N N Y N Y DNO DNO DNO Natsis LLP Alston & Bird LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Arent Fox LLP Y Y Y N Y N Y Y DNO N Arnold & Porter LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Baker & McKenzie Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Baker Botts LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y DNO Y Berkowitz, PC Ballard Spahr LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Bank of America Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP Y Y Y N Y N Y Y DNO DNO Bingham McCutchen, LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Blank Rome LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Bryan Cave LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO BuckleySandler LLP Y IP N N Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Burr Forman LLP Y Y Y Y N N DNO DNO N Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Cartlon Fields Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Chadbourne & Parke LLP Y Y N N Y N Y Y DNO DNO Chapman and Cutler LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO Cook County State's Attorney's Office Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Cooley LlP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y DNO N Covington & Burling LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Cozen O'Connor Y IP Y Y Y N Y DNO Y Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Crowell & Moring LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Y IP N Y Y Y Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Dechert LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Dickinson Wright PLLC Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO N Dickstein Shapiro LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Dinsmore & Shohl Y Y N N Y N Y N N Y DLA Piper LLP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO

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gender family

Key: Y = Yes leave sexual gender identity gender as a

N = No healthcare gender/iden trans related (e.g. IVF, IUI) (e.g. IVF, domestic domestic partner

DNO = Does not offer this benefit including health care IP = In process family planning that covers

Firm/Organization… …includes orientation protected class …includes as a protected class …include tity expression diversity training identity/expression ...offers covering care …offers partner benefits ...adjusts gross salary for domestic partners to offset tax burden …offers bereavement …offers domestic partner paternity and maternity leave …offers a plan planning …offers to defray the cost of (e.g. adoption fees) Duane Morris LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Faegre Baker Daniels Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Farella, Braun + Martel Y Y N Y Y Y Y DNO Fenwick & West LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO & Dunner LLP FINRA Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Foley & Lardner LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Freddie Mac Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Y Y N N Y N Y Y DNO DNO Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y GlaxoSmithKline Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Goodwin Procter LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Government Accountability Office- Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO DNO Office of the General Counsel Greenberg Traurig, LLP Y Y N Y Y N DNO Y DNO DNO Haynes and Boone, LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Hewlett-Packard Company Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Hogan Lovells Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Y Holland & Knight LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Y Y N N Y N Y DNO DNO DNO Human Rights Campaign Y Y Y Y Y Y Hunton & Williams LLP Y Y Y N Y N Y Y DNO DNO Husch Blackwell LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Irell & Manella LLP Y IP Y Y Y Y Jenner & Block LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Jones Day Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y K&L Gates LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Kaye Scholer LLP Y IP Y N Y Y Y Y DNO N Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Y Y N N Y Y DNO DNO DNO DNO Kilpatrick Towsend Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Y Kirkland & Ellis LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Liberty Mutual Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Linklaters Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Littler Mendelson Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Major, Lindsey & Africa Y IP N N Y N Y Y DNO Y

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gender family

Key: Y = Yes leave sexual gender identity gender as a

N = No healthcare gender/iden trans related (e.g. IVF, IUI) (e.g. IVF, domestic domestic partner

DNO = Does not offer this benefit including health care IP = In process family planning that covers

Firm/Organization… …includes orientation protected class …includes as a protected class …include tity expression diversity training identity/expression ...offers covering care …offers partner benefits ...adjusts gross salary for domestic partners to offset tax burden …offers bereavement …offers domestic partner paternity and maternity leave …offers a plan planning …offers to defray the cost of (e.g. adoption fees) Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y N N DNO Mayer Brown LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO McDermott Will & Emery Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y McGuireWoods LLP Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Y IP Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Mintz Levin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO N Morrison & Foerster LLP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y DNO N National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO Y Navigant Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y New York City Law Department Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Nixon Peabody LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Norton Rose Fulbright Y Y Y N Y N Y N DN Y Nossaman Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO O'Melveny & Myers LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Y Y N Y Y N Y Y No DNO Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Y IP N N Y N Y DNO N N Stewart, P.C. Orrick Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Patton Boggs LLP Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y DNO Paul Hastings Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Gar- Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Y rison LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Y Y Y N Y N Y Y DNO N Perkins Coie LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Y N Y N Y N Y Y DNO DNO Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Proskauer Rose LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Quarles& Brady LLP Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Reed Smith LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Richards Layton & Finger Y IP Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO N Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Ropes & Gray LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO San Francisco District Attorney's Office Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO Schiff Hardin LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Y IP N Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Sedgwick LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO

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gender family

Key: Y = Yes leave sexual gender identity gender as a

N = No healthcare gender/iden trans related (e.g. IVF, IUI) (e.g. IVF, domestic domestic partner

DNO = Does not offer this benefit including health care IP = In process family planning that covers

Firm/Organization… …includes orientation protected class …includes as a protected class …include tity expression diversity training identity/expression ...offers covering care …offers partner benefits ...adjusts gross salary for domestic partners to offset tax burden …offers bereavement …offers domestic partner paternity and maternity leave …offers a plan planning …offers to defray the cost of (e.g. adoption fees) Seyfarth Shaw LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO LLP Shipman & Goodwin LLP Y Y N N Y N Y Y Y DNO Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Sidley Austin LLP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO LLP Society of American Law Teachers Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Special Counsel, Inc. Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y DNO Squire Sanders (US) LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO N Steptoe & Johnson LLP Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Strasburger & Price, LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO N Sullivan & Cromwell Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO Y Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Thompson & Knight LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO Y Thompson Coburn LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Thomson Reuters Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Troutman Sanders LLP Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y U.S. Department of State Y Y Y Y N N DNO U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y U.S. Securities and Exchange Y N Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Commission Vinson & Elkins LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO N Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Y Y N Y Y N Y Y DNO DNO Wiley Rein LLP Y IP N Y Y N Y Y Y DNO Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y WilmerHale Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO DNO Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Y Y N N Y N Y Y Y Y Winston & Strawn LLP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DNO

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Andrew Sta. Ana – Andrew Sta. Ana is the supervising Elise S. F. Baker – Elise Baker, Esq., created Placer Law attorney at Day One’s direct legal services program. Through Group, APC, after 25 years in the legal profession. Elise advocacy and direct representation in cases concerning graduated from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, family law, immigration, and criminal justice advocacy, where she earned Traynor Society, Order of Barristers, and Andrew works to protect the rights of young survivors Order of the Coif honors and graduated with distinction. of intimate partner violence. His practice emphasizes While a student at McGeorge, Elise took the school’s first community partnership, cultural competency, and an analysis Sexual Orientation and the Law course. She returned to that centers on the experiences of young people and McGeorge as an adjunct professor in the Appellate Advocacy survivors. At Day One, Andrew provides training on dating practical skills course. Elise became a stay-at-home mom for violence, the rights of young people within the legal system, several years after her first child was born. When she was and the use of technology intimate partner violence. He is a ready to go back to work full-time, Elise decided to open proud graduate of the City University of New York School of a law practice that would allow her to continue spending Law, where he received the school’s Twentieth Anniversary time with her family. Transactional estate planning and Scholarship. In 2007, Andrew was the recipient of an Equal administration allows her to do that. Elise presents regularly Justice Works Fellowship to confront intimate partner to professional and community organizations to raise violence in NYC’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender awareness about the importance of quality estate planning. (LGBT) communities. As a staff attorney at Sanctuary She has built a niche practice serving same-sex couples for Families, Andrew implemented the LGBT Initiative, a and enjoys the opportunity to speak at local PFLAG chapter program to safeguard the rights of LGBT survivors through meetings. Elise has also presented on this issue to the local a combination of direct services, outreach, education, and Estate Planning Council, which she created in 2008. policy advocacy. Andrew utilized these experiences to Lauren Barros – Lauren Barros is the president of enrich the work of advocates around the country by training thousands on legal remedies for survivors of intimate partner violence, LGBT rights, and cultural competency. In September 2011, he was awarded a Courage award from the NYC City Anti-Violence project for his work to set up and administer a free legal clinic for LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence. He serves on the advisory board of the Staten Island LGBT Center.

Jodi A. Argentino – Jodi Argentino is a Partner with Argentino & Jacobs, LLC, located in Morris County, NJ where she exclusively practices family law. She is also a State of NJ Family Law Mediator and is a member of the NJ Association of Professional Mediators. Jodi obtained her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, where she also received a Certification of Specialization in Family Law and Social Policy and was a Teaching Assistant for The Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinical Program. She is a member of the Family Law Institute of the National LGBT Bar Association and is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the NJ Bar Association LGBT Rights Section. She has been appointed to the District X Fee Arbitration Committee of the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics and is an active member of the NJSBA’s Family Law and Solo and Small Firm Practice Sections. Jodi writes extensively on Family Law topics, was on the editorial board for the NJSBA LGBT Rights Section Newsletter, and was a speaker for the NJ LGBT 2013 Update. Jodi has a wife and three sons, the youngest two of whom she is proud to share are infant twins born via co-maternity.

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LRBFamilyLaw, a full service family law firm in Salt Lake City, Fall of 2009, Lauren and other concerned attorneys and law Utah. In 2013, the readers of the Catalyst magazine named students created Rainbow Law, the first pro bono LGBT Law her one of Utah’s “Catalyst 100,” as a catalyst within our Clinic in Utah. community. Also in 2013, the Community Foundation of Utah selected her as one of its “Enlightened 50,” individuals who Rebecca Bloomquist – Ms. Bloomquist has served as are “making a real difference in the lives of Utahns through patent operations manager at Google for two years. innovation, collaboration and commitment to the common Previously, she spent two years as the director of legal good.” Ms. Barros received the award of “Distinguished recruiting at Solutus & Google and another two years as a Family Law Practitioner” in 2005-2006 from the Utah State patent litigation associate at Quinn Emanuel. She earned Bar and a “Most Fabulous Attorney” award from Q Salt her J.D. in 2007 from Columbia Law School and was named Lake Magazine every year since 2007. She and her husband a James Kent Scholar. Ms. Bloomquist received her B.A. received Equality Utah’s Allies Award in 2006. In 2004, Utah in Government from Georgetown in 2003, Phi Beta Kappa; Business Magazine gave her the “Top 40 Under 40 Rising magna cum laude. She is from Westchester County, NY. Stars” award. She is consistently listed in Utah Business Currently, she is married and living in San Francisco. She is Magazine’s Family Law “Legal Elite.” Ms. Barros is a generally unathletic, but enjoys fundraising triathlons and Fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive arm-wrestling. Ms. Bloomquist loves ocelots and outer space Technology Attorneys, Chair of the Equality Utah Legal Panel, – hope to combine the two someday. and a member of the Utah State Bar Family Law Executive Committee (Chair 2011-2012), the Utah Adoption Council, Andrew Blotky – Andrew Blotky serves as the Director NCLR’s Family Law Advisory Council, and the Women of Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress in Lawyers of Utah (President of the Board, 2001-2002). In the Washington, DC, where he directs American Progress’s work around legal policy issues including judicial nominations and constitutional interpretation. Blotky joined American Progress after serving as the program manager at the HJW Foundation, where he directed the foundation’s progressive infrastructure and legal and public policy programs. Previously, from 2003 to 2006, Blotky served as the communications director for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and former Rep. Jim Turner (D-TX). From 2006 to 2009, while attending Stanford Law School, he worked at the law firm O’Melveny and Myers in Los Angeles and for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on education, climate change, and health initiatives. Blotky has served on the national board of directors of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and on the Stanford University Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Policy, Planning, and Management. He also worked in the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting during the Clinton administration. Blotky received his B.A. degree in political science with honors in Baker Donelson is proud to support the international security studies from Stanford University and his law degree from Stanford Law School. He is an adjunct National LGBT Bar Association and the 2013 professor at Stanford University’s Washington, D.C. program and is a member of the California State Bar. Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. Tara Borelli – Tara Borelli is a Staff Attorney in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest Congratulations on 25 years of promoting diversity in the legal profession. national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. Borelli coordinates ALABAMA • FLORIDA • GEORGIA • LOUISIANA • MISSISSIPPI • TENNESSEE • TEXAS • Lambda Legal’s work on health care fairness, which includes WASHINGTON, D.C. litigation to obtain equal access to family health benefits www.bakerdonelson.com and enforce antidiscrimination protections in health care THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT. Ben Adams is Chairman and CEO of Baker Donelson and is located in our Memphis office, 165 Madison Avenue, settings. Borelli was co-counsel in Esquivel v. Oregon, a Suite 2000, Memphis, TN 38103. Phone 901.526.2000. ©2013 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC challenge to the State of Oregon’s refusal to provide equal

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health insurance coverage to transgender employees, which and transgender populations of Southeast Michigan. Prior to resulted in the removal of all discriminatory exclusions law school, Ms. Brogan-Kator worked as the Chief Financial from the State’s health plan. Borelli is lead counsel in Diaz Officer for several small-medium size businesses, having v. Brewer, a federal challenge seeking to protect family earned her MBA from the University of Colorado in 1986. health insurance for Arizona state employees after the She served in the US Navy Submarine Force from 1972- legislature voted to strip that insurance from lesbians and 1976. gay men. Borelli’s work also includes litigation seeking greater relationship recognition for same-sex couples. Borelli Todd Brower – Todd Brower is the Judicial Education is currently co-counsel in Sevcik v. Sandoval, a federal case Director for the Charles R. Williams Institute on Sexual seeking marriage equality for same-sex couples in Nevada. Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA School of Law. He is a professor of Constitutional Law at Western State Alan H. Boudreau – Alan Boudreau is a mediator and University College of Law in Fullerton, California. He has Collaborative attorney in Chicago, focusing on dispute an LL.M from Yale Law School, a J.D. from Stanford Law resolution, family law and estate planning. Mr. Boudreau School, an A.B. from Princeton University, and was a graduated from the University of California, Davis School Fulbright scholar in France. Professor Brower served on the of Law. Prior to law school, Mr. Boudreau worked for more California Judicial Council - Access and Fairness Advisory than a decade in the software industry. He received his Committee and is the author of various law review articles, undergraduate degree from Harvard University in psychology. research studies and publications on the treatment of Mr. Boudreau is a volunteer mediator and trainer for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons in the Center for Conflict Resolution. He serves on the Board of courts of the United Kingdom, California and New Jersey. the National LGBT Bar Association. Mr. Boudreau is the He has worked with the courts of many states and federal incoming Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and was a Track Chair for the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s 2013 Conference. He is also a Fellow of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois and the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s LGBT Committee.

Connie Brenton – Connie Brenton is the General Counsel’s Chief of Staff and Senior Director for Legal Operations at NetApp Inc. Prior to joining NetApp, she served as the Legal Operations Director at Oracle and the Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Senior Director for Legal Operations at Sun Microsystems. Before going in-house, Connie was a civil litigator. Connie holds a JD, an MBA and a BA in Economics. She has an expertise in legal process outsourcing, frequently speaking and writing on the topic. She is a founding member of CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium), a bay area consortium of senior legal operations executives. Connie was born and raised in Colorado and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Proud to support Denise Brogan-Kator – Denise Brogan-Kator is the Senior Legislative Counsel for the Family Equality Council, a national Lavender Law Conference and LGBT family rights organization. She is the immediate Career Fair past Executive Director of the statewide LGBT advocacy organization, Equality Michigan. A 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan’s Law School, Ms. Brogan-Kator was the first openly transgender law student to matriculate at the law school. She now teaches Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Law at the University of Michigan Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Costa Mesa Denver Houston Los Angeles New York Orlando Washington, DC Law School. Prior to joining Equality Michigan, Denise and her spouse, Mary Kator (UM Law class of 1984), founded www.bakerlaw.com the Rainbow Law Center to serve the legal needs of the gay

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agencies on judicial education programs and with the Erin Buzuvis – Erin Buzuvis is a professor of law at Western National Judicial College, the National Association of State New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts. She Judicial Educators, the National Association of Women researches and writes about gender and discrimination in Judges, the National Center for Juvenile and Family Court sport, including such topics as the interrelation of law and Judges, and the California Center for Judicial Education and sports culture, intersecting sexual orientation and race Research. discrimination in women’s athletics, retaliation against coaches in collegiate women’s sports, the role of interest Joan M. Burda – Joan M. Burda is a lawyer who practices in surveys in Title IX compliance, participation policies Lakewood, Ohio. She is the award-winning author of Estate for transgender and intersex athletes, and Title IX and Planning for Same-Sex Couples, Second Edition (ABA 2012) competitive cheer. Additionally, she is a co-founder and and Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Clients: A Lawyer’s Guide contributor to the Title IX Blog, an interdisciplinary resource (ABA 2008). She writes about LGBT legal issues for online for news, legal developments, commentary, and scholarship and print publications. Ms. Burda speaks on LGBT issues at about Title IX’s application to athletics and education. conferences and workshops around the country. Ms. Burda Professor Buzuvis currently serves as the Director of the is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve law school’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Studies. She University School of Law and teaches Sexual Orientation and also teaches courses on administrative law, employment the Law. She also teaches Contracts, Civil Procedure and discrimination, Title IX, torts and property. Administrative Law in the Legal Studies Program at Ursuline College. Ms. Burda lives in Lakewood with her spouse, Betsy. C

Judge Mark Cady – Justice Mark S. Cady, Ft. Dodge, was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in 1998 and was named Chief Justice in 2011. He was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. Chief Justice Cady earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Drake University. After Perspective graduating from law school in 1978, he served as a judicial law clerk for the Second Judicial District for one year. He was then appointed as an assistant Webster County attorney and practiced with a law firm in Fort Dodge. Cady was appointed a district associate judge in 1983 and a district court judge in 1986. In 1994, he was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals. He was elected chief judge of the Court of Appeals in 1997. Chief Justice Cady is a member of the Order of Coif (honorary), American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Judges Association, and Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (honorary). Chief Justice Cady is the coauthor of Iowa Practice: Lawyer and Judicial Ethics (Thomson-West 2007). He is also the coauthor of Preserving the Delicate Balance Between Judicial Accountability and Independence: Merit Selection in the Post-White World, 16 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 101 (2008), and the author of Curbing Litigation Bank of America is a proud sponsor of the National LGBT Abuse and Misuse: A Judicial Approach, 36 Drake L. Rev. Bar Association’s 2013 Lavender Law Conference and 481 (1987). He is married and has two children. His current Career Fair, and congratulates the Association on the term expires December 31, 2016. 25th Anniversary of Lavender Law. Pat Cain – Patricia A. Cain is Professor of Law at Santa Clara University and the Aliber Family Chair in Law, Emerita, at ©2013 Bank of America Corporation. | AR199930 the University of Iowa. She is a graduate of Vassar College and received her J.D. from the University of Georgia. She began her academic career at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of the faculty for 17 years, before moving to Iowa in 1991. She has been at Santa Clara since 2007. She is the author of Rainbow Rights: the role of lawyers and courts in the lesbian and gay civil rights

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movement (Westview Press 2000) and Sexuality Law, Leonore Carpenter – Leonore Carpenter is an Assistant 2nd Edition (Carolina Academic Press 2009)(with Arthur S. Professor of Law at Temple University’s Beasley School Leonard). Professor Cain is a member of the American Law of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Professor Carpenter Institute and a fellow of the American College of Trust and teaches Legal Research and Writing, Sexual Orientation, Estate Counsel. She teaches courses in federal taxation, Gender Identity and the Law, and Introduction to Public property, wills and trusts, and sexuality and the law. Most of Interest Law. Her scholarship focuses on LGBT rights and on her recent scholarship focuses on tax planning for same-sex public interest lawyering. Professor Carpenter was recently couples. She maintains a blog called Same Sex Tax Law. See named one of the 40 best LGBT lawyers under 40 by the http://law.scu.edu/category/same-sex-tax/ National LGBT Bar Association. Prior to joining the Temple Law faculty on a full-time basis, Professor Carpenter served Dominic Campodonico – Dominic Campodonico is a as Legal Director at Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, a public partner in Gordon & Rees’ San Francisco office. He has interest agency that provided direct legal services, education, more than 15 years of experience representing healthcare- and policy reform advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and related clients. Mr. Campodonico has served as national transgender (LGBT) Pennsylvanians. At Equality Advocates, litigation coordinating counsel, regional counsel, and local Professor Carpenter provided oversight of statewide litigation counsel in litigation involving a variety of pharmaceuticals strategy and coordination of direct representation and amicus and medical devices. He also assists clients with high- curiae participation. Professor Carpenter also oversaw stakes matters that frequently occur simultaneously with Equality Advocates’ statewide legal hotline, and acted as an litigation, such as risk management and compliance, FDA/ adjunct clinical instructor to Temple Law students in an LGBT- regulatory issues, government investigations, suits under rights clinical course that she designed. Professor Carpenter the federal and California False Claims Act, insurance, and began her employment at Equality Advocates Pennsylvania crisis communications. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Campodonico is an active member of the Bar Association of San Francisco including serving on the Board of Directors of the Justice & Diversity Center and being involved with the Equality Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and BuckleySandler is a proud Transgender Issues. He is also a member of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom where he has participated sponsor of the Lavender Law on its Judiciary, Dinner, and Amicus Committees, as well as serving, twice, as a co-chair of the annual fundraising/awards Conference and congratulates event. Mr. Campodonico has been published in the San the LGBT Bar Association on Francisco Daily Journal, and has presented at national and local seminars, concerning LGBT issues that impact the legal its 25th anniversary community.

Judge Anthony Cannataro – Anthony Cannataro was elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York in 2011 and is currently serving as an Acting Judge of the Family Court, Kings County (Brooklyn) specializing in custody, visitation, and family offense proceedings. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Cannataro began his legal career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York. He then clerked for the Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Cirparick at the New York State Court of Appeals, New York’s highest tribunal. He also served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Lottie With nearly 150 lawyers in Washington, DC, New York, Los Wilkins in New York Supreme Court. In addition to his Angeles, and Orange County, BuckleySandler provides responsibilities on the bench, Judge Cannataro proudly best-in-class legal counsel to meet the challenges of the serves as co-chair of the LGBT Rights Committee of the financial services industry. “The best at what they do in New York City Family Court Administrative Judge’s Advisory Council and as co-chair of the Kings County Family Court the country.” (Chambers USA) Teen Day Committee. He is active in the New York City Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, and Washington, DC New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Orange County, CA the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of New York City www.buckleysandler.com | www.infobytesblog.com (LeGaL).

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in 2001 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, representing the inclusion of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/ LGBT victims of hate crime and domestic violence. Professor or transgender or intersex, diversifies and strengthens the Carpenter is a graduate of Temple Law, where she received sport experience. Carroll works closely with major national the Beth Cross Award for commitment to underserved sport organizations including the Women’s Sports Foundation populations. Following graduation from law school, Professor and the NCAA. She has been a featured speaker on panels Carpenter completed a clerkship with the Honorable Harold with Nike, ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’, The New York Times, B. Wells, III of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate and many others. She is featured in Dr. Pat Griffin’s book, Division. Strong Women, Deep Closets and The Outsports Revolution by authors Jim Buzinski and Cyd Ziegler Jr. and is co-author Helen J. Carroll – Helen Carroll is the Director of the with Dr. Griffin forOn the Team: Equal Opportunity for National Center for Lesbian Rights’ Sports Project, which Transgender Student Athletes and the NCAA Guide for aims to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Transgender Athlete Inclusion. Carroll is currently assisting players, coaches, and administrators receive fair and equal state athletic associations in adopting policies for the treatment—free of discrimination. She joined NCLR in 2001 inclusion of their high school student-athletes. after spending 30 years as an athlete, coach, and collegiate athletic director. Carroll is well known in the sports world Lawrence Chanen – Larry Chanen is a Senior Vice President as an acclaimed National Championship Basketball Coach and Associate General Counsel in the JPMorgan Chase from the University of North Carolina-Asheville. She was a Legal and Compliance Department, where he handles a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National number of large bankruptcy/workout litigation matters for the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Athletic firm. For many years, he has been a Senior Sponsor of the Director at Mills College for twelve years, and now devotes JPMorgan Chase Pride employee networking group. Larry all her efforts to helping the sports world recognize that has long been active in the LGBT community organizations in the New York area, most recently serving as co-Chair of the Board of Directors of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the nation’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to the LGBT older community. He is now the founding co-chair of SAGE’s National Leadership Council and last year received SAGE’s Community Service Award. Among his other activities, Larry served as a member of the Board of the Empire State Pride Agenda, was a member of the Legal Advisory Committee and a Cooperating Attorney for Lambda Legal, and co-founded the Lesbian and Gay Community Mediation Service, which became the Center Mediation Service. In November 2010, Larry was the recipient of the “Out and Proud Corporate Counsel Award” from the National Carlton Fields is pleased LGBT Bar Association. Prior to JPMorgan Chase, Larry was at to sponsor the Lavender Pan American Word Airways, Inc. and a partner at Whitman Law® Conference & and Ransom. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from New York University School of Career Fair Law. He resides on Roosevelt Island, New York with his Carlton Fields is dedicated to partner of 19 years, Jack Burkhalter. promoting diversity and fostering an environment of inclusion Kunoor Chopra – Kunoor is a founding member of Elevate. and respect. Previously she was the Founder, President and CEO of LawScribe, Inc., one of the pioneer legal process outsourcing 2014 Vault Diversity Rankings: companies formed in 2004 providing litigation, corporate • 1st in Overall Diversity and intellectual property support services to law firms and corporations. LawScribe was acquired by UnitedLex in 2010, • 1st in Diversity for LGBT where she continued as Senior Vice President of Global Legal Scan the QR code to Scanview the A QR Legal code Handbook to view Services. Kunoor’s clients include AmLaw 100 law firms and A Legalfor Handbook LGBT Floridians for LGBT and Their Families. global 1000 companies. Kunoor is a recognized authority in Floridians and Their Families. www.carltonfields.com the area of legal process outsourcing where she has been interviewed by the press. She speaks internationally on Atlanta • Miami • New York • Orlando • St. Petersburg the topic and has had a variety of articles published on the Tallahassee • Tampa • West Palm Beach topic. She is on the Board of Governors for the Organization

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of Legal Professionals and on the Board of Directors for officer of the SAG-Producers Pension and Health Plans and as the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Prior to LawScribe, a member of the boards of royalty distribution organizations Kunoor practiced as an attorney at Nossaman and Fulbright & SoundExchange, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Jaworski in Los Angeles. Property Rights Distribution Fund, and the SAG-AFTRA & Industry Sound Recordings Digital Payments Distribution Judge Linda Colfax – A member of the San Francisco Fund. Crabtree-Ireland is also a SAG-AFTRA delegate to the Superior Court, Judge Colfax was elected in 2010. As a International Federation of Actors (FIA), and the convenor judge, Linda presided over civil trials for the first 9 months, of FIA’s LGBT Equality Working Group, in addition to being juvenile dependency matters for 15 months, and for the last the staff leader for the SAG-AFTRA LGBT Committee. He is 8 months has been serving as a family law judge. Prior to also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Southern taking the bench, Linda was a San Francisco Public Defender California Law School, focusing on international law, and a for over 13 years. In addition to being a public defender, judge pro tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court. Crabtree- she served as the vice president of the Municipal Attorneys Ireland received his Bachelor of Science in foreign service Association, the collective bargaining unit for San Francisco’s from Georgetown University and his Juris Doctorate from the city employed attorneys. Linda also served on the board of University of California, Davis, School of Law, where he was the ACLU of Northern California and is a past board member inducted into the Order of Barristers. of BALIF, the Bay Area LGBTQ legal organization and past president of Women Defenders, a networking and education Patience Crozier – Patience Crozier is a principal of group for Bay Area women defense attorneys. Judge Colfax Kauffman Crozier LLP, a family law firm in Cambridge, received her B.A. in 1990 from Harvard and her J.D. in Massachusetts. Polly’s practice focuses on all areas of 1996 from the University of Michigan. Linda resides in San family law, particularly adoption, divorce, dissolution, Francisco with her wife, Kristin, and their children Hannah domesticClearyGottlieb_LGBTBar_BW_Ad_Layout partnership agreements, assisted 1 7/15/13 reproductive 4:37 PM Page 1 and Elias.

Currey Cook – Currey Cook is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project in the National Headquarters Office of Lambda Legal. Before joining Lambda, Cook was the Co-Director of the Bronx office of The Children’s Law Center New York (CLCNY), a non-profit law firm representing children in custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic violence, and related abuse and neglect proudly supports proceedings. Cook has served as a consultant to The National Juvenile Defender Center in Washington, D.C. and worked in The National Burundi with an ABA Rule of Law Initiative assisting former NEW YORK LGBT Bar Association child soldiers. In 2009, he was a visiting professor for the WASHINGTON and congratulates them Child Advocacy Clinic at Rutgers Law School Newark. Before PARIS relocating to NYC, Cook lived in Anchorage, Alaska and BRUSSELS on their worked in the child advocacy section of the Office of Public LONDON Advocacy (OPA) for twelve years as a juvenile defender and MOSCOW 25th Anniversary guardian ad litem and later as supervising attorney. Cook FRANKFURT was the recipient of the Alaska Bar Association Pro Bono COLOGNE Service Award for a Public Sector Attorney and Light of ROME Hope Award for his advocacy on behalf of Alaskan children. MILAN Cook graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. HONG KONG in Journalism and received his law degree, cum laude, from BEIJING Mercer University in 1994. BUENIS AIRES SÃO PAULO Duncan Crabtree-Ireland – Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is chief ABU DHABI administrative officer and general counsel of SAG-AFTRA, SEOUL the world’s largest entertainment and media artists union, representing actors and performers, news and entertainment broadcasters, and recording artists. SAG-AFTRA was formed clearygottlieb.com in 2012 by the merger of the former Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA. He is responsible for SAG-AFTRA’s legal affairs, strategy and administration. Crabtree-Ireland serves as an

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technology, paternity and guardianship. In addition to her employment matters. Ez focuses on outreach and providing practice, Polly has served as co-chair and board member of culturally competent representation to transgender, gender the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association, on the Steering non-conforming, lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers. Ez is on Committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Family Law the New York City Bar Association LGBT Rights Committee Section, and as an appointed member of the MBA/BBA and is admitted to the bar in New York and the U.S. District Joint Alimony Task Force. Polly also speaks and writes on Court Eastern District of New York. topics related to her work. Polly’s chapter entitled “Parental Rights After Relationship Dissolution” was included in GLAD’s book Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective D Advocacy. Polly is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Lisa Damon – Ms. Damon is the National Chair of Seyfarth’s Boston College Law School and her B.A. with distinction Labor & Employment Department, where she represents from Yale University. Polly has been honored with the management in the area of labor and employment law. BC Law School Recent Graduate Award (2010) and the Her practice has a particular emphasis on litigation of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Up and Coming Lawyer discrimination and harassment claims, in the context of Award (2010). She has been recognized by the National LGBT single-plaintiff actions and multiple plaintiff claims. Ms. Bar Association as a Top LGBT Lawyer Under 40 (2011) and Damon was one of the founding partners of Seyfarth’s by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2009-2012. Boston office which opened in 1999 with seven lawyers. The office is now over 80 lawyers. Ms. Damon has considerable Ez Cukor – Ez Cukor is an Irving R. Kaufman fellow at New experience litigating and advising clients concerning York Legal Assistance Group working in the LGBT and all aspects of employment law. Ms. Damon is also on Justice at Work Projects representing low wage workers in Seyfarth’s Executive Committee and leads the Seyfarth Lean Six Sigma program throughout the Firm. Seyfarth has trained GreenBelts to lead client teams to deliver high value, predictably priced legal services to meet client needs. Ms. Damon is a certified GreenBelt. Ms. Damon speaks extensively, both on a local and national level. Within the past year, Ms. Damon has been recognized with four prominent national accolades: She was named one of the top 10 Agents of Change in the Financial Times U.S. Innovative Lawyer Report 2012; she was featured among the 10 most innovative attorneys in the country by the ABA Journal’s “Legal Rebels: Big Change in Big Law”; she was honored by Chambers USA as the 2012 Woman Employment Attorney Congratulations of the Year, in large part due to her efforts with SeyfarthLean; and, she was recognized by the Association of Corporate We are pleased to support the Counsel as a 2012 ACC Value Champion. National LGBT Bar Association’s 2013 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. Jon W. Davidson – Jon Davidson is the Legal Director of Lambda Legal, the largest and oldest national legal Congratulations on your 25th anniversary! organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those living with HIV. Based in the organization’s Western Regional Office in Los Angeles, Davidson is responsible for strategically guiding Lambda Legal’s legal work nationally and supervising the organization’s attorneys, Legal Help Desk specialists, and legal assistants in all five of Lambda Legal’s offices. He has worked on a broad range of LGBT and HIV-related legal matters for more than 25 years, and was honored with the National LGBT Bar Association’s Dan Bradley lifetime achievement award in 2010. Over the last decade, Davidson has been actively involved in fighting to win and defend legal protections for same-sex couples and their families and challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the federal “Defense of Marriage Act,” including co-

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authoring amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in both the Partner in April 2012. Mr. Dobson’s principal occupation is Hollingsworth v. Perry and Windsor v. United States cases. A Associate General Counsel, Corporate and Securities Law Stanford University and Yale Law School graduate, Davidson in the U.S. Corporate Secretarial group of TransCanada, previously was a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & a position he has held since November 2011. He joined Manella and a senior staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation TransCanada in January 2011 as Senior Legal Counsel, U.S. of Southern California. Corporate and Securities Law and held that position until November 2011. Prior to joining TransCanada, Mr. Dobson Shelbi Day – Shelbi Day is a Staff Attorney in the Western spent 18 years in corporate legal and law firm positions, most Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest recently from May 2008 to January 2010 as Vice-President national legal organization committed to achieving full and Assistant General Counsel of Nash Finch Company, a recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, Minneapolis, Minnesota based wholesale food distributor transgender people and people with HIV. Day has devoted and grocery retailer. Mr. Dobson is a member of the New her career to civil rights work, focusing exclusively on LGBT- York and Minnesota bar. He serves on an in-house securities and HIV- related issues since 2007. During this time, she law advisory panel and mentors young in-house attorneys has worked on a diverse range of issues affecting the LGBT through the Association of Corporate Counsel. He earned his community. Last year, Day filed an amicus curiae brief in Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics, with High Honor, the Ninth Circuit, arguing that a peremptory strike based on from South Dakota State University in 1989 and his Juris juror’s sexual orientation is impermissible pursuant to Batson Doctorate, with Sterling Honors, from the University of South v. Kentucky and its progeny. She also recently was a guest Dakota School of Law in 1992. lecturer for the National Criminal Victim Law Institute on the unique hurdles LGBT people face in accessing criminal and civil justice. Prior to joining Lambda Legal in 2012, Day worked as a Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Florida, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Southern Legal Counsel. From 2002-2003, she was a law clerk for Hon. Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Q. Todd Dickinson – Q. Todd Dickinson is the Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, a bar association of over 15,000 members and one of the world’s leading policy and advocacy organizations in the field of intellectual property. He has over 30 years of experience, including having served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the crowell & moring llp United States Patent and Trademark Office under President Clinton. Mr. Dickinson has also been both Vice President and is proud to support the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for the General Electric National LGBT Bar Association, Company, and a partner in the Howrey law firm. Mr. Q. Todd Dickinson has served as an officer of the Intellectual Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair Property Law Section of the American Bar Association and on the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property and congratulates the association Owners Association. He has been named as one of the “50 on celebrating its Most Influential People in Intellectual Property” by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine and was recently inducted into 25th Anniversary the IAM IP Hall of Fame. Mr. Dickinson earned his B.S. from Allegheny College in 1974, and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, California, the US Patent and Trademark Office, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Jon Dobson – Jon Dobson serves as the Assistant Secretary of TC PipeLines GP, Inc., General Partner of TC PipeLines, WASHINGTON, DC NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES LP. He was appointed Assistant Secretary of the General ORANGE COUNTY ANCHORAGE LONDON BRUSSELS CROWELL.COM

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Nicole Dogwill – Nicole Dogwill is a litigation partner that Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, advises and defends leading established and emerging and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and companies, as well as their directors and officers, on Recovery Act (RCRA), and a variety of state statutes. Chris matters involving fiduciary duty, corporate governance, has also developed a strong pro bono practice focusing on securities, fraud, antitrust/unfair business practices, trade civil rights issues affecting the LGBT community as well secret and related business litigation claims. She has as child custody and adoption matters. Chris also serves significant experience defending claims against directors as a trustee of The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, and officers. Ms. Dogwill received a B.A. in Political Science Minnesota. Prior to joining Faegre Baker Daniels, Chris and Economics from the University of Michigan in 1994 and worked as a McCleary law fellow with the Human Rights a J.D., magna cum laude, from Michigan State University Campaign and as a legal and policy associate with Workplace College of Law in 1998, where she was managing editor Flexibility 2010, a policy initiative of the Alfred P. Sloan of MSU College of Law Review. Ms. Dogwill was included Foundation and Georgetown University. In 2010, Chris was as a “future star” in both the 2012 and 2013 editions of named as an inaugural recipient of the National Lesbian, Gay, Benchmark Litigation. She is a member of the National LGBT Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association’s Best Bar Association’s Board of Directors, and is their current LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award. He is also a recipient of the Treasurer and President-Elect. Equality and Justice Award from the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association and was honored as a 2012 Attorney of the Year Chris Dolan – Chris is an associate in the Minneapolis office by the Minnesota Lawyer magazine. of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and specializes in environmental and natural resources litigation, environmental review, and Christian Dowell – Christian Dowell currently serves as administrative proceedings. His litigation practice is focused Legal Director, Global Brand & IP Litigation at Yahoo!. on complex environmental litigation arising under the As a member of Yahoo!’s Intellectual Property Asset Management team, Christian’s role is a global one, in which he is responsible for managing a heavy docket of trademark and patent litigation matters, as well as Yahoo!’s global trademark prosecution practice. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Davis Polk proudly Christian practiced law at the firm of Keats McFarland & supports the LGBT Bar. Wilson in Beverly Hills, California, which recently merged with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. While at KMW, Congratulations on Christian enjoyed the distinct opportunity to work with some 25 years of advancing of the world’s most recognizable brands and intellectual property content providers, including major motion picture the LGBT legal studios, multi-platinum Grammy award-winning artists, and community and leading video game producers. Christian handled copyright, trademark, class action, and general commercial litigation best wishes for matters, as well as providing a wide range of intellectual continued success. property counseling. Christian’s pro-bono activities include actively supporting The Trevor Project as Secretary of its Board of Directors. He also serves as the Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Yahoo! Employee Foundation.

E New York Paris Menlo Park Madrid Erik Emro – Erik Emro serves as Employee Relations Washington DC Tokyo São Paulo Beijing Associate Counsel at Target Corporation. In this role, Erik is London Hong Kong responsible for creating and driving the defense strategy for all charges of employment discrimination filed nationwide against the company. Erik has worked to identify and engage a talented and diverse team of outside attorneys to ensure superior handling of Target’s administrative charge work. Erik served as a leader on Target’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally (LGBTA) Business Council– an

davispolk.com © 2013 Davis Polk & Wardwell llp employee resource group aimed at fostering an inclusive culture for Target’s LGBTA team members, guests, and communities, and remains an active member of the group.

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A 2010 graduate of Hamline University School of Law in for the Southern District of New York, and the Honorable St. Paul, Minnesota, Erik is also a proud member of the James R. Browning, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth National LGBT Bar Association and its affiliate member, the Circuit. Minnesota Lavender Bar Association.

Bill Eskridge – Bill Eskridge is the John A. Garver Professor F of Jurisprudence at the Yale Law School and the co-author of a field-creating casebook, three monographs, and dozens of Praveen Fernandes – Praveen joined JAS in March of law review articles on sexuality, gender, and the law. 2012. He comes from the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy (ACS), where he worked for six years, Iván Espinoza-Madrigal – Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Legal most recently as Director of Programs for National Security, Director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy, is a civil Technology, Labor, and the Environment. Before working at rights attorney specializing in legal issues affecting the ACS, Praveen counseled clients at Patton Boggs LLP and LGBT community and those living with HIV, particularly in Ropes & Gray LLP on regulatory, legislative, and public policy immigration law. His cases have been featured in the New matters, with a focus on health care and Food and Drug York Times and New York Law Journal. He speaks nationally Administration issues. Praveen also served as a lobbyist and on civil rights issues, and provides legal commentary to legislative lawyer for the Human Rights Campaign, where CNN, Univision, Telemundo, and the Huffington Post. Most he worked on judicial nominations, relationship recognition, recently, Espinoza-Madrigal worked at Lambda Legal, where appropriations, HIV/AIDS, and other LGBT equality issues. he focused on marriage equality, immigration, and issues He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina (Chapel affecting LGBT and HIV-affected people of color. Previously, Hill) School of Law, has a master’s degree in Public Health he handled MALDEF’s immigrants’ rights docket, including from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health a challenge to Arizona’s immigration law, and a landmark and holds a B.A. in biomedical ethics from Brown University. Supreme Court voting rights case. He also worked at Fried Frank, where he defended the municipal identification card of New Haven, Conn., against an attempt to dismantle the program – a case that had a direct impact on cities across the country. Espinoza-Madrigal clerked for Judge Clay in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Judge Ellis in the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. He received a JD from NYU School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, and a BA, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Pennsylvania. The National LGBT Bar Association has recognized him as one of the Best LGBT Debevoise is Lawyers Under 40.

James D. Esseks – James Esseks is Director of the ACLU proud to sponsor Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project. James oversees litigation, legislative lobbying, policy advocacy, organizing, and public education around the country that the Lavender aims to ensure equal treatment of LGBT people by the government; equal protections for LGBT couples and families; protection from discrimination in jobs, schools, Law Career Fair housing, and public accommodations; and fair treatment by the government of people living with HIV. James was counsel in United States v. Windsor, which challenged and Conference the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act; in In re Marriage Cases before the California Supreme Court; in Schroer v. Billington, where a federal court ruled that Title New York Frankfurt VII’s ban on sex discrimination covers transgender people; Washington, D.C. Moscow and in successful challenges to Florida, Arkansas, and London Hong Kong Missouri’s bans on adoption and foster parenting by lesbians Paris Shanghai and gay men. He graduated from Yale College and Harvard Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Robert L. Carter, United States District Judge

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The National LGBT Bar Association named Praveen to its business development. She was a contributing columnist to 2010 “Top 40 under 40” list, which recognizes LGBT lawyers the Daily Journal’s EXTRA magazine for several years. She under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves is also an adjunct faculty member of Berkeley City College. through their work for LGBT equality. Prior to working with law firms, Kate worked in the book and magazine publishing industry. Kate Fitzgerald – Kate Fitzgerald oversees the business development for Squire Sanders’ Global Litigation Practice, Judge Michael Fitzgerald – Judge Fitzgerald currently which consists of more than 250 litigators throughout the US, serves as a United States District Judge for the United States Europe and Asia Pacific. Kate brings over 15 years of legal District Court for the Central District of California. Judge marketing, business development and executive coaching Fitzgerald was born and grew-up in Southern California. He experience to her work and has led numerous initiatives graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1981 focused on revenue generation, regional expansion, vertical and from the School of Law of the University of California, marketing, practice expansion, lateral integration, as well Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1985. He was elected to the Order as marketing department re-organizations. For several of the Coif, received the American Jurisprudence Award in years, Kate ran her own consulting firm, Deane Marketing Criminal Law, and served as Managing Editor of the Industrial & Communications, where her clients included regional, Relations Law Journal. He clerked for the Honorable Irving national and international law firms, such as DLA Piper, R. Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Lindquist & Vennum, Littler Mendelson, McDonough Holland Second Circuit. In Los Angeles, Judge Fitzgerald worked both & Allen, Nixon Peabody, Orrick, Preston Gates, Tomlinson as a federal prosecutor and in private practice. He was trial Zisko. Other clients included BuzzBack Market Research, counsel in Buttino v. FBI, a pro bono case that caused the Clear Impact, LyonMartin Health Services and PacificTherX. FBI to change its policy of viewing a homosexual orientation Kate has written and spoken extensively on marketing and as a security risk. He served pro bono as Deputy General Counsel of the Rampart Commission, which investigated the Los Angeles Police Department. Before his appointment, Judge Fitzgerald was a partner at Corbin, Fitzgerald & Athey LLP, handling criminal and civil cases. Upon Senator Barbara Boxer’s recommendation, President Obama nominated him to the United States District Court on July 20, 2011. The Senate confirmed the nomination on March 15, 2012, and the President appointed him that same day.

Judge Phyllis Frye – Phyllis Randolph Frye is an Eagle Scout, a former member of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, a US Army veteran (1LT-RA 1970-72), a licensed engineer, a licensed attorney, a father, a grandmother and a lesbian wife. She is the first out transgender judge in the nation. Now having lived almost sixty percent of her life as the woman she always felt herself to be, Phyllis remains on the cutting edge of LGBTI and especially transgender legal and political issues. When the “gay” community was still Advancing Diversity & Inclusion ignoring or marginalizing the transgender community in the early 1990’s, Phyllis began the national transgender legal Faegre Baker Daniels is proud to support and political movement (thus she is known as being the the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and movement’s “Grandmother”) with the six annual transgender law conferences (ICTLEP) and their grassroots training. Transgender Bar Association’s efforts to Attorney Frye is one of the Task Force’s 1995 “Creator of promote justice for the LGBT community Change” award winners. In 1999 she was given Int’l Fndn in and through the legal profession. Gender Education’s Virginia Prince Lifetime Achievement award. In 2001 she was given Lavender Law’s highest honor, the Dan Bradley Award. She was honored beginning in 2009 by Texas A&M University with an annual Advocacy Award given in her name. In 2013 the Houston Transgender FaegreBD.com/Diversity Unity Committee gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2010 Phyllis was sworn-in as the first out transgender judge in the nation, as a City of Houston Associate Municipal Judge. She retains her senior partnership with Frye, Steidley,

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Oaks and Benavidez, PLLC, (liberatinglaw.com) which is an benefits, to provide Safe Zone training within GSK, and to out LGBTI-and-straight-allies law firm. While the members include LGBT into GSK’s Supplier Diversity efforts. of the firm practice law in a variety of areas, Phyllis devotes her practice exclusively to taking transgender clients – both adults and minors – through the Texas courts to change the G clients’ names and genders on their legal documents. Jackie Gardina – Professor Jackie Gardina teaches at J.D. Fugate – J.D. Fugate is Assistant General Counsel for Vermont Law School where she specializes in four main Regulatory Affairs - Enterprise Privacy in Microsoft Legal areas: civil procedure; administrative law; bankruptcy, and Corporate Affairs, helping customers keep control of with a special emphasis on environmental obligations in their personal information. J.D. has provided general counsel bankruptcy; and sexual orientation and gender identity to several businesses in his Microsoft career, bringing issues. Professor Gardina graduated magna cum laude many versions of Windows to market since 1998, leading from Boston College Law School. Upon graduation, she and contributing to cross-company teams on healthcare clerked for Chief Judge William Young of the United States compliance, silicon partner strategy, contract simplification, District Court for the District of Massachusetts and then and attracting and retaining diverse employees. J.D. joined for the Honorable Levin Campbell of the First Circuit Court Microsoft after counseling the company externally for several of Appeals. In addition, she was an associate at the Boston years from the Seattle office of K&L Gates, LLP. He spent firm of Choate, Hall, and Stewart, where she practiced in the his formative years raising cattle on his family’s farm in commercial litigation department. In addition to her teaching Tennessee before earning degrees at Wake Forest University duties, Professor Gardina has spoken and written on a and Yale Law School. He sings upper bass with Seattle variety of topics including the Defense of Marriage Act, the Men’s Chorus, relentlessly sharing show tunes with his interstate recognition of same-sex relationships, the Solomon longsuffering partner and their howling dogs. Theodore Furman – Ted Furman is a Vice President in the GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) Legal Department managing Foley is proud to be a a global team handling GSK’s Consumer Healthcare, Dermatology, and Ophthalmology patent matters, having sponsor of the National joined GSK in 2002. Ted has also been a member of the th patent departments at Bristol-Myers Squibb and the LGBT Bar Association’s 25 RCA Corporation and has a total of 32 years in the patent profession. Ted is co-chair of GSK Legal’s Diversity and Anniversary Lavender Law Inclusion Steering Team which includes members from around the world. Under Ted’s leadership that Steering Team Conference and Career Fair. has succeeded in implementing programs and practices including the leveraging of GSK’s external legal spend to promote diversity in the profession, providing summer Come and meet some of our attorneys at internships for diverse law students, providing a Young the conference and career fair! Inventors Program for grade school children, and providing Career Days for law students, to name a few. These and related efforts have led to GSK being the first Pharma company to sign on to the Law Society’s (UK) Diversity For more information, please contact our and Inclusion Charter in 2010, GSK Legal being an MCCA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies (LGBTA) Mid-Atlantic Region Employer of Choice for 2010, and GSK Affinity Group leaders, Jack Lord Jr. at [email protected] scoring a 100 on HRC’s ‘Best LGBT Places To Work’ list for or Eileen Ridley at [email protected]. 8 consecutive years. GSK Legal’s Diversity efforts under Ted have also garnered the ACC’s 2011 award for Outstanding Commitment to Diversity by a Law Department in the Foley.com Philadelphia area (DELVACCA) as well as the National LGBT Bar Association’s 2012 Out and Proud Corporate Counsel Award in 2012 in Philadelphia. Also, for the past 9 years Ted has served as Executive Sponsor for GSK’s Philadelphia-area LGBT Employee Resource Group, SPECTRUM, and is proud to have led or sponsored successful efforts to obtain health coverage for gender reassignment surgeries for transgender ©2013 Foley & Lardner LLP employees, to provide grossing up for domestic partner

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Amendment and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. She is currently the Thomas E. Gaynor – Thomas Gaynor’s practice includes co-president of Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) structuring and negotiating complex international and she has served on the AALS Government Relations corporate transactions. Thomas has handled public and Committee and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network private international company mergers and acquisitions, (SLDN) Board. recapitalizations, venture and private equity financings, joint ventures and domestic/offshore investment fund creation. Shawn Gaylord – Shawn Gaylord is the Director of Public He represents companies from initial start-up stages Policy for GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education through various exits, as well as multinational entities and Network and has been with the organization for eight has provided a broad range of legal services and business years. GLSEN’s policy work is focused on legislative and strategy advice. His international practice focuses on Italy policy change at the federal, state and local level to make and France. Thomas has guided several mediation and schools safer for all youth, regardless of sexual orientation litigation matters to successful conclusions for clients with and gender identity. Shawn received his undergraduate his team of specialty counsel. Thomas is co‐author of “The degree from the University of Buffalo and a law degree from Top Ten for Start‐up Entrepreneurs,” Points & Authorities, Georgetown University Law Center. He previously served as Winter 2010/2011. Thomas is a member of the Association the Deputy Director for the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance of Corporate Growth in Los Angeles and San Francisco. League (SMYAL) and as an associate at Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg, LLP. In addition, Shawn has worked Judge Linda Giles – A graduate of McGill University (B.A., extensively on the intersection of LGBT rights and human Economics, 1974) and New England School of Law (J.D., rights through his work3.625” as a staff x 4.875” member and volunteer for cum laude, 1977), where she served as Case Comment Amnesty International’s OUTFront Program. Editor of the Law Review, Judge Giles was engaged in the private practice of law, specializing in trial practice, before joining the bench. In 1991, she was appointed as the first openly lesbian judge in Massachusetts to be an Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court by Governor William F. Weld; and, in 1998, she was elevated to the Superior Court by Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci. Judge Giles has served Diversity of People. as chair of the Massachusetts Trial Court’s Gender Equality Advisory Board and president of the International Association Diversity of Thought. of LGBT Judges. She has participated in many educational programs on a variety of topics, such as gender equality, substance abuse, the enhancement of the judicial system, and access to justice, and has done much work in the area of domestic violence, serving on a number of committees At Freddie Mac, our inclusive and panels and authoring the Judicial Commentary in the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education book, Obtaining, culture encourages and values Enforcing and Defending 209A Restraining Orders. She diversity of thought. formerly was an Adjunct Professor of Law at New England School of Law, teaching “Children and the Law,” and Different perspectives make us presently teaches “Trial Practice” at Suffolk University Law School. Judge Giles is a recipient of the Massachusetts stronger and drive our success in Judges Conference’s Judicial Excellence Award (President’s making home possible for millions. Award), the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Public Service Award, Boston College Law School’s Lambda Student Learn more at Association’s “Courage in Coming Out” Award, and the North Shore Gay Alliance 15th Anniversary Award. FreddieMac.com/Careers Alison Gill – Alison Gill is the Government Affairs Director at The Trevor Project, where she coordinates advocacy for LGBTQ youth mental health and well-being through policy initiatives at the federal, state, and local level. Prior to joining The Trevor Project, Alison worked at the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, where she provided technical assistance and resources to advocates seeking policy change at the state and local level. Alison also engages in local

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trans advocacy in Washington, DC, through organizations the World Professional Association for Transgender Health such as the DC Trans Coalition and Trans Legal Advocates (WPATH). Jamison has appeared in over a dozen educational of Washington. Alison received her J.D. from George documentary films, including the award-winningYou Don’t Washington University Law School. Know Dick and Trans. His work on anti-discrimination legislation, policy work on healthcare access and insurance David Godfrey – David Godfrey is a senior attorney at the reform has impacted governments, healthcare administration ABA Commission on Law and Aging in Washington DC. He is and delivery systems, and businesses throughout the responsible for the ABA’s role in the Administration on Aging world. He has been recognized with numerous awards, funded National Legal Resource Center. Prior to joining the including the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists’ Commission he was responsible for elder law programming Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to LGBT at Access to Justice Foundation in Kentucky. Mr. Godfrey mental health, the Transgender Advocacy Award from the earned his B.A. with honors at Rollins College in Winter National LGBT Bar Association, and the Vanguard Award Park, Florida, and his J.D. cum laude from the University Of from the Transgender Law Center. He will serve as President Louisville School Of Law in Kentucky. of WPATH from 2014-2016.

Virginia Goggin – Virginia Goggin spearheaded Julie Greenberg – Professor Greenberg is a professor at NYLAG’s LGBT Law Project at NYLAG in 2008 after receiving Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Her path-breaking work the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Community Responsibility on gender identity and intersexuality has been cited by a Fellowship. Virginia represents and advises LGBT (lesbian, number of state and federal courts, as well as courts in other gay, bisexual and transgender) community members in countries. Her work has been quoted in hundreds of books a variety of legal areas including child custody, domestic and articles and she has been invited to speak at dozens of violence, second parent adoption, succession rights in national and international conferences on the subject. She housing, wills and advanced directives. She received NYC’s Anti-Violence Project’s Courage Award for her work in forming the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic at AVP. Prior to NYLAG, Virginia worked at The Legal Aid Society in the Disability Advocacy Unit. She was an AmeriCorps Service Member for two years serving in a low-income housing project in Columbus, Ohio. Virginia graduated from New York Law School in 2008. She received the Hank Henry Judicial Fellowship from the LGBT Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) in 2005 and was awarded the Joseph Solomon Public Service Fellowship in 2007.

Gavin Gray – Gavin Gray is the Chief Information Officer at Perkins Coie, a national firm of 900 lawyers headquartered in Seattle, Washington. He has more than 15 years of organizational leadership and project management experience in large international law firms. Gavin’s background includes a variety of management roles in and outside of technology which affords him a unique perspective on law firm operations and organizational dynamics. Gavin joined Perkins Coie in 2010 and is based in New York.

Jamison Green – Jamison Green, PhD (Law), MFA (Writing), is internationally known as a leader in transgender health, policy, law, and education. He is the author of the prize- winning book Becoming a Visible Man (Vanderbilt University Press, 2004), and led FTM International from March 1991 to August 1999, helping to inspire the contemporary global transgender movement. He has served as a director of such organizations as the International Foundation for Gender Education, TransYouth Family Allies, Gender Education & Advocacy, Inc., the Transgender Law & Policy Institute, and

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joined the TJSL faculty in 1990 and was the Associate Dean Previously Ms. Greer developed the policy department at for Faculty Development from 2003-2005. She serves on Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN). In addition a number of nonprofit organizations’ boards of directors to creating and supervising that policy department, she and has also been involved in a variety of community supervised the group’s successful legal services and impact service projects relating to the rights of women and sexual litigation efforts. Ms. Greer began her legal services work minorities. Professor Greenberg’s work on behalf of LGBTI while at Rutgers Law School, when she worked at Camden rights was recognized by the Tom Homann LGBT Bar Regional Legal Services. After law school, she was an Association in 2006 when it presented her with the “Friend associate with the firm of Weissman & Mintz, specializing of the Community” award. She also was voted by her peers in plaintiffs’ side employment discrimination and labor law. as one of San Diego’s Top Attorneys in Academics for 2006, Ms. Greer left Weissman & Mintz to serve as a staff attorney 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. with the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP). There, Ms. Greer worked on cases before the Court of Sharra E. Greer – Sharra Greer has been an adjunct faculty Appeals for Veterans Claims and represented plaintiffs’ in member at American University – Washington College of two class actions through NVLSP’s Agent Orange Resource Law since 2011. Ms. Greer is also the Policy Director for Center. Recently, Sharra helped design and create Lawyers the Children’s Law Center. Children’s Law Center provides Serving Warriors, a program which provides pro bono legal legal services to at-risk children and their families focusing services for returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. on children who face instability as a result of abuse, neglect Sharra graduated with honors from Rutgers in 1994 and or extreme parental conflict, as well as children with special received her BAs from the University of Washington. education or health needs. The Policy program takes knowledge gained from representing individual clients to Marty Grenhart – Marty Grenhart is the Recruitment advocate for changes in the law and its implementation. Programs Manager at UC Berkeley School of Law. She manages both the Fall and Spring On-Campus Interviewing Programs, and is the primary liaison between employers and the law students they seek to recruit. She advises employers on ways to convey their unique strengths to their target population, and in doing so, helps them develop long-range outreach strategies to maximize their recruiting potential. Ms. Grenhart is an active member of both NALP (National Association for Law Placement) and BALRA (Bay Area Legal Recruiters Association), and has served in leadership positions in both organizations.

Tamara E. Kolz Griffin – Tamara Kolz Griffin is a solo practitioner in Wayland, Massachusetts. Her practice Gibson Dunn is a proud supporter of the primarily focuses on estate planning and probate with a National LGBT Bar Association particular expertise in serving the needs of same-sex couples and non-traditional families. Tamara is also a clinical instructor and the at Harvard Law School where she teaches estate planning and serves as the Associate Director of the Estate Planning Lavender Law Clinic through which she collaborates with the LGBT Clinic Conference & Career Fair to serve the estate planning needs of LGBT clients. Tamara is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a nonprofit association of lawyers whose members are elected to the College by demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors. Prior to establishing her own solo practice, Tamara was a partner in the Boston office of Holland & Knight, LLP, where www.gibsondunn.com she practiced for 15 years. Tamara received her B.S. from

Brussels  Century City  Dallas  Denver  Dubai  Hong Kong  London  Los Angeles  Munich  New York Northeastern University summa cum laude in 1990, where Orange County  Palo Alto  Paris  San Francisco  São Paulo  Singapore  Washington, D.C. she graduated first in her class. She earned her J.D. degree cum laude in 1993 from Harvard Law School and an L.L.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law in 2002. She may be reached at [email protected].

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Debra E. Guston – Ms. Guston is a partner in the law firm Jody Herman – Jody L. Herman holds a Ph.D. in Public of Guston & Guston, L.L.P., Glen Rock, New Jersey. She Policy and Public Administration from The George graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, holds Washington University, where she also earned her M.A. in a M.A. from Emerson College and received her J.D. from Public Policy. She is the Peter J. Cooper Public Policy Fellow Cardozo School of Law. Ms. Guston represents a broad and Manager of Transgender Research at the Williams spectrum of clients in family matters; adoptions; estate Institute at the UCLA School of Law. She has worked on planning, litigation and administration; non-profit formation issues of poverty, women’s rights, and anti-discrimination and management and other practice areas designed to policy development with non-profit research, advocacy, and meet the needs of the LGBT and general communities. Ms. direct-service organizations in the United States and Mexico. Guston is currently Vice President of the Board of Trustees Before joining the Williams Institute, she worked as a of ACLU-NJ. Ms. Guston has recently been honored by research consultant on issues of voting rights in low-income her alma mater, Cardozo School of Law with its LGBT minority communities and gender identity discrimination. organization’s E. Nathaniel Gates Award for achievement and She also served as a co-author on the groundbreaking report contribution to the LGBT legal community and with the New Injustice at Every Turn, based on the National Transgender Jersey State Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Section Lifetime Discrimination Survey conducted by the National Gay and Achievement Award. She is a past Chair of the LGBT Rights Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a Equality. member of the NJSBA’s Family Law Section Executive Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee Megan Hey – Megan Hey is a Deputy Attorney General in of the LGBT Family Law Institute, a joint project of the the Environment Section of the California Department of National Center for Lesbian Rights and the National LGBT Justice. Her duties include representing the state and state Bar Association that brings together attorneys experienced agencies on matters concerning the California Environmental in LGBT family law and related fields. She is a member of NCLR’s National Family Law Advisory Committee.

Wendy Hartman – Wendy E. Hartmann was born in Brooklyn, New York and received her B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Oswego. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of LaVerne College of Law and her LL.M in Taxation from Golden Gate University School of Law. Ms. Hartmann is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States District Court for the Central Goodwin Procter LLP is proud to sponsor the District of California, and the United States Tax Court. Ms. Hartmann is certified by the State Bar of California Board of NatioNal lGBt Bar associatioN Legal Specialization as a Certified Specialist Estate Planning, 2013 laveNder law Trust and Probate Law, and has been selected for 2011, coNfereNce & career fair 2012 and 2013 as one of the top attorneys in Southern California. Prior to receiving her J.D. and LLM degrees, she We applaud and support the efforts of the practiced for more than twenty years in the areas of taxation, LGBT Bar to promote justice in and through accounting, estate planning, business management and the legal profession for the LGBT community development, and human resources, as well as serving for in all its diversity. several years as a Vice President at a nationwide human resource consulting firm. Ms. Hartmann now specializes in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, taxation, business formation and development, adoption and family formation, with a large portion of her practice devoted to advising the LGBT community. She is a frequent lecturer Boston | Hong Kong | London | Los Angeles | New York in the areas of estate taxation as well as the evolving laws San Francisco | Silicon Valley | Washington DC | www.goodwinprocter.com affecting the LGBT community.

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Quality Act, hazardous substances control and hazardous Sony’s LGBT employee resource group, organized Sony’s waste laws, and state regulation of nuclear energy facilities, participation in San Diego Pride for the past four years, and among other things. Prior to government service, she spearheaded Sony’s participation in the HRC Corporate litigated and advised public and private clients on complex Equality Index (with annual scores in the nineties). Last year, issues about the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Tristan received the National LGBT Bar Association’s Out & CERCLA, RCRA, California’s Proposition 65, and the California Proud Corporate Counsel Award and was named one of the Environmental Quality Act. Meg has also represented public 10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz by POWER UP, a lesbian and private entities on a variety of commercial litigation filmmaking group. On a personal note, Tristan has two young matters regarding contracts, product liability/mass tort, land children. She loves writing, traveling, kayaking, musicals, use, eminent domain, real property and asbestos. bow ties, lattes and craft beer.

Tristan Higgins – Tristan has a BA in Theater and went to Elizabeth L. Hillman – Elizabeth Hillman is Provost, law school to become an entertainment lawyer. She began Academic Dean, and Professor of Law at University of her career as a prosecutor in San Diego, and went on to California Hastings College of the Law. Born and raised in do entertainment law for the Screen Actors Guild in Los Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Provost Hillman attended Duke Angeles. After advising SAG in its video game contract University on an Air Force ROTC scholarship, earned a negotiations, she joined Sega of America in San Francisco, degree in electrical engineering, and served as a space where she oversaw Sega’s legal needs for North America. operations officer and orbital analyst in the U.S. Air Force. She left Sega to join Sony Electronics in San Diego, where She taught history at the Air Force Academy and Yale she helped establish the Digital Cinema business worldwide. University and law at Rutgers University School of Law Tristan now advises the component sales division in Silicon at Camden before joining the UC Hastings faculty. Her Valley and works frequently with Sony’s headquarters in scholarship focuses on military law, history, and culture, Tokyo on high tech licensing and sales. Tristan co-founded topics about which she has published two books, Military Justice Cases and Materials (2d ed. 2012, LexisNexis, with Eugene R. Fidell and Dwight H. Sullivan) and Defending America: Military Culture and the Cold War Court-Martial (Princeton University Press, 2005), and many articles. She has testified before Congress, served as an expert at trial, and commented in the media about military justice, sexual orientation, and gender in the U.S. armed forces. She is 1750 Attorneys | 36 LocA tions WorL d W ide˚ president of the National Institute of Military Justice, a non-profit dedicated to promoting fairness in and public understanding of military justice worldwide, co-legal director of the Palm Center, a public policy research institute that played a key role in ending the “don’t ask/don’t tell,” and a member of an independent panel chartered by Congress in 2013 to review and assess the military’s response to sexual assault.

Currey Hitchens – Currey works to ensure access to justice and opportunities out of poverty for low income individuals in rural Georgia through direct client representation as an attorney with the Georgia Legal Services Program. She and Greenberg traurig is proud to sponsor the a dedicated group of LGBTQ advocates are attempting to Lavender Law conference & career Fair. queer up GLSP and make sure GLSP is inclusive of low- We congratulate The National LGBT Bar Association income LGBTQ Georgians in the 154 mostly rural counties on its 25th Anniversary and support its commitment served by GLSP. Currey was born in Georgia and has worked to inclusion and diversity in the legal profession. as a teacher and as an attorney with GLSP for the past 3 ½

MARC B. KOENIGSBERG years. She enjoys being a parent and running with her dog 1201 K street, suite 1100 when she finds time. sAcrAmento, cALiForniA 95814 916.442.1111 | [email protected] Valerie L. Hletko – Valerie Hletko is a partner in the GreenberG TrauriG, LLP | aTTorneys aT Law | www.GTLaw.com Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP. Ms. Greenberg traurig is a service mark and trade name of Greenberg traurig, LLP and Greenberg traurig, Hletko represents financial institutions in examinations, P.A. ©2013 Greenberg traurig, LLP. Attorneys at Law. All rights reserved. °these numbers are subject to fluctuation. 21607 investigations, and administrative enforcement actions

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initiated by the DOJ, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board, also advised on appellate strategy, settlement negotiations, the CFPB, HUD, and state bank regulatory agencies and and securities fraud. John is a member of the LGBT Network, state attorneys general. Her enforcement practice is focused and performs pro bono work, including for a program that on a broad range of consumer finance issues, including fair assists transgender individuals. and responsible lending, financial products trade practices, mortgage fraud, and mortgage loan servicing. Ms. Hletko John C. Hummel – As an attorney John C. Hummel has has represented financial institutions in individual and private focused on civil rights, equal employment opportunity, and class action litigation alleging violations of federal and state employment law, with a specialty in LGBT rights, including fair lending laws, mortgage fraud, and unfair, deceptive, significant work in transgender law and policy. His career or abusive acts or practices. Ms. Hletko also counsels has included government service for three states (Idaho, financial institutions on risk management, loss mitigation, Colorado, and now Minnesota), work with LGBT nonprofit and residential mortgage loan modification programs, and organizations in three states (Idaho, Colorado, and Oregon), compliance with consumer protection laws. She lectures and private legal practice in Idaho. Hummel is licensed in and publishes on subjects of interest to financial institutions, the state and federal courts of Idaho and Colorado, and including fair and responsible banking practices, regulatory admitted to practice before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. enforcement trends, and short-term, small-dollar loan He was the first openly gay attorney in Idaho, where he products. Ms. Hletko received her B.A. from Kenyon College co-founded Your Family Friends & Neighbors (YFFN) in (magna cum laude), her M.T.S. from Harvard University, and 1990, which produced the state’s first public LGBT Pride her J.D. from the University of Chicago. Celebration. He was also a leader in the successful campaign against the Idaho statewide anti-gay ballot measure known Lousene Hoppe – Lousene Hoppe practices in the White as Proposition One in 1994. From 2004 to 2007, Hummel Collar & Regulatory Defense, Commercial Litigation, and Health Care Fraud & Compliance Groups at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. She has worked on a variety of white collar cases, including tax evasion, healthcare fraud, foreign corrupt practices (FCPA), financial crimes, environmental crimes, False Claim Act defense, and other serious criminal misdemeanor & felony cases. She also has handled cases involving assault and sexual violence and has represented A rainbow several LGBT clients in criminal and civil matters. Lousene currently serves as the Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s LGBT Committee. She sits on Leadership Advisory of career Board for the ABA Young Lawyers Division and the National LGBT Bar Association’s ABA Committee.

John Hughes III – John is a member of Sullivan & opportunities Cromwell’s Litigation Group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, and white collar criminal defense matters. He has been involved in Article HP is a proud sponsor of the LGBT Bar 78 and fraudulent conveyance actions in New York State Association and congratulates them court brought against MBIA, Inc. to challenge the insurance company’s 2009 multi-billion dollar restructuring. John’s on their 25th anniversary. work on the case included drafting major merits briefs and similar filings and consulting frequently with leading outside experts in the field of administrative and insurance law Choosing a brilliant career, it matters. during the briefing of several legal issues of first impression. Visit hp.com/jobs John was also involved in the representation of a large international bank in a sanctions investigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and federal and state banking regulators. He regularly attended and presented at meetings with senior bank management and the bank’s general counsel, and prepared advocacy presentations that involved coordination ©2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. with outside consultants to create “trial-quality” interactive graphics addressing complex legal and factual issues. He has

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served as the Legal Director of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual & others. From 1993 to 1996 she served as Deputy General Transgender Community Center of Colorado. Hummel is the Counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human principal author of the interpretative regulations promulgated Services; after leaving HHS, she was a member of the by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in 2009 to interpret President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection the state’s antidiscrimination protection based upon sexual and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Dean Hunter orientation, inclusive of transgender status. He is currently received the Pioneer of Courage award from the American serving a one-year appointment as an Investigator and Equal Foundation for AIDS Research and the first Dan Bradley Opportunity Consultant with the Minnesota Department of award from the National LGBT Bar Association. She blogs at Human Services in St. Paul. www.hunterofjustice.com.

Nan D. Hunter – Nan D. Hunter is Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Professor of Law at Georgetown I University Law Center. In addition, she is Legal Scholarship Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA. Dean Hunter Alesdair Ittelson – Alesdair Ittelson is a Skadden Fellow and writes primarily in two fields: state regulation of sexuality and Staff Attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Alesdair’s health law. She co-authored the casebook Sexuality, Gender work addresses anti-LGBTQ bias as experienced by and the Law, now in its third edition with a new Fall 2013 individuals or groups facing intersectional axes of oppression. Supplement. Her articles in both fields have appeared in the Alesdair combines education and legal advocacy in an Michigan Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law effort to promote equity in schools, correctional facilities, Review, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and health care settings. In his current capacity, Alesdair the Georgetown Law Journal, the Minnesota Law Review, travels throughout the Deep South where he has trained the Virginia Law Review, and the NYU Law Review, among school officials, counselors, court staff, parole officers, youth detention officers, and prison guards, among others. He is also the lead SPLC attorney on M.C. v. Aaronson, the first-of-its kind lawsuit challenging a genital “normalizing” surgery performed on an infant with an intersex condition while the child was in foster care. Alesdair received his B.A. from Brandeis University and his J.D from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was a member of the California Law Review and the chair of the Boalt Hall Queer Caucus. Bold. Brilliant. Diverse. J We celebrate the mission of the National LGBT Bar Association to promote justice in and through Brad Jacklin – Brad Jacklin works for Representative Sean Patrick Maloney and is a representative for the Congressional the legal profession for the LGBT community LGBT Equality Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. in all its diversity. We are proud to sponsor the Prior to joining Mr. Maloney and the Equality Caucus in 2013 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. Brad was with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force for three years working on federal administrative agency policy K&L Gates LLP. Global legal counsel in 48 fully to impact how LGBT people and families are treated by integrated offices across five continents. Learn more and interact with federal government programs. Previously Brad worked with the Human Rights Campaign, AIDS Legal at klgates.com. Services at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and on both state and local candidate and issue campaigns. Brad earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and his JD from Santa Clara University.

David Jaquette – David Jaquette is an Attorney in the Trademark Group at Microsoft, where he supports the Corporate Sales Division and Interactive Entertainment Business. In this role, he provides clearance, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement advice for some of Microsoft’s most prominent brands, including its house brand and

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products such as the Xbox. David has also been actively involved in shaping Microsoft’s trademark strategy for K ICANN’s new top-level domain expansion. Before joining Microsoft in August 2012, David was an Associate at Jones Danny Kirchoff – Danny Kirchoff is currently the Helpline Day in Washington, DC, where he focused on trademark Manager at the Transgender Law Center. He graduated and advertising litigation. Before that, he was an Associate from Antioch College in 2000, after which he moved to San at Howrey LLP. David graduated from American University’s Francisco, CA, where he worked at Horizons Foundation Washington College of Law and received his undergraduate & Equality California & served on the LGBT Advisory degree from Amherst College. Committee of the SF Human Rights Commission & board of directors of Transgender Law Center. Danny attended Michael R. Jarecki – Michael R. Jarecki is the principal the City University of New York School of Law where he of the Law Office of Michael R. Jarecki in Chicago, a firm was both a Haywood Burns Fellow in Civil & Human Rights concentrating in U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law. He & Point Foundation Scholar. During law school, he interned represents businesses, employees, families, and individuals at Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Economic Justice Project, before government agencies within the country and at U.S. Transgender Law Center, & Disability Rights Project of NY consular posts worldwide. Mr. Jarecki is Secretary of the Lawyers for the Public Interest. After graduating in 2009, Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Danny was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at Transgender Association (AILA). He has served as Chair of the National Law Center, focusing on increasing access to social services, LGBT Working Group of AILA and as a member of various homeless shelters & public benefits for trans* Californians. AILA liaison committees with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Customs and Border Ben Klein – Ben Klein is a Senior Attorney and has been Protection (CBP) in Chicago. Mr. Jarecki has the honor to the AIDS Law Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates serve on the Advisory Committee to Congressman Mike & Defenders (GLAD) since 1994. He has litigated cases Quigley of Illinois’ 5thCongressional District, advising on issues related to immigration and LGBT rights. Mr. Jarecki has been recognized by SuperLawyers as a Rising Star in Illinois for Immigration and was named one of the Best LGBT Attorneys Under the Age of 40, Class of 2012, by the National LGBT Bar Association, an affiliate of the American Bar Association. Mr. Jarecki is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was a member of the law review. Contact information may be found at www.jareckilaw.com. Courtney Joslin – Courtney Joslin is a Professor at UC Davis We take stock in School of Law. Professor Joslin received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her law degree from diversity to maximize Harvard Law School, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Prior to our returns. joining the faculty at UC Davis, Professor Joslin served as an We actively seek candidates with a wide variety attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), of backgrounds, interests and life experiences. where she litigated cases on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, Please join us as we continue to build a more and transgender people and their families. Professor Joslin’s diverse legal community. areas of interest include family and relationship recognition, particularly focusing on same-sex and nonmarital couples. kayescholer.com Professor Joslin’s publications have appeared in the Boston University Law Review, the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the Iowa Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, and the Southern California Law Review. Her article, Modernizing Divorce Jurisdiction: Same-Sex Couples and Minimum Contacts was selected as a winner of the 2011 AALS New Copyright © 2013 by Kaye Scholer LLP. (07092013) Voices in Gender Studies Paper Competition.

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in state and federal trial and appellate courts establishing & Civil Rights, Property, and Taxation. Her scholarship legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender examines the role of the law in the regulation and production people and people living with HIV. Ben was lead counsel of identity. Professor Knauer has written and lectured in Bragdon v. Abbott, a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision widely on the legal recognition of same-sex relationships that established protection against discrimination under the and the unique challenges facing LGBT elders. Drawing Americans with Disabilities Act for all people with HIV. He on materials from law, history, and social theory, her argued the Connecticut marriage litigation, Kerrigan & Mock book, Gay and Lesbian Elders: History, Law, and Identity v. Department of Public Health, 289 Conn. 135 (2008). He Politics in the U.S., outlines reforms that are necessary has also been co-counsel in numerous cases involving the to ensure equity and dignity in aging regardless of sexual rights of transgender persons, including O’Donnabhain v. orientation. Professor Knauer received a Dukeminier Award Commisioner of Internal Revenue (134 T.C. 34 2010), a U.S. and the Stu Walter Prize from the Williams Institute at UCLA Tax court decision ruling that gender reassignment surgery is Law School for LGBT Elder Law: Toward Equity in Aging, “medical care” for the purpose of tax deductions, and Doe 32 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (2009). Professor v. Clenchy, a case involving a transgender fifth grade girl’s Knauer was one of only 25 law professors selected for a access to the girls’ restroom at school, currently pending nation-wide study, What the Best Law Teachers Do, which before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He is a 1982 will be published by Harvard University Press in 2013. graduate of Oberlin College and a 1987 graduate of Boston Selections were made from more than 250 nominees University School of Law. teaching at over 100 law schools. Professor Knauer has received numerous awards for her teaching, scholarship, and Nancy Knauer – Professor Knauer is the I. Herman Stern service. Professor of Law and Director of Law & Public Policy Programs at Temple Law School where she teaches Political Judge Victoria Kolakowski – Judge Victoria Kolakowski is the first openly transgender trial judge in the United States; she was elected to the Alameda County Superior Court in November 2010. Judge Kolakowski was an attorney for twenty one years in Louisiana and California, serving as a sole practitioner, attorney in a small firm, as general counsel for a publicly traded company, as a senior government utility regulatory attorney, and as an administrative law judge for two different California agencies. Since coming out publicly in 1989, Judge Kolakowski has been a leader in numerous local, state and national LGBT legal, political and spiritual organizations. Her many accomplishments include co-authoring Berkeley, California’s domestic partner public registration ordinance in 1991 and co-chairing the board of directors of the Transgender Law Center, an organization focused on the well-being and protection of transgender Our best wishes individuals. She was also honored as an “Outstanding Woman of Berkeley” (1995) by the Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women. In 2011, Judge Kolakowski served for continued success. as a Community Grand Marshal for San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride and was named by the Equality Forum as one of 31 international Icons for LGBT McDermott Will & Emery is committed to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender History Month. (LGBT) equality within our Firm and the broader legal profession. We warmly congratulate The National LGBT Bar Association as it celebrates 25 years of Kevin Kraham – Kevin is a shareholder in Littler Mendelson’s promoting justice for the LGBT Community in and through the legal profession. DC office. He provides day-to-day advice, counseling, and training to employers and represents clients in employment and labor matters in federal and state courts and before www.mwe.com administrative agencies and arbitrators. Kevin partners Boston Brussels Chicago Düsseldorf Frankfurt Houston London Los Angeles Miami Milan with clients to help ensure that human resources and labor Munich New York Orange County Paris Rome Seoul Silicon Valley Washington, D.C. Strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices (Shanghai) relations practices and programs support and drive business McDermott Will & Emery conducts its practice through separate legal entities in each of the countries plans. Earlier in his career, he was an administrative judge, where it has offices. This communication may be considered attorney advertising. Previous results are not law clerk, and investigator for the EEOC. Kevin lives on the a guarantee of future outcome. Hill and is the proud father of two sons. Kevin serves on the board of directors of The National LGBT Bar Association

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and is a member of Littler Pride, Littler’s LGBTA affinity Berkeley Law in 2001 where she was selected for the Order group. Littler has long been recognized for its commitment of the Coif. She also served as an Editor for the California to diversity and community outreach, including receiving a Law Review. Ms. Kristen is a member of the American 100% rating in the HRC Corporate Equality Index in 2013, Association of University Women, the National Employment 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009. Littler is proud to be among Lawyers Association and the California Employment Lawyers the 278 employers and associations of employers that filed Association and a past Board member of the Pride Law a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Edith Fund. In 2012-13, she served as a Harvard law School Windsor’s successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow. She was a lecturer at Act. Berkeley Law School from 2008-2013. She is currently a member of CELA Voice. Noah Kressler – Noah Kressler is a senior associate in the firm’s Capital Markets practice group. Mr. Kressler advises issuers, underwriters and selling stockholders in connection L with public and private offerings of securities, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary equity Karen Langsley – Karen Langsley is a solo practitioner offerings, PIPEs and debt offerings. He also advises clients and a Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist. Her practice regarding corporate governance issues and securities law consists primarily of Child Welfare Law, Collaborative Law, compliance. He has practiced in the firm’s New York and traditional family litigation, and emphasizes the importance London offices. He represented STR Holdings, Inc. and of alternative dispute resolution for non-traditional families GlobeOp Financial Services in their initial public offerings, (i.e. LGBT families, unmarried families, married parents in as well as issuers or underwriters for proposed initial public non-recognition states). She serves on the Texas State Bar offerings for companies in the internet, restaurant, health Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and is a past chair of care and pharmaceutical industries. He has also represented Univision Communications, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. and Universal Hospital Services, Inc. in high yield debt offerings and the underwriters in offerings by Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., Lear Corporation, Frontier Communications and USIS, Inc. Mr. Kressler has experience in private equity and acquisition finance, representing Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity in their acquisition of Husky International (IFLR 2011 Private Equity Deal of the Year), Thomas H. Lee Partners in their acquisitions of Ceridian Corporation, MoneyGram International and Party City, NBC Universal in their acquisition of The Weather Channel and HM Rivergroup PLC in their acquisition of Houghton Mifflin. Diversity drives business. He also has a range of experience in corporate matters, including representing Trump Entertainment Resorts in Diversity brings fresh ideas, new perspectives their restructuring, AutoTrader Group in their acquisition and well-rounded experience to any company. of an interest in Bitauto and Ceridian Corporation in their And when it’s part of a core business plan, as it is acquisition of Dayforce. at MetLife, it helps create success. The MetLife Elizabeth Kristen – Elizabeth Kristen is the Director of Legal Affairs Diversity Committee is proud the Gender Equity & LGBT Rights Program and a Senior of our commitment to diversity in the workplace Staff Attorney at the LAS–ELC. She represents workers in employment discrimination cases including cases and the community. It’s an important part of how involving discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, we deliver exceptional professional services. disability, sexual orientation, national origin, and race as well as cases in which employers have violated family and medical leave laws. She also engages in community For more information visit metlife.com. education, negotiations, litigation and policy work on behalf of female students who have not been afforded equal athletic opportunities under Title IX. Prior to beginning her work at LAS–ELC in 2002 as a Skadden Fellow, she clerked for the Honorable James R. Browning on the Ninth Circuit ©2013 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), New York, NY 10166. © 2013 PNTS 1307-1903 Court of Appeals in San Francisco. She graduated from

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the State Bar’s LGBT Law Section. A San Francisco native now president (1984-1988). He edits the Association’s monthly living in Central Texas (thanks to the best wife on the planet), newsletter, Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, which is archived on NY she truly appreciates the opportunity to come back and savor Law School’s Justice Action Center website. His free monthly Pacific Cafe. podcast discussing leading cases from Law Notes can be found at http://legal.podbeam.com or on itunes. Prof. Leonard James G. Leipold – James Leipold is the Executive Director writes for Gay City News, a NYC community newspaper, and of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), a is co-author of the first law school casebook on AIDS Law and position he has held since 2004. Prior to joining NALP, he of the casebook Sexuality Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2nd worked at the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for five edition, 2009). He provides commentary on LGBT and HIV- and a half years. Prior to joining LSAC in 1998, he was the related issues on his blog, http://www.artleonardobservations. director of admission at Temple University School of Law, com. He was a founding member of the National LGBT Law where he was also an instructor in legal writing and research. Association, has spoken at many Lavender Law Conferences, He is a magna cum laude graduate of Brown University and and in 2005 received the Dan Bradley Award from the Temple University School of Law. He speaks and writes Association for his contributions to LGBT law. frequently on trends in legal employment for recent law school graduates. Eric Lesh – Eric Lesh is the Fair Courts Project Manager for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal Arthur S. Leonard – Arthur Leonard, a professor at New York organization committed to achieving full recognition of the Law School since 1982, graduated from Cornell University rights of LGBT people and people affected by HIV. Lesh (1974) and Harvard Law School (1977). He teaches Contracts, focuses his work on judicial independence and access Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law, and to justice issues. In his capacity, he engages the LGBT Sexuality & the Law. Prof. Leonard started New York’s LGBT community on the importance of state and federal courts. Law Association in 1978 and served as its first elected Lesh works on initiatives to promote diversity on the bench, combat bias in the legal system, and defend the judiciary from attacks that threaten LGBT and HIV-related civil rights. Lesh received a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory and his J.D. from Hofstra Law School, where he was an LGBT Rights Fellow. Prior to his work at Lambda Legal, We are proud to support the Lesh worked for the Wall Street firm of Beigelman, Feiner & Feldman, where he focused on appellate practice. Lesh served as the director of a nonprofit organization, which implemented Lavender Law bullying prevention strategies in New Orleans public schools. He appeared in plays across the country, including the original workshop of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening. Lesh is Conference & licensed to practice law in New York and his articles have been published in the Family Court Review and Artificial Intelligence Career Fair and Law. in creating community M. Dru Levasseur – M. Dru Levasseur is the Transgender and inclusion for LGBT Rights Project Director for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full candidates recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. Levasseur focuses his work on impact litigation, advocacy and community education to advance the civil rights of transgender people nationwide. Before joining Lambda Legal, Levasseur was staff attorney for Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, where he advocated for transgender equal rights through test-case litigation, public policy efforts, community organizing and public education. Prior to that, Levasseur served for two years as law clerk to 12 Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. In 2007, Levasseur co-founded the Jim www.morganlewis.com Collins Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money to fund gender-confirming surgeries. He serves as Chair of the Legal Issues Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). In 2011, Levasseur was

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a recipient of the National LGBT Bar Association’s Best Diversity and Inclusion Committee which has been recognized LGBT Lawyer Under 40 Award. He received his bachelor’s across the country for its innovation and commitment to degree magna cum laude in Women, Sexuality and Gender workplace equality and inclusion. Lisa is an officer on the Studies from the University of Massachusetts, and his law national Board of Directors for Lambda Legal. She writes a degree from Western New England College School of Law. blog for the Huffington Post, “Out and About LGBT Legal”, and was voted one of NY City’s Top Power Gays by the New Larry Levine – Professor Larry Levine teaches Torts and York Observer. Lisa was recently honored by the New York Sexual Orientation and the Law at the University of the Pacific, City Bar Association with its prestigious Art Leonard Award McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. He was for her contributions to the broader LGBT community. Lisa’s a founding member of the California State Bar’s Committee pro bono work on behalf of LGBT asylum-seekers who have on Sexual Orientation Discrimination, co-founded Sacramento fled their home countries due to persecution has twice won Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians, served on her and McDermott the Safe Haven Award from Immigration the board of the LGBTBAR, and was the chairperson of the Equality. Law School Admission Council’s Subcommittee on Sexual Orientation Issues. A frequent speaker and author on LGBT Kassem L. Lucas – Kassem Lucas is a partner in the legal issues, Professor Levine recently published an article Commercial Litigation Practice Group in the Philadelphia office about Justice Kennedy and marriage equality as part of a of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Mr. Lucas concentrates his practice in McGeorge Law Review-sponsored symposium on the Justice. complex commercial litigation, reinsurance law and arbitration, insurance counseling and insurance insolvency. Mr. Lucas is Sen. Ted W. Lieu – Sen. Ted Lieu has served more than 11 Pepper’s Partner in Charge of Diversity and co-chair of the years as an elected public servant: Torrance City Council, state Diversity Committee. He is responsible for Pepper’s firm- Assembly and, for the past two years, in the state Senate. wide diversity initiatives, which include developing strategic Sen. Lieu represents nearly 1.3 million residents of Senate District 28, which includes the cities of Carson, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance, as well as portions of Long Beach, Los Angeles and San Pedro. Before public service, Sen. Lieu served four years on active duty as an officer in the Air Force. He remains in the Air Force Reserves. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Georgetown Law School. Among his legislative accomplishments are a first-in-the-nation law ban on sexual orientation conversion therapy for children and a halt on the use by teens of cancer-causing tanning salons. On Jan. 1, 2013 a whopping 13 new laws took effect that he authored Munger, Tolles & Olson is ranked #6 last year. These include laws on protecting bears and bobcats nationally on The American Lawyer's from being hunted by packs of hounds, a job training bill labeled a job creator by the California Chamber of Commerce, Diversity Scorecard 2013 and putting an end to disruptive protests at military and private funerals. Governing Magazine in 2012 named Ted and is dedicated to LGBT equality in the Lieu, for the second consecutive year, one of 12 lawmakers nationwide – and the only lawmaker from California – as ‘worth workplace. We consistently champion the rights watching’. Sen. Lieu and his wife and two sons call Torrance of the LGBT community. See, e.g., Hollingsworth home. v. Perry, 2013 WL 769311 (U.S. 2013); Pickup Lisa Linsky – Lisa Linsky is a partner in the Trial Group of v. Brown, 2012 WL 6021465 (E.D. Cal. 2012); McDermott Will and Emery and is resident in the Firm’s NY Strauss v. Horton, 46 Cal.4th 364 (2009); In re office. Lisa is an experienced trial attorney whose practice includes product liability, toxic torts, environmental litigation, Marriage Cases, 43 Cal.4th 757 (2008); Evans v. all aspects of commercial litigation, internal investigations, City of Berkeley, 38 Cal.4th 1 (2006). business counseling, civil rights and asylum work. Lisa came to McDermott in 2000. Previously, Lisa ran the Special Prosecutions Division of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. In addition to her litigation practice at McDermott, Lisa is the partner in charge of firm-wide LGBT Diversity and Inclusion. In 2006, Lisa founded the Firm’s LGBT LOS ANGELES | SAN FRANCISCO | WWW.MTO.COM

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initiatives to recruit, support, retain and promote attorneys member of Latham’s Pro Bono Committee and also serves from diverse backgrounds, maintaining diversity and inclusion on the Associate Leadership Board for Public Counsel, the as core values of the firm, and seeking opportunities to nation’s largest pro bono law firm. Mike has taken part partner with the community and clients on diversity initiatives in Latham’s on-campus recruiting efforts for many years, and business development. Mr. Lucas recently became a including as part of previous Lavender Law conferences. Fellow of the Leadership Counsel for Legal Diversity’s (LCLD) Prior to attending law school, Mike worked as an investigator Fellows Program. He also has been recognized by The Legal and campaigner for a non-governmental organization Intelligencer as a “Diverse Attorney of the Year” featured in its based in London, England, for which he conducted on-site 2011 Diversity Supplement. Before joining Pepper, Mr. Lucas investigations into arms trafficking, natural resource extraction worked full time as a teacher, coach, administrator, advisor and human rights abuses in West Africa, Europe and Asia. A and dorm resident at his alma mater, George School, a college native of Southern California, Mike earned his undergraduate preparatory boarding school, while attending law school in the degree in Political Science from Yale University, his MSc in evenings. Mr. Lucas is a member of the executive committee International Relations from the London School of Economics, of the boards of directors of George School and the Boys and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. Mr. Lucas is a 2000 graduate He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. of Temple University School of Law. He received his B.A. in psychology from Yale University in 1994. Beverly Luther – Ms. Luther is Associate Counsel at Ameriprise Financial, where she provides international Michael A. Lundberg – Mike Lundberg is a fifth-year litigation corporate tax planning expertise within the Corporate associate at Latham & Watkins LLP. His practice focuses Tax Department. In her role as in-house tax counsel, she on white collar investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices advises internal clients within the firm on international tax Act and securities and professional liability. Mike is an active consequences of business decisions and monitors changes in relevant tax laws. One primary area of focus for Ms. Luther has been to implement compliance with important new legislation such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). In addition to her international tax practice, Ms. Luther provides expertise and tax guidance to Ameriprise financial advisors with non-traditional family clients. She is a frequent presenter in Minnesota regarding tax planning for same-sex couples, and she has co-authored a state deskbook tax chapter for Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Families. Prior to her current role at Ameriprise, Ms. Luther was a senior international tax consultant for a “Big 4” Accounting Firm. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, and earned her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2008. Ms. Luther currently serves as co-chair of the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association.

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of Commerce has the programs, resources, Laura J. Maechtlen – Laura Maechtlen is a partner in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and serves as a and networks you need to grow your business Co-Chair of the Firm’s Diversity Action Team. Ms. Maechtlen’s practice is focused on employment litigation and includes and impact your firm. the defense of class, collective and multi-plaintiff actions under federal and California state law. Ms. Maechtlen also has experience litigating against the Equal Employment Learn more about the National Legal Partnership. Opportunity Commission (EEOC), both at the early charge stage and in large-scale EEOC pattern-and-practice litigation. Ms. Maechtlen also has trial experience, and was a member of multiple trial teams that have secured defense verdicts in the California Superior Courts in the counties of San Francisco, Alameda and Santa Clara. Ms. Maechtlen is a past President of the National LGBT Bar Association, was honored with the Find out more at www.nglcc.org/nlp James C. Hormel Philanthropist Award from the San Francisco

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AIDS Legal Referral Panel in 2013, named Seyfarth Shaw’s Seth was an associate at Outten & Golden LLP. Mr. Marnin Pro Bono Partner of the Year in 2012, honored in 2011-2012 was a member of the firm’s Practice Groups for Lesbian, as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine in Employment Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Workplace Rights, Whistleblower Litigation, and named one of the country’s “Best LGBT Retaliation, Disability Discrimination, and Family Responsibilities Lawyers Under 40” by the National LGBT Bar Association in Discrimination. Before joining Outten & Golden LLP, he was 2011. the Director of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Resources for the University of Connecticut, where he provided Joseph M. Manicki – Joseph Manicki is a partner in Sidley leadership to the University of Connecticut’s ten campuses on Austin LLP’s Chicago Office and counsels clients in a wide all issues related to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, variety of industries with respect to the design, implementation Queer, Questioning, and Allied Community (LGBTQQA). Prior and administration of employee benefit plans and executive to UConn, Mr. Marnin worked at the University at Albany in compensation arrangements, including in connection with Student Affairs for nearly ten years. Mr. Marnin earned his J.D. mergers and acquisitions. He has been designated a Certified from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He received Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) by the Wharton School of his B.A. from the University at Albany, SUNY in Women’s the University of Pennsylvania and the International Foundation Studies and Sociology, and his M.A. in Liberal Studies. During of Employee Benefit Plans. Mr. Manicki regularly speaks on law school, Mr. Marnin clerked for the Honorable Lois Tanzer, LGBT matters and was recognized in 2012 as one of the “40 Connecticut Superior Court Judge. Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40” by the National LGBT Bar Association. Mr. Manicki received his LLM in Taxation from Diane Mazur – Diane H. Mazur, University of Florida Professor Georgetown University Law Center in 2006, with distinction, of Law Emeritus, is the author of a book explaining why the his JD from Tulane Law School in 2003, cum laude, and his military needs to embrace civilian constitutional values: A BBA from Loyola University Chicago in 2000, summa cum More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our laude. While at Tulane, he served as the Senior Managing Editor of Volume 12 of the Journal of Law & Sexuality, and his case note, Myers v. San Francisco: Satisfactory C’s on the Domestic Partnership Benefits Report Card – The Constitutionality of Contingent City Contracts Under the Commerce Clause, was published in Volume 11.

Robin Maril – Robin Maril serves as legislative counsel for administrative advocacy at the Human Rights Campaign. Her work focuses on federal programs and administrative policies that impact the LGBT community. Prior to joining HRC, Maril served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. While at HUD, Maril worked on Section 8 voucher policy development, specifically focused on deconcentrating poverty and increasing mobility for voucher Embrace it. holders. Also at HUD, Maril worked as a regulatory attorney in the Legislation and Regulation Division of the Office of the “Diversity is not about how we differ. General Counsel, where she assisted in drafting the 2010 HUD implementing rule for the Violence Against Women Act It is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.” conforming amendments. Maril graduated with her bachelor’s – Ola Joseph degree in women’s studies summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma, where she was also selected for Phi Beta Kappa. Maril received her law degree from Temple Proud sponsor of the University’s Beasley School of Law, where she was named a Lavender Law Conference. Rubin Public Interest Law Fellow.

Seth Marnin – Seth M. Marnin is the Assistant Director of Legal Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). His substantive areas of responsibility include discrimination, campus concerns, LGBT issues, and bullying (including cyberbullying). He also serves as civil rights regional counsel to the ADL’s New York Regional Office. Prior to joining the ADL,

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Military Stronger (Oxford University Press). Her research Greg has been active in a number of bar associations having and teaching interests include constitutional law, evidence, served as co-chair of the International Bar Association’s and professional responsibility. She is Legal Co-Director Antitrust Committee and on the National Leadership Council of the Palm Center, a University of California research of Lambda Legal. He graduated from Harvard College and institute devoted to study of military policies affecting sexual NYU Law School. minorities. Professor Mazur is also an advisor to the National Institute of Military Justice, a senior editor for the Journal of Gerald A. McIntyre – Gerald McIntyre is Directing Attorney National Security Law and Policy, and a former aircraft and at the National Senior Citizens Law Center in Los Angeles munitions maintenance officer in the United States Air Force. where he has worked on Social Security and SSI litigation She lives in Davis, California. and policy advocacy for the last twenty years. His legal career includes work at Bronx Legal Services, Southern Greg McCurdy – Greg McCurdy is the Senior Policy Tier Legal Services in Bath, NY and the Cornell Law School Counsel advising Microsoft’s US government affairs team Clinical Program. Following law school he was a Peace on legislation and policy including international IP issues Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. He was also a member of the based in Washington, DC. Greg joined Microsoft in 2000 first board of directors of the National Lesbian & Gay Law in Paris and then Seattle from 2002 to 2009 managing US Association. and international antitrust and commercial litigation. Before joining Microsoft, Greg practiced commercial litigation David McKean – David McKean joined SLDN in 2009 and in New York City at Milbank Tweed from 1991-94 and at served as the organization’s Legal Director. Prior to joining Proskauer Rose from 1996-99. In between, Greg also clerked SLDN, David served as a law clerk for the Honorable Steven for Judge Harold Baer, Jr. in the S.D.N.Y. and Chief Judge G. Salant of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Harry T. Edwards at the D.C. Circuit. Throughout his career, Maryland. David earned his B.S. in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the American University, Washington College of Law. During law school he served as Executive Editor of the American Taking diversity and inclusion University International Law Review, interned at Human to the next level Rights First, and served as a research assistant to Professors Herman Schwartz and Teemu Ruskola. While at Berkeley Ogletree Deakins he interned for Senator Dianne Feinstein and worked as an is proud to celebrate the 25th Anniversary editor for the Rotary World Peace Scholarship Fund. Prior to of the National LGBT law school, David spent a year teaching English in southern Bar Association China.

At Ogletree Deakins, we believe that our Allison Mendel – Allison Mendel practices in a boutique law philosophy and firm in Anchorage Alaska, Mendel & Associates, Inc. The practice of firm emphasizes family law, alternative family law, adoptions inclusion—soliciting, and ART, and appeals. Allison was formerly co-chair of the valuing, and National LGBT Bar (when it was the NLGLA) and currently incorporating the myriad viewpoints of sits on the National Center for Lesbian Rights National our lawyers—makes Family Law Advisory Council. She has received numerous the firm more awards for pro bono and civil rights work, including for her creative, stronger, involvement in many landmark cases involving LGBT rights and better able to address the evolving in the State of Alaska. She is also active in her state Bar, issues in the including two terms on the Bar Board of Governors. She workplace. raised four children in Alaska, and now has four grandchildren with another on the way. She married in California two days before California ended same-sex marriages - and hopes that by the time this is published it will again be legal.

Aaron Merki – Aaron is responsible for providing strategic leadership for Maryland’s only legal service and advocacy FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT OGLETREE DEAKINS’ INCLUSION EFFORTS, PLEASE CONTACT: organization dedicated to the low-income LGBT Michelle P. Wimes, Director of Professional community, and for overseeing the operational, Development and Inclusion [email protected] development and strategic growth of the organization. Phone: (816) 471-1301 | www.ogletreedeakins.com Aaron’s involvement with FreeState Legal Project can be

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traced to FreeState’s inception. In 2007, Aaron helped California Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer. In 2008, found FreeState with a small group of law students and he was named among six Lawyers of the Year by Lawyers legal practitioners. He went on to build FreeState’s Board USA and among California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the legal of Directors, assist with its incorporation, oversee the publication The Daily Journal. He also received the 2008 first needs assessment of Baltimore’s low-income LGBT Dan Bradley Award from the National LGBT Bar Association. community, and lead FreeState as President of the Board of Minter serves on the boards of CenterLink, Gender Directors. Aaron left his corporate litigation practice in 2012 Spectrum, Faith in America, and the Transgender Law & to become FreeState’s Executive Director. He received his Policy Institute. He previously served on the American Bar J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008, Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender and clerked on the United States District Court for Maryland Identity. Minter received his J.D. from Cornell Law School in from 2008-2009. 1993. He is originally from Texas and currently splits his time between San Francisco and Washington D.C. Hilary Meyer – Hilary Meyer is the Director of the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, the country’s only resource Janice Mock – Janice Mock is a partner in the San center focused on improving the quality of services and Francisco office of Nossaman LLP with 20 years of supports offered to LGBT older adults nationwide. Funded practice in complex commercial litigation matters, including by a historic grant from the U.S. Department of Health and products liability, banking, employment, real estate and Human Services (HHS) and the Administration on Aging constitutional law. Her clients range from small businesses (AoA), the Resource Center on LGBT Aging was created by to internationally recognized corporations and partnerships, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) in partnership and span both the private and public sectors. Ms. Mock with 14 national organizations. Meyer provides leadership for was appointed to serve on the Bar Association of San the Center and the activities of its staff, advisory council and Francisco’s Judiciary Committee, and is a member of national partner organizations, guides content development and tools to ensure ongoing audience engagement with the Center, and lectures frequently on a number of issues related to LGBT aging. Meyer earned her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law – Newark and graduated magna cum laude and With Honors in Psychology from Colgate University. She has provided pro bono legal assistance through the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Civil Court Resource Center to self- represented litigants with pending cases in Civil and Small Claims Courts, and serves on the board of directors of Big PATTON BOGGS Apple Performing Arts, the umbrella group to the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus and Youth Pride Chorus. PROUDLY SPONSORS Shannon Minter – Shannon Price Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights LAVENDER LAW 2013 (NCLR). Minter was lead counsel for some plaintiffs in the 2008 California marriage equality case, resulting in Diversity of thinking and a collaborative environment lead the first state supreme court decision holding that sexual to a great place to work for our attorneys and staff. orientation discrimination must receive heightened scrutiny under the state’s equal protection clause. In 2012, Minter We commend the LGBT Bar Association on 25 years serving the argued Chatterjee v. King before the New Mexico Supreme community and advocating for fairness and equality. Court, securing a landmark decision holding that couples who raise children together are both legal parents regardless of their gender, sexual orientation or marital status. Currently, he represents the Tennessee Equality Project and the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition in Howe v. Haslam, a lawsuit challenging a discriminatory Tennessee 2550 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 law that stripped transgender people of protection under the T: 202-457-6000 Tennessee Human Rights Act and also prevents localities F: 202-457-6315 from enacting laws prohibiting gender identity or sexual orientation discrimination. Minter is also counsel in Griego PattonBoggs.com v. Oliver, which seeks the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in New Mexico. In 2009, Minter was named a

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Lambda Legal Defense Fund’s San Francisco Leadership becoming an attorney, Jim was an admissions counselor at Council. She serves on Nossaman’s Diversity Committee the University of Rhode Island and Manhattan College. Jim and is a frequent speaker and author on current issues received his JD from The George Washington University Law and developments in litigation and employment law. Ms. School in 2001 and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Mock has been consistently recognized as a Northern Kappa from the University of Rhode Island in 1988 with a California “Super Lawyer” for business litigation. B.A. in Journalism.

James Moore – James Moore is part of the O’Melveny and Aaron Morris – Aaron is the senior staff attorney at Myers Talent Development team serving as the firm’s Career Immigration Equality. He provides direct representation to Development Advisor. Jim provides confidential personal indigent LGBT and HIV-positive foreign nationals in asylum guidance to O’Melveny associates and counsel regarding proceedings, at adjustment-of-status and naturalization all aspects of career growth and development. Jim helps interviews, and in the federal courts. He also represents attorneys develop tools and strategies to make the most of transgender individuals in marriage-based green card their careers and provides meaningful support throughout applications and in obtaining gender-appropriate identity their careers at O’Melveny and beyond. Jim brings ten years documents from U.S. immigration authorities. Aaron mentors of large law firm experience to this position. Prior to joining pro bono attorneys as a part of Immigration Equality’s asylum O’Melveny as litigation counsel in 2008, he was an associate program, and he is Of Counsel to the Columbia Law School with Gray Cary (now DLA) and later Thelen in their Silicon Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic. Aaron is a graduate of the Valley offices. He was honored in 2009 and 2010 as a “Rising American University’s Washington College of Law and the Star” in intellectual property litigation in a survey conducted University of Oklahoma. Before joining Immigration Equality, by Law & Politics Media Inc. During law school, Jim served he was an immigration staff attorney in the Office of Legal as a legal intern with the Human Rights Campaign. Before Affairs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Currently, Aaron serves as a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on LGBT Rights.

Karen Moulding – Karen Moulding is an attorney in private practice in Brooklyn, New York focusing on family law, alternative family law, and real estate. She is also the Author of Sexual Orientation and the Law, a comprehensive national is proud to support treatise and practitioner’s guide on lgbt legal issues. She has a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia, and also writes fiction.

Brian Moulton – Brian Moulton is Legal Director for Human The National LGBT Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization. He leads HRC’s Bar Association team of lawyers and fellows working on federal policy and 2013 Lavender Law personally focuses on the issues of employment, health, marriage and relationship recognition and federal tax and Conference and Career Fair benefits. He also coordinates HRC’s advocacy efforts as amicus curiae in litigation affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Moulton speaks frequently to legal and non-legal audiences on LGBT issues and is regularly featured in national news media speaking on legal and policy matters. Prior to joining the HRC staff in 2004, Moulton served as a legal intern to the State Legislative Lawyering and Transgender Civil Rights Projects at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; a judicial intern to the Hon. Deborah A. Batts of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; and as an HRC McCleary Law Fellow. He received his bachelor’s degree in classics from

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Tom Murray – Tom Murray is Counsel at Monster, Inc., one of Nationwide Advantage Mortgage, Privacy, Information the world’s preeminent consumer electronics brands, where Technology, Contract Services, SMS and Employee Benefits. he partners with all company functions on a wide range of She is also responsible for Operations & Strategy for OCLO. business, legal, and compliance issues. His responsibilities Sandy joined Nationwide’s Office of General Counsel in 1985 include celebrity endorsement deals, manufacturing and and has worked in a variety of positions since that time. distribution agreements, IP protection in marketing and social Before joining Nationwide, she was an Assistant Attorney media, negotiating and managing sales relationships, and General for the State of Ohio, where she was responsible corporate operations. Previously, Tom was Corporate Counsel for insurance and securities related litigation and regulatory and Secretary at H5, a leading information retrieval company, matters. Sandy is a member of the Association of Corporate where he created the legal function and managed the day-to- Counsel and was elected a fellow in the American College day legal affairs of the company. Tom holds a JD from Tulane of Mortgage Attorneys. She is also a former chair of the Law School and a BA in Government and Russian & Soviet American Land Title Association Life Counsel Group. Studies (yes, he’s THAT old) from Cornell University. Tom Sandy currently serves on various committees at the New lives in San Francisco with his partner Erik and their two dogs, Albany United Methodist Church and volunteers for various Whiskey and Nemo (photos available upon request). community organizations. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Alvis House. Sandy’s undergraduate degree Lynda Murray-Blair – Lynda Murray-Blair is Manager, is from the University of Akron and she received her law Diversity & Inclusion for Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She has responsibility for creating and implementing long term diversity strategies and goals; advising firm leaders Douglas NeJaime – Douglas NeJaime is Professor of Law on current diversity issues, including Diversity Council and at UC Irvine School of Law, where he teaches in the areas of Women’s Initiative leaders. Lynda serves as an external liaison family law, law and sexuality, and constitutional law. Before for the firm in the diversity community and collaborates with joining the UC Irvine faculty, he was Associate Professor clients regarding diversity initiatives. Prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend, Lynda was Manager of Talent Sustainability & Inclusion for PepsiCo - Quaker/Tropicana/Gatorade division. At PepsiCo, Lynda collaborated with members of Equal – PepsiCo’s LGBT employee resource group - to create PepsiCo’s first LGBT Inclusion training program. She was awarded the PepsiCo Harvey Russell Inclusion Award in 2006 Pepper Hamilton takes very and 2008 for her role in helping to establish the PepsiCo Women of Color Alliance, and planning PepsiCo’s 1st Global seriously our commitment, and Multicultural Inclusion Summit. Lynda has also held various HR roles at Motorola, GE, and Baxter Healthcare. Lynda that of our clients, to diversity earned her JD from Florida A&M University, received her BS and inclusion. We are proud from Tuskegee University, holds an MBA, and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). In addition she has earned to support the Lavender Law a Certificate in African American Leadership from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Lynda is a member of the Conference & Career Fair. State Bar of Georgia Diversity Programs Steering Committee, National Association of Women Lawyers, and the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals. Lynda is married to Marlow Blair. Lynda and Marlow have two sons, Johnathan and Reed. Attorneys at Law N www.pepperlaw.com Sandra L. Neely – Sandy Neely is a Senior Vice President – Deputy General Counsel for Nationwide. She leads the Berwyn | Boston | Detroit | Harrisburg Corporate Legal team within Office of the Chief Legal & Los Angeles | New York | Orange County Governance Officer. Sandy’s team is responsible for delivery Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Princeton of legal services related to the following areas: Corporate Washington | Wilmington Tax, Corporate Real Estate, Nationwide Realty Investors, Corporate Transactions (Office of Finance, M&A, Office of Treasury), Corporate Governance, Office of Investments,

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of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and the Sears defense of same-sex marriage bans (available at http://ssrn. Law Teaching Fellow at the Williams Institute at UCLA com/abstract=1990554.) Professor Nice has won twelve School of Law. He is a two-time recipient of the Dukeminier awards for law teaching excellence and was selected as one Award, which recognizes the best sexual orientation legal of the nation’s top-25 law teachers in the evidence-based scholarship published in the previous year, and the 2011 study What the Best Law Teachers Do (edited by Schwartz, recipient of Loyola’s Excellence in Teaching Award. NeJaime Sparrow & Hess, forthcoming 2013 Harvard University has provided commentary on issues relating to sexual Press). She taught an international course on Comparative orientation and same-sex marriage to numerous press Relationship Recognition at the 2012 Barcelona Sexual outlets, including the New York Times, L.A. Times, NPR, and Orientation Law immersion program sponsored by UCLA’s NBC News. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Williams Institute and Whittier Law School. Professor Nice Brown University. recently received the University of San Francisco’s coveted Gender Justice Award in honor of over thirty years of work addressing gender and sexual justice. She is a frequent Julie Nice – Julie Nice is the Herbst Foundation Professor media commentator and public speaker on issues related to of Law and Dean’s Circle Scholar at the University of San sexuality and constitutional law. Francisco where she has taught since 2008, after serving

as the Delaney Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Her scholarly expertise focuses on analyzing constitutional law in the contexts of sexuality O and poverty. Professor Nice’s recent publications regarding sexuality include articles on religion and sexual orientation Jen Olmsted – Jen Olmsted is a highly accomplished in the law school context (available at http://ssrn.com/ technology sales executive. She is currently managing a abstract=1769863) and on the “responsible procreation” team of five within the Legal Technology Solutions practice at Navigant Consulting, while also maintaining her own book of business. She has had documented success in building and managing high performance teams with some of the top technology companies in the Legal space. Prior to her success with Navigant, Jen was one of the top sales Pillsbury congratulates the executives at a major technology company. She maintains experience in exceeding budgeted top and bottom line goals, fostering long-term growth, strategic planning & National LGBT Bar implementation, and maximizing contribution to the overall organization. She has expertise in information management technologies, SaaS and “behind the firewall,” Electronic Association Discovery solutions, Cyber Security, Data Breach, and on 25 years of promoting justice for Structured Data Analytics. the LGBT community in and through Asaf Orr – Asaf Orr joined NCLR in February 2012 as a Staff Attorney and works on issues related to families, youth, the legal profession. and schools. He recently co-authored a chapter on the legal and ethical obligations of school personnel to create a safe and inclusive environment for LGBTQ students and families, which was published in an edited volume entitled Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A Guide for Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families. Prior to joining NCLR, Asaf was a solo practitioner in Los Angeles where he represented students in education-related matters including special education, discrimination, constitutional rights and discipline. Asaf began his legal career as a Staff Attorney and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Tom Steel Fellow at a non-profit legal services organization, where he directed the Rainbow Rights Project, a project Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor | San Francisco, CA 94111 that represents youth in education-related matters who are +1.415.983.1000 | www.pillsburylaw.com denied their right to an education on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition to representing youth, Asaf also provided trainings to students, parents,

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educators, health care providers, and lawyers on special individually tailored guidance to navigate the fluid, fast- education issues and the rights of LGBTQ youth in schools. evolving restructuring field. He has represented companies, He has provided those trainings in California and around the investment funds, and lenders in high-profile chapter 11 country. proceedings. He has also helped clients through prepackaged bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings, devising and implementing value-maximizing strategies that spare them P the disruption, expense, and publicity that may accompany an in-court proceeding. For his ability to craft complex and Zack Paakkonen – Zack Paakkonen is a co-owner of West innovative solutions that win broad support even in the End Legal, LLC, a two-attorney general practice law firm in most contentious circumstances, Law360 named Andrew Maine that concentrates on representation for the Maine a 2013 “Rising Star”—one of just five bankruptcy attorneys transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, queer, and allied under 40 nationwide to be recognized. Within O’Melveny, community. His practice includes family law, bankruptcy, he is the recipient of a Warren Christopher Values Award, an criminal defense, discrimination law, education law, and civil honor bestowed on those who exemplify the Firm’s legacy litigation and occasional community advocacy. He also serves of excellence, leadership, and citizenship. Andrew also is as a Guardian ad Litem in the Maine courts. Zack graduated co-chair of the Legal Council of UCLA’s Williams Institute, from the University of Southern Maine and received his law a national think tank dedicated to independent research on degree from Cornell Law School. He was raised on the coast of LGBT law and policy. Maine and now resides in Portland, Maine. Zack is a member of the National LGBT Bar Association and serves on the Barry Parsons – Barry M. Parsons is Associate General Executive Committee of the LGBT Bar’s Family Law Institute. Counsel with Freddie Mac’s General Litigation and Investigations group. Barry litigates cases, advises clients, Tiffany Palmer – Tiffany L. Palmer, Esq. is a shareholder with Jerner & Palmer, P.C. who focuses her practice on LGBT family law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tiffany graduated from Rutgers University School of Law. Tiffany is an adjunct professor at Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law teaching Sexual Orientation and the Law. Tiffany is a fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys, a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of best legal practices in the area of assisted reproduction. She is also a member of the National Center for Lesbian Rights Family Law Advisory Council, a group of experienced family law and estate planning attorneys from around the country that meet annually to discuss LGBT family formation and protection issues, evaluating national trends and state-by-state cases. Tiffany authored of the chapter Assisted Reproductive Technology in Pennsylvania in a book entitled Representing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Clients in Pennsylvania, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Tiffany has been named as a “Pennsylvania Rising Star: Top Young Lawyers in Pennsylvania” by the publishers of Super Lawyers, Philadelphia Magazine and was named one of the nation’s “Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40” in 2011 by the National LGBT Bar Association.

Andrew Parlen – Andrew Parlen is a partner in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Restructuring practice. He specializes in creative, responsive, multidisciplinary solutions to his clients’ financial challenges and strategic priorities. Whether representing businesses fighting to remain solvent, equity holders defending stakes, creditors protecting interests, or acquirers buying distressed assets, Andrew understands that clients require flexible,

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and manages outside counsel on a wide variety of litigation where he was Editor-in-Chief of the George Mason Law matters including employment, contract, insurance, Review and a Dean’s Scholar. He also holds a M.B.A. from intellectual property, fraud, and antitrust issues. He also The American University Kogod School of Business and a conducts internal investigations, advises the company on B.S. in Economics from King’s College. document retention issues, and is a member of the Legal Division’s Diversity and Inclusion Council and the Pro Bono Pratik Patel – Pratik leads Elevate’s consulting practice Working Group. In 2011, he received the General Counsel’s focused on design, development and delivery of practical Impact Award. Before joining Freddie Mac, Barry was a solutions to help corporate law departments and government litigator with Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC for agencies reduce legal spend, and help law firms improve nearly fourteen years. Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Barry profitability through use of value-based pricing (AFAs). Pratik was a judicial clerk for the Honorable William O. Bertelsman, joined Elevate as part of the acquisition of RFx LEGAL Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Analytics in 2012, prior to which he served as a founding of Kentucky. Before attending law school, he worked member and partner at RFx LEGAL, a leading provider of as a business consultant for major systems consulting legal spend management, analytics and sourcing intelligence company and as a financial analyst for a mid-Atlantic solutions, which he led from inception to becoming a telecommunications company. Barry has served on the Board recognized legal spend management provider. Prior to RFx of Directors for the National LGBT Bar Association since LEGAL, Pratik served as a senior managing consultant at 2010. He also recruited at Lavender Law for five years. Barry Huron Legal, where he played a key role in the rapid growth frequently speaks about LGBT diversity issues at Lavender of Huron’s Legal consulting practice. During his time at Law and at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Huron Legal, Pratik worked closely with Fortune 500 General annual national conference. Barry received his J.D., with Counsel, Law Department Managers and Legal Finance distinction from the George Mason University School of Law Managers to develop strategic roadmaps for enhancing various areas of their legal operations, including outside counsel management, law firm sourcing and selection, legal matter management, e-billing, contract lifecycle management, legal holds, e-discovery and document management. Ropes & Gray is proud to support the 2013 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair. Jennifer C. Pizer – Jenny Pizer is Senior Counsel and Director of Lambda Legal’s Law & Policy Project. She has been dedicated to freedom and equality for LGBT people since November 4, 1980, when Ronald Reagan was elected President and she came out as a lesbian. Since joining Lambda Legal in 1996, Pizer has litigated many cases seeking fair conditions for LGBT people in health care, employment and education, challenging the use of religion to discriminate, and protecting family relationships including with the freedom to marry. Pizer previously directed Lambda Legal’s National Marriage Project and often is quoted in the national media on LGBT family equality issues. In her current role, she also drafts legislation, advises policymakers, and works with community advocates to advance nondiscrimination and family law protections. Pizer has received many professional and community service awards, including being named one of the top women litigators in California seven times. From 2011 to 2012, she served as Legal Director of the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Before joining Lambda Legal, Pizer practiced intellectual property litigation with a large San Francisco firm. She is a graduate of NYU School of Law and Harvard/Radcliffe College.

Marc R. Poirier – Marc R. Poirier is Professor of Law and Martha Traylor Research Scholar at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. He teaches in the www.ropesgray.com ©2013, Ropes & Gray LLP areas of law and sexuality, property, administrative law, and environmental law, and has also taught First Amendment. He

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has twice been awarded the prestigious Dukeminier Award for in House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde’s (R-IL) the best legal scholarship in the field of law, sexuality and, and endorsement of his appointment to the Justice Department gender identity. Seton Hall University is a diocesan Catholic as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs. After university. Professor Poirier has advised Lambda Law Alliance, graduating from the Wharton School of the University of the LGBTQ group at Seton Hall, since its formation in 2002. Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, Robert He also served for three years on the Law School’s Diversity was an associate with the law firm of Arnold & Porter. Soon Council. Professor Poirier has been an active member of after, he joined the faculty of Georgetown University Law the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) for more than School as an adjunct professor - a position he held until his twenty years, in the areas of environmental justice, LGBTQ confirmation as Assistant Attorney General. Robert is the issues, and legal education. He has practiced Zen Buddhism President of the Hispanic Bar Association of DC Foundation for more than thirty years, and is an authorized Zen teacher and currently chairs the Hispanic National Bar Association’s in the Ordinary Mind School founded by Charlotte Joko Endorsement Committee. He serves on the boards of the Beck. He is involved in efforts to bring meditation and other Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, the Joint Center for Political contemplative practices to the legal profession. Professor and Economic Studies and the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Poirier holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale, a J.D. cum Project. laude from Harvard, and an LL.M. from Yale. Nancy Ramirez – Nancy Ramirez is the Western Regional Nancy Polikoff – Nancy Polikoff is Professor of Law at Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and American University Washington College of Law where she Educational Fund (“MALDEF”), the nation’s leading Latino teaches Family Law and Sexuality and the Law. From Fall civil rights law firm. As Regional Counsel, she oversees 2011 through Fall 2012, she was the Visiting McDonald/ the litigation and public policy priorities for the western Wright Chair of Law at UCLA School of Law and Faculty states. The regional office represents Latinos in education, Chair of the Williams Institute. In 1976, Prof. Polikoff co- authored one of the first law review articles on custody rights of lesbian mothers. For the past 35 years, she has been writing about, teaching about, and working on litigation and legislation about LGBT families. She is a member of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP the National Family Law Advisory Council of the National proudly supports the Center for Lesbian Rights, the author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law (Beacon Press 2008), and the 2011 recipient of the National LGBT National LGBT Bar Association Bar Association’s highest honor, the Dan Bradley Award. Prof. Polikoff blogs at www.beyondstraightandgaymarriage. as the legal voice of the blogspot.com. LGBT community Ken Priore – Ken is a technology, securities, and corporate attorney for entrepreneurs, start-ups, small businesses, and and congratulates it on emerging brands with over 17 years experience: current focus on mobile application development, privacy, social 25 great years of Lavender Law networking and brand IP protection. Currently, Ken is General Counsel to Grindr and is in private practice in San Francisco. Conferences & Career Fairs Ken’s past experience includes Paypal, MVC Capital and Charles Schwab. Ken is a graduate of Tulane Law School and Tufts University.

Robert Raben – Robert Raben is the founder and president of The Raben Group, a diverse collection of professionals with deep roots in law and progressive public policy who identify opportunities and solve problems for clients in the corporate, nonprofit, foundation and government sectors. Robert’s aggressively bipartisan approach was honed New York | Washington DC | London during a highly respected leg islative career that began on www.srz.com Congressman Barney Frank’s (D-MA) staff and culminated

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employment, voting, and immigrants’ rights cases. Ms. degree from New York University in 2003, and her J.D. from Ramirez is co-lead counsel in Fisher, Mendoza et al. v. the City University School of Law in 2009 with a clinical focus Tucson Unified School District, a desegregation lawsuit on immigration law. A longtime advocate for grassroots filed by MALDEF in 1974 on behalf of Latino students. Ms. organizing strategies and community leadership in legal work, Ramirez successfully represented Latino plaintiffs in a racial Elana co-authored “The Role of Lawyers In Trans Liberation: profiling class action lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Building a Transformative Movement For Social Change” Arpaio and served as lead counsel in C.A. v. Bear Valley with Pooja Gehi and Gabriel Arkles. In her role as staff Unified School District, et al. Under her leadership, MALDEF attorney, Elana assists hundreds of community members successfully represented the largest number of victims each year in name change proceedings, government of police misconduct during the immigrants’ rights rally identification issues, health care challenges and immigration at MacArthur Park. Prior to joining MALDEF, Ms. Ramirez proceedings. Elana is also one of SRLP’s primary trainers, served as the Executive Director and Managing Attorney having trained over 500 service providers in transgender of the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (“LACLJ”), awareness, criminal justice, disability justice, and immigration a nonprofit community law office that provides free legal issues. In her free time, Elana is an avid surfer and performs services to indigent residents and has taught legal writing in a country & western band. at University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Ms. Ramirez is a graduate of Harvard Law School and U.C. Peter Renn – Peter Renn is a Staff Attorney in the Berkeley. Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving Elana Redfield – Elana Redfield is a Staff Attorney with the full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and the Director of SRLP’s Survival bisexuals, transgender people, and people with HIV. His and Self Determination Project. Elana received her Bachelor’s work at Lambda Legal covers a wide range of issues, including marriage, relationship recognition, discrimination in employment and public accommodation, youth and schools, and government misconduct. Peter is counsel in Cervelli v. We live our Aloha Bed & Breakfast, a case on behalf of a lesbian couple turned away from a Hawai‘i business due to the owner’s commitment to religious beliefs; Harris v. Millennium Hotel, a case seeking survivor’s benefits in Alaska on behalf of the same-sex diversity and partner of a shooting victim; and Sevcik v. Sandoval, a federal inclusion every day. case seeking marriage equality in Nevada. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Texas at Austin. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton in the Eastern District of California. Before joining Lambda Legal, Peter was a litigation associate at the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles.

Lori Rifkin – Lori Rifkin is a civil rights attorney based in Oakland, California where she recently opened a solo practice, Rifkin Law Office. She has worked on LGBT, juvenile justice and school-to-prison pipeline, and education issues as a staff attorney at the ACLU and a senior trial attorney in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Lori has also litigated civil rights cases as an attorney at the San Francisco- based public interest law firm Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld, and at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. In 2012, she was named one of the 40 top LGBT lawyers under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association.

Kori S. Carew, Esq. Melissa A. Romig – Melissa is a Senior Attorney practicing Director, Strategic Diversity Initiatives labor/employment law for American Airlines, one of the [email protected] largest airlines in the world. Melissa provides legal counsel GENEVA | HOUSTON | KANSAS CITY | LONDON | MIAMI | ORANGE COUNTY on all aspects of employment law, across the nation. Her PHILADELPHIA | SAN FRANCISCO | TAMPA | WASHINGTON, D.C. work includes extensive preventative counseling; defense of

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employment discrimination/harassment matters (including advanced legal writing practicum at Rutgers School of those based on Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and state/ Law- Camden. Prior to Mazzoni Center, he practiced in the local equivalents); reductions in force and restructuring field of employment law for over twenty years, serving as a (including issues surrounding WARN and severance options); Trial Attorney at the EEOC, a New Jersey Deputy Attorney statutory leaves (such as FMLA and similar state obligations); General, and the EEO Officer for the NJ Department of employment contracts; wage/hour compliance; and the Labor & Workforce Development. He has served as the intersection of traditional employment law with collective Chair of Gay And Lesbian Lawyers Of Philadelphia, co-chair bargaining rights and responsibilities. Most recently, her of the Philadelphia Bar’s LGBT Committee, on the board of practice also has included labor/employment obligations to the National LGBT Bar and chaired the 2002 Lavender Law emerge from a successful bankruptcy restructuring, and conference in Philadelphia. He was a founding member of an anticipated merger with another air carrier. Melissa also the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, the New Jersey shares American’s deep commitment to diversity, and in Bar’s LGBT Committee, and Proud2WorkNJ. He is a 1988 2013 was proud to accept on behalf of American’s Legal graduate of Brandeis University (B.A. in philosophy with a Department the National LGBT Bar Association’s “Out legal studies minor), and a received his J.D. from Villanova and Proud Corporate Counsel” Award, recognizing the University School of Law in 1991. Legal Department’s contributions to the LGBT community. Melissa’s position at American Airlines has allowed her to Abby R. Rubenfeld – Abby Rubenfeld is an attorney in indulge her love of travel, seeing exotic (and not-so-exotic) Nashville, Tennessee. Her general practice includes an locales ranging from Milwaukee to Bangkok, Indianapolis emphasis on family law, sexual orientation issues, and AIDS- to Shanghai, and Tulsa to Buenos Aires. Melissa received related issues. From 2007 to 2009, she was appointed by her undergraduate and law degrees from The Ohio State the President of the ABA to serve on the newly created ABA University, and has been practicing law since 1996. Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. In

Marya M. Rose – Marya M. Rose is Vice-President – Chief Administrative Officer of Cummins Inc. She joined Cummins in 1997 as a lawyer and served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Cummins from 2001 until August Sidley is proud to support the 2011, when she was named CAO. A graduate of Williams Lavender Law Conference College, she received her J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. Prior to joining Cummins, and Career Fair and to be Ms. Rose was an attorney with the firm of Bose McKinney a progressive proponent of & Evans in Indianapolis, assistant general counsel with the State’s largest agency (FSSA), and a senior aide to law firm diversity two Indiana Governors -- Evan Bayh and Frank O’Bannon. At Cummins, Ms. Rose is responsible for seven global and inclusion. functions including legal, government relations, global security, corporate facilities and real estate, communications, information technology and Cummins shared service business. Ms. Rose is also on the Company’s senior leadership team. Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins serves customers in more than 160 countries Joseph Manicki through its network of 550 distributor facilities and more than One South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60603 5,000 dealer locations. +1.312.853.2172

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Director at Mazzoni Center, overseeing direct legal services BEIJING · BOSTON · BRUSSELS · CHICAGO · DALLAS · FRANKFURT · GENEVA HONG KONG · HOUSTON · LONDON · LOS ANGELES · NEW YORK · PALO ALTO to members of the Pennsylvania LGBT community. He SAN FRANCISCO · SHANGHAI · SINGAPORE · SYDNEY · TOKYO · WASHINGTON, D.C. serves as an Adjunct Professor at Temple University’s Attorney Advertising - For purposes of compliance with New York State Bar rules, our headquarters are Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, 212.839.5300; Beasley School of Law, teaching a clinical course on sexual One South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, 312.853.7000; and 1501 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, 202.736.8000. orientation and gender identity law, and co-instructs an

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1996, Ms. Rubenfeld was successful in a four-year effort Maya Rupert – Maya joined NCLR in 2010 to advance to overturn the Tennessee statute that criminalized private the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ federal policy and same sex consensual adult sexual behavior. In October 1997, legislative priorities. Maya’s work includes advocacy in many the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA) areas including federal legislation and regulations on housing, awarded her its highest honor, the Dan Bradley Award. Ms. family policy, health, and employment. Maya has also been Rubenfeld formerly served from 1983-1988 as Legal Director a regular contributing writer to a number of media outlets— of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. and including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the helped build the Lambda legal program from a small local San Francisco Chronicle, and The Huffington Post—where docket to a nationally respected legal entity. She was the she frequently addresses the intersection of race, sexual Co-Chair of both Lavender Law I (San Francisco 1988) and orientation, and gender identity. She has been recognized by Lavender Law II (Atlanta 1990). From 1990 through 1992, she national outlets like Ebony Magazine and The Root for being was the Co-Chair of NLGLA, which she also helped create in one of the most influential African-American leaders in the 1988. Ms. Rubenfeld received a J.D. from Boston University country. Maya received her B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara in School of Law in 1979. She received an A.B. with honors 2003, and her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 2006. from Princeton University, and while there she was the first In 2007, Maya clerked for the Honorable Eric L. Clay of the woman elected as a class president in more than 225 years Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining NCLR, she was of Princeton history. She has two daughters, ages 22 and 18, an associate with Sidley Austin LLP’s Los Angeles office. as well as a partner, Helia Rethmann, and step-daughter, age 17. She and Helia were legally married in San Francisco in September 2008. S

Richard Saenz – Richard Saenz is the staff attorney for the HIV/LGBT Advocacy Project at Queens Legal Services, Legal Services-NYC, the nation’s largest civil legal services provider and a proud member of Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) Local 2320, where he serves as Delegate at Large on the Executive Committee. Richard identifies as a queer, Latino, poverty and HIV/LGBT attorney. His practice areas include poverty law, discrimination, government benefits, family and matrimonial law. Richard is a member of the Family Law Institute (FLI) of the National LGBT Bar Association. Richard has over a decade of experience in community organizing and education on HIV issues, LGBT issues and anti-violence. Richard is a graduate of Georgetown University and Fordham Law School, where he was a Stein Scholar for Public Interest and a recipient of the Archibald Public Service Award, for performance of over 1000 hours of public service. Richard was awarded the Fordham We Proudly Support University School of Law, OutLaws Alumni Award (2012). The National LGBT Cathy Sakimura – Cathy Sakimura is the Family Law Director and Supervising Attorney at the National Center for Bar Association Lesbian Rights. Cathy also runs NCLR’s Family Protection Project, which improves access to family law services for low-income LGBT parents and their children, with a focus on NEW YORK and their BEIJING increasing services to families of color. This project provides HONG KONG free legal information to low-income LGBT parents and their HOUSTON 2013 Lavender Law Conference children; trains and supports attorneys providing free and LONDON low-cost services to these families; and works in coalition LOS ANGELES PALO ALTO with organizations serving communities of color to provide SÃO PAULO culturally competent services to families of color. Cathy SEOUL WWW.SIMPSONTHACHER.COM joined NCLR in 2006 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. She TOKYO received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law in WASHINGTON, D.C. 2006 and her B.A. from Stanford University in 2001. Prior to

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law school, she worked at Gay-Straight Alliance Network, Scott Schoettes – Scott A. Schoettes, who is openly where she empowered young people to combat harassment HIV-positive, has successfully litigated cases involving the in their schools. Cathy was also previously a member of discriminatory denial of medical care to an incarcerated the Board of Directors of COLAGE, a national movement of woman living with HIV in Wisconsin; the eviction of a children, youth, and adults with an LGBTQ parent. In 2012, 75-year-old man from an assisted living facility in Arkansas; she was named one of the Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 by and recently prevailed in an appeal before the Eleventh the National LGBT Bar Association. Circuit on behalf of an HIV-positive man denied the opportunity to serve on the Atlanta police force. He was a Robert Salem – Rob Salem is a Clinical Professor of Law at member of the legal team that represented Lorenzo Taylor the University of Toledo College of Law. He has published in his successful effort to lift the State Department’s blanket articles on bullying, discrimination and education issues in ban on hiring people with HIV for the Foreign Service and the Cleveland State Law Review, Louisiana Law Review recently co-authored an amicus brief filed on behalf of people and Albany Law Review. Professor Salem was recently living with HIV in the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the appointed by the United States Commission on Civil Rights constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Schoettes was to serve on its Ohio Advisory Committee. He also recently also the point-person for Lambda Legal’s work on the repeal served as an expert panel member for a United States of the HIV travel ban and is currently working on the reform Department of Education study on state bullying laws and of laws criminalizing conduct based on HIV status. Before school policies. He was one of seven experts from around joining Lambda Legal as the HIV Project Staff Attorney in the country chosen by the Department of Education to work 2007, Schoettes spent four years at Latham & Watkins on the study. He created an anti-bullying training curriculum (Chicago). He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown for teachers and school administrators and a model anti- University Law Center and clerked in the U.S. District Court bullying policy that has been used by schools around the for the District of Maryland. state. He has trained thousands of students, teachers and administrators in bullying prevention and has presented his work nationwide. Professor Salem serves on several nonprofit boards and advisory panels, including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Ohio American Civil Liberties Union, the Toledo Bar Association, Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio, and The Toledo Public Defenders Office.

Ken Sanchez – Ken Sanchez is a Director of Business Diversity and Inclusion: Development and Strategic Relationship Management at Bloomberg Law, a division of Bloomberg LP offering Mission Critical at the SEC subscription based online legal information services to law firms. In his position at Bloomberg Law, Ken is responsible The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for working with senior partners and other law firm personnel invites you to explore our career and to determine the best practices for business development contracting opportunities. and client retention. Ken is an active member of the Board of Directors of LeGaL – The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York. Prior to joining the Board, Ken was responsible Join us in fulfilling our mission to protect investors, for chairing LeGaL’s Social & Networking Committee, where maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, he helped assemble a large committee of members that and facilitate capital formation. created a robust calendar of networking and social events for the Bar Association. He is also involved with the Financial Service Industry Exchange, Lambda Legal, The Hispanic For information about SEC career opportunities, Steering Committee for the New York State Republican Party visit www.sec.gov/jobs.shtml and served as President of the Log Cabin Republicans of Massachusetts from 2003-2005. A native of New York City, For information about SEC’s Office of Minority and Ken earned his Undergraduate degree in Political Science and Women Inclusion (OMWI) contracting opportunities, Spanish Language & Literature at Fordham University in New visit www.sec.gov/about/offices/omwi.htm York and his Law Degree at Boston College Law School. He 202.551.6046 ✦ 855.SEC.OMWI ✦ [email protected] currently resides in New York City.

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ISU, and a member of the Disability Equality Index Advisory Rick Schroder – Rick Schroder, Manager Inclusion & Committee - a joint venture between the US Business Diversity, GSK has worked in the field of Inclusion & Leadership Network (USBLN) and the American Association Diversity (I&D) for 15 years. He is responsible for driving of People with Disabilities (AAPD). alignment of the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) with business strategies, expanding I&D communications, Ryan Scott – Ryan Scott is an Associate Professor of Law at providing oversight for the Outreach strategy, and facilitating Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, benchmarking and research opportunities. Prior to joining where he teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), he was with Campbell Soup Federal Jurisdiction. His scholarship focuses on criminal Company, Shell Oil, and provided consulting services to BP, sentencing, judicial discretion, and constitutional law. He is and Lockheed-Martin. He began his career in I&D in 1998 also co-chair of the LGBT Committee of the ABA Criminal with Shell Oil Company. Prior to joining GSK, Rick drove Justice Section. Before joining the faculty, Mr. Scott served strategy within the Office of Diversity at Campbell Soup as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, an Company. Rick came out at Shell in 1994. Over the years he associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, DC, and has been active in LGBT workplace issues and creating more a law clerk to Judge Michael McConnell of the United States inclusive workplaces. Rick is author of “Finding The Energy – Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He earned his J.D. in Coming Out In Corporate America,” which captures the key 2005 from the University of Minnesota. learnings and observations leading up to his decision to come out in the workplace in 1994 and the journey that followed. Brad Sears – Brad Sears is the Roberta A. Conroy Scholar Rick has degrees from Idaho State University (ISU) and of Law and Policy and Executive Director of the Williams Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). He is a member of the Institute at UCLA School of Law. He is also an Assistant Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Arts & Letters at Dean and Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law, where he teaches courses on sexual orientation law, disability law, and U.S. legal and judicial systems. Sears has published a number of research studies and articles, primarily on discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace and HIV discrimination in health care. Sears has given hundreds of academic and community presentations on HIV/AIDS and LGBT legal issues. He has testified before Congress and state legislatures, authored amicus briefs in key court cases, proudly supports the helped to draft state and federal legislation, and been cited by a number of media, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, and CNN. He has been recognized on Advocate’s Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list and on OUT Magazine’s 2012 most influential LGBT leaders in the country. In 2012, he was the Shikes Fellow in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Harvard Law School. National LGBT Bar Association Liz Seaton – Liz started at Justice at Stake in March 2012. Liz comes from the National Center for Lesbian and the Rights, where she served as State Policy Director, as well as Managing Attorney and Director of Projects. She is 2013 Lavender Law the former Deputy Director of Programs at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the former General Counsel and Legal Director of the Human Rights Conference and Career Fair Campaign. She earlier practiced law at Silber & Perlman in Takoma Park, Maryland, and with the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington D.C. She also served as Board Chair and first Executive Director of Equality Maryland. She sits on the board of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. She is a graduate of American University’s Washington College Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz of Law, and holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Women’s Studies from The George Washington University. 212-403-1000

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Richard Segal – Mr. Segal is the managing partner of entire life. She is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s San Diego and San Diego (1982) and New York University. A native of Brooklyn, New North County offices. He has litigated in state, federal and York, she lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn with her partner and bankruptcy courts on a variety of issues at both the trial two kids. and appellate levels. His practice emphasizes commercial and business litigation with particular concentrations in Judge George Silver – George J. Silver was recently elected consumer finance, employee benefits, unfair competition, as a New York State Supreme Court Justice. Justice Silver false advertising, securities, antitrust and banking matters. was elected to Civil Court bench in November 2004. He He represents benefit plans and trustees in ERISA cases was initially assigned to Civil Court, Kings County until he in courts throughout California. He also has substantial was re-assigned in April 2009 to Family Court, Bronx County litigation experience representing vehicle finance and leasing where he presided over juvenile delinquency matters. In companies in class actions and private attorney general January 2010, Judge Silver was appointed a Supreme Court actions challenging their practices, and advises vehicle sales Judge by designation and assigned to Supreme Court, New companies regarding state statutory, common law and York County where he presides over the approximately two regulatory compliance. Other significant matters include his thousand motor vehicle cases pending in New York County. representation of public corporations and/or inside or outside In April 2011, Justice Silver was asked to preside over the directors in various class action securities cases in state Trial Assignment Part in Supreme Court, New York County and federal courts. Additionally, Mr. Segal is the leader of in addition to his current assignment. In 2012, Justice Pillsbury’s firmwide LGBT attorney network and is a member Silver was also asked to handle potential early settlement of Lambda Legal’s National Leadership Council. of Medical Malpractice Cases as part of a specialized grant program. His current assignments include the Trial Giovanna Shay – Giovanna Shay is a Professor of Law Assignment Part, the Medical Malpractice Early Settlement at Western New England University School of Law. She Part and an IAS Part handling general matters including writes and teaches about criminal law, with her current work focusing on issues of gender and sexuality in the criminal legal system. Prior to joining the WNE Law faculty in 2007, Professor Shay was a Robert M. Cover Clinical Teaching Fellow at Yale Law School. She also served as a Staff Attorney at the Public Defender Service for D.C., and was a Soros Justice Fellow at the ACLU National Prison Project. From 1997-98, she served as a law clerk at the Connecticut Supreme Court. From 2011-2013, Professor Shay was a Co-Chair of the Corrections Committee of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section. In 2013, We are proud to support the Professor Shay is the Secretary of the Criminal Justice Section of the Association of American Law Schools. National LGBT Judge Debra Silber – Debra Silber was elected to the NYC Civil Court in 1997 and was re-elected in 2007. She is currently an Acting Justice by designation presiding in the Bar Association’s Supreme Court, Kings County, where she hears both jury and non-jury trials and divorce trials. In her 16 years on the bench, 25th Anniversary she has presided over the Integrated Domestic Violence Court, which handles Criminal Court, Family Court and Lavender Law divorce cases, spent a year trying felony trials in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, and for several years sat in a custody Conference & and visitation part in the Kings County Family Court. From 1999 - 2004 she sat in Kings County Civil Court, handling Career Fair all types of trials, including personal injury and landlord and tenant. Before her election, Judge Silber was in private law practice, and served on many boards and commissions. From 1992 to 1996 she was a (part-time) Commissioner on the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, which is the agency that hears complaints of Police misconduct. She served on weil.com Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP her local community planning board, on the board of her synagogue, and has been active in community affairs her

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Asbestos litigation. Justice Silver is also involved in many 1997, Ms. Silverman was the LGBT Coordinator at Princeton community-based and Bar Associations including the NAACP, University, leading the University’s diversity and inclusion the International Association of Gay and Lesbian Judges efforts in support of its LGBT students and employees. where he currently serves as Vice -President and the Jewish Lawyers Guild. Brian P. Simons – Brian Simons is a litigator in the Philadelphia office of Saul Ewing LLP, where he is a member Michelle Seldin Silverman – Michelle Seldin Silverman of the White Collar Defense group, and the Insurance group. is a labor and employment attorney with Morgan Lewis Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Brian served as the Managing and Bockius. Ms. Silverman’s practice is focused on Director of Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s statewide employment litigation, including the defense of class, LGBT civil rights organization, and before that was a sexual collective, and multi-plaintiff actions. Ms. Silverman also health educator with Planned Parenthood of Central New has significant experience handling matters involving the Jersey. Brian was also a Point Scholar with Point Foundation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various a national merit- and need-based scholarship organization for state agencies, including claims of systemic discrimination. LGBTQ students. Brian can be reached at BSimons@Saul. In addition, a large part of Ms. Silverman’s practice involves com. counseling clients regarding best practices for managing leaves of absence, disability accommodations, gender William S. Singer – William S. Singer, a partner of Singer & stereotyping, and LGBT issues. Ms. Silverman has been an Fedun, LLC, has been in the private practice of law in New adjunct professor of gender and the law at the University of Jersey for over 41 years. His practice concentrates on the Pennsylvania Law School, where she received her J.D. cum creation and protection of non-traditional families and as laude and Order of the Coif, and where, as a student, she counselor to non-profit organizations. He has served as the was a founding member of the Clinic for LGBT Civil Rights. General Counsel for the National LGBT Bar Association since She earned her M.A., with distinction, in women’s and legal its founding in the 1980’s and serves as General Counsel history from the University of Michigan in 1998 and her B.A., to the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1995. From 1996- ACLU-NJ, the New Jersey Sierra Club and the New Jersey

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Association for Justice. Bill is the founder and Director of LGBTQ-explicit protections for the first time, an effort the LGBT Family Law Institute, an organization for attorneys which Slavin Co-Chaired. Attorney Slavin has co-authored who specialize in LGBT family law. He is the legal advisor to several pieces on LGBT anti-violence, and is regular faculty Family By Design, the community of parenting partnerships. for ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and (http://www.familybydesign.com/) He is a fellow of the recently served as an advisory member in their curriculum American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology development to address issues of sexual violence in intimate Attorneys and a member of the National Family Law Advisory partner relationships. Slavin graduated from Northeastern Council of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. In 2012, University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. Bill was awarded the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union – New Jersey, the first ever Lifetime Amy Slusser – Amy E. Slusser is a trial lawyer in the Achievement Award from the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Minneapolis office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Transgender Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association Ms. Slusser concentrates her practice on representing both and the Presidential Award from the New Jersey Association individuals and corporate clients in complex commercial for Justice, Inc. litigation and arbitration, internal investigations, and white- collar criminal defense. She serves on the Firm’s Diversity Scott Skinner-Thompson – Scott Skinner-Thompson is a Committee. Ms. Slusser has played a substantial role in a litigation associate at Dorsey & Whitney in Seattle and serves wide range of complex financial, constitutional, criminal, and on the Board of Directors of the Ingersoll Gender Center. regulatory matters, as well as patent-infringement litigation Scott has extensive experience advancing the rights of LGBT and class-action litigation. Ms. Slusser has been recognized individuals and those living with HIV. Scott represented as a leader in the LGBT community, named as one of the a transgender woman in an employment discrimination suit Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40—Class of 2012 by the against the federal government and another transgender National LGBT Bar Association. From 2011-2013, she served woman who was denied insurance coverage for a as Co-Chair of the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association. mammogram in violation of ERISA. He also successfully She has been recognized as an Up and Coming Attorney represented an HIV-positive boy in an ADA discrimination by Minnesota Lawyerand named a Minnesota Rising Star in suit. Recently, Scott drafted an amicus brief to the Supreme 2012 by Super Lawyers. Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor on behalf of the American Sociological Association Paul Smith – Paul Smith heads the Appellate & Supreme explaining that children fare just as well when raised by Court practice at Jenner & Block LLP. He is a veteran same-sex parents. Scott has authored multiple articles Supreme Court advocate who is perhaps best known for on constitutional law, LGBT rights, and HIV rights. Scott arguing Lawrence v. Texas as co-counsel with Lambda served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dolores Sloviter of Legal. He has also argued several important Supreme Court the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Robert cases involving voting rights and the First Amendment. Chatigny of the District of Connecticut. Previously, he was Recently, he has worked with GLAD on two challenges an associate at Cleary Gottlieb in New York. Scott received to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in a J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Duke Law Massachusetts and Connecticut. He is a former member School in 2008. In 2005, he received a B.A., magna cum and Co-Chair of the Lambda Legal Board. He is a current laude, from Whitman College. member and former chair of the Board of the American Constitution Society, as well as a member of the ABA House Terra Slavin – Terra Slavin is the Lead Staff Attorney for of Delegates. In 2010, Mr. Smith received the Thurgood the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Legal Services Department Marshall Award from the ABA Section of Individual Rights & and Project Manager of their Domestic Violence Legal Responsibilities for his work promoting civil rights and civil Advocacy Project. Slavin has been responsible for overseeing liberties. He graduated from Amherst College and Yale Law the delivery of comprehensive and holistic legal services School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law to LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, Journal. He clerked for Judge James Oakes of the Second and stalking, and has provided trainings on these issues to Circuit as well as Justice Lewis Powell Jr. hundreds of attorneys, judges and advocates across the country. Attorney Slavin is on a Governance Committee of Todd Solomon – Todd A. Solomon is a partner in the law the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s a coalition of more than 40 programs across the country Chicago office. As a member of the Employee Benefits addressing LGBTQ crime victimization. Slavin has been Practice Group, Todd’s practice is concentrated primarily representing NCAVP on the Steering Committee of the on designing, amending, and administering pension plans, National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership the main coalition of service providers that worked to re- plans, 403(b) plans, and nonqualified deferred compensation authorize the Violence Against Women Act, which included arrangements. He also counsels privately and publicly-held

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corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary County’s civil litigation and representing San Francisco and and plan investment issues under ERISA, employee its officials in key cases. From 2004 through the present, benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive Ms. Stewart has led San Francisco’s team in litigation in the compensation matters, and the implementation of benefit state and federal courts seeking marriage equality under programs for domestic partners of employees. Todd is the the state and federal constitutions. In 2008, she and other author of the First-Seventh Editions of Domestic Partner advocates obtained a California Supreme Court ruling holding Benefits - An Employer’s Guide, which were published by California’s exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage Thompson Publishing Group, and is a frequent speaker unjustifiably discriminates against lesbians and gay men and on employee benefits issues resulting from domestic denies them of fundamental liberty and autonomy privacy partnerships and same-sex marriages. interests guaranteed by the California Constitution. Since Proposition 8 was enacted to overturn that decision, Ms. Michael Sosso – Michael currently serves as managing Stewart has led a team of deputy city attorneys representing counsel – Antitrust for BP America. He joined BP in June the City as a Plaintiff-Intervenor in Hollingsworth v. Perry. She 2011 after spending seven years in the Washington, DC and her team participated fully in the pre-trial, trial and appeal office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. While phases of the case and were instrumental in obtaining rulings at Skadden, Michael represented clients before the from the district court and the Ninth Circuit holding that United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Proposition 8 violates the federal Constitution. Prior to 2002, Commission on antitrust matters. He has implemented Ms. Stewart was a partner at the San Francisco law firm of global antitrust compliance programs for companies, advised Howard, Rice, which recently merged with Arnold & Porter. on multinational transactions, counseled on criminal and She was the first openly gay president of the Bar Association civil antitrust enforcement, and spoken on a broad range of of San Francisco in 1999. She has received numerous antitrust and economic topics. As BP’s Managing Counsel awards, including the American Bar Association Commission for Antitrust, Michael is tasked with leading the legal team on Women’s Magaret Brent Award in 2013 and the California advising businesses on antitrust and competition law issues Bar Journal’s California Lawyer of the Year Award for Civil in the Americas as well as Asia. Michael received a BS in Rights in 2009. She and her team have been profiled in Economics and a BA in Political Science from Arizona State publications from the American Lawyer to the New York University and his law degree from Georgetown University Times, and she was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of Law Center. “10 Lawyers Who Helped to Shape a Decade” in 2010.

Scott Squillace – Scott Squillace is an estate planning Kelly Strader – Kelly Strader is Professor of Law at attorney with over 25 years of experience. He is admitted to Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. He received a practice law in Massachusetts, New York and Washington B.A. from the College of William & Mary, a Master’s Degree D.C. and has been admitted to the Bar in Paris, France in International Affairs from Columbia University, and a as an Avocat. Scott began his career as a corporate and J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he served on transactional attorney with Skadden, Arps and also spent a the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. Professor number of years as an in-house corporate attorney. Scott Strader has an extensive background in criminal litigation is now the principal of Squillace & Associates, P.C. – a and has also worked as a pro bono attorney on gay rights boutique law firm in Boston’s historic Back Bay specializing litigation. He has written substantial scholarship relating to in life & estate planning matters for individuals and families. both criminal law and LGBT rights including, most recently, He specializes in planning needs for international clientele, Queer (In)Justice: Mapping New Gay (Scholarly) Agendas corporate executives and small business owners. He is a (Book Review), 102 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 171 (2012) member of WealthCounsel and works in collaboration with (with Giovanna Shay). He has also written and lectured about other attorneys nationally on life & estate planning matters. legal issues relating to HIV/AIDS. At Southwestern, Professor His practice includes a focus on planning needs for same Strader serves as the faculty advisor to OUTLaw, and has sex couples and their families and his firm provides a full been named the Irving D. and Florence Rosenberg Professor range of probated and trust settlement services. Scott holds of Law and has received the Excellence in Teaching Award. his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in New York; Professor Strader has chaired the Law School Admission has studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris and earned Council’s (LSAC) Subcommittee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, his J.D. from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic and Transgender (GLBT) Issues and the AALS Section on University of America in Washington, D.C. He is married and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues. resides in Charlestown, MA. John Sullivan – John was a member of Imation’s executive Therese M. Stewart – Since 2002, Ms. Stewart has operations team, directed its worldwide legal staff and served as Chief Deputy City Attorney under San Francisco supported the Imation Board of Directors. John previously City Attorney, Dennis J. Herrera, overseeing the City and served as Vice President and General Counsel at Silicon

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Graphics Inc. and as General Counsel at Cray Research, Palestine, Pakistan, Nepal, Jordan, Dubai and the Former Inc. John currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Yugoslavia, and has compiled a Human Rights Training Regions Hospital Foundation and the Matthew Shepard Manual in conjunction with the UN High Commission for Foundation and on the Board of Trustees for the Minneapolis Human Rights. He has conducted human rights fact finding Foundation. John is also a member of the Community missions to Russia, Nepal, Pakistan, Swaziland and Syria, Advisory Boards for both Theatre Latte Da and Frank and co-ordinated the project to establish global guidelines for Theater. John was a founding member of the Human Rights human rights fact finding. Admitted to the bar of New South Campaign (HRC) Business Council in 1997 and served as Wales in 1978, Phillip is the former Head of the School of its co-chair from 2001 to 2003, during which time HRC Law at Queensland University of Technology and a former published its first annual Corporate Equality Index. John member of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal. He previously served on the HRC Board of Governors from 1999 has been a consultant to private industry and government to 2003 and served on the HRC national Board of Directors with respect to the implementation of human rights and is from 2003 until 2007. He was recently invited to serve as an the editor of four books and the author of several articles in original member of HRC’s newly formed Emeritus Council. this area, including Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global John holds a doctorate of jurisprudence degree from the Overview. In 2012 Phillip was made a Member of the Order University of Notre Dame Law School and a bachelor of of Australia for services to the international community and arts degree in quantitative methods from the College of St. to the law. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Anne Tamar-Mattis – Anne Tamar-Mattis, J.D., is the Kimberly Surratt – Kimberly Surratt owns Surratt Law founder and Executive Director of Advocates for Informed Practice, PC where she maintains an exclusive family law Choice (AIC), the first organization in the country focusing practice. Her comprehensive family law practice involves all on legal advocacy for the civil and human rights of children areas of assisted reproductive law (egg donation law, embryo born with intersex conditions or DSD. She is currently serving donation law, sperm donor law, surrogacy law and gestational as counsel in M.C. v. Aaronson, representing a child with carrier law), adoptions, guardianships, paternity actions, an intersex condition forced by the state to undergo sex divorce, child custody and support and family formation. assignment surgery at age 16 months. She has served for Kimberly is trained as a mediator, collaborative practitioner many years as an organizer in the LGBTQI communities, and and collaborative trainer. She often speaks to groups of teaches as adjunct faculty at UC Berkeley School of Law. Ms. professionals and the general public about family formation Tamar-Mattis is in demand around the country as a speaker choices and LGBT family law issues. Kimberly published on topics relating to legal and ethical issues affecting children the first article ever in the Nevada Lawyer titledParenthood with intersex conditions, including UCSF Children’s Hospital, Through Technology. She has been lobbying at the legislature Yale Law School, and the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine since 2005 on matters such as the passage of the Nevada Society, to name a few. Her articles have been published Domestic Partnership Act and an Assisted Reproductive in such venues as the Journal of Pediatric Endocrine and Technology bill that is all inclusive, gender and marital status Metabolism, and the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & neutral. Her extracurricular pursuits are as a wife, a mother Justice. of an awesome four year old, member of the Reno Rodeo Association executive committee, a member of the Nevada William R. Tamayo – Bill Tamayo was appointed in 1995 Justice Association Board of Governors, a member of the as the Regional Attorney for the United States Equal State Bar of Nevada Family Law Section Executive Council, a Employment Opportunity Commission, San Francisco photographer and horseback rider. [email protected] District. He currently directs the Commission’s litigation and legal program in Northern California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. From 1995-2005 he directed the program in Northern and Central T California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Wake Island, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. During Phillip Tahmindjis – Dr Phillip Tahmindjis A.M. is the his tenure the San Francisco District has obtained significant Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights resolutions including among others, Arnett & EEOC v. Institute in London, UK. A long-time LGBTI rights activist, California Public Employee Retirement System ($250 million he was instrumental in gay law reform in his home state for disabled public safety officers); EEOC v. Walmart ($3.5 of Queensland, Australia, and is a former trustee of the million for disabled workers denied accommodations or Queensland AIDS Council. Phillip has produced the HRI jobs); EEOC v. 3M Company ($3.0 million for older workers resolution on decriminalisation of homosexuality and the IBA laid off); EEOC v. Lockheed-Martin ($2.5 million for black resolution on non-discrimination in legal practice. He has also avionics electrician harassed and retaliated against); EEOC undertaken human rights training of lawyers in Iraq, Libya, v. Fry’s Electronics ($2.3 million for an employee fired after

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reporting harassment and for the harassed employee) attorney and mediator in the resolution of marital and another employee who was harassed) EEOC v. Les Schwab domestic partnership disputes and disputed parentage cases, Tires ($2.0 million for women denied sales and service and in civil litigation of non-marital property claims. Paul’s jobs); EEOC v. Tanimura & Antle ($1.855 million for sexually practice also includes assisted reproductive technology harassed and retaliated farm workers), EEOC v. Lowe’s (ART) litigation and transactional work. He was admitted to Home Improvement ($1.72 million for sexual harassment of the California Bar in 1995. He is a member of the Family store workers), EEOC v. Kovacevich “5” Farms ($1.68 million Law Practice Section of both the State Bar of California and for female farm workers denied hire) and EEOC v. Herrick the Bar Association of San Francisco. He also is a member Corporation ($1.11 million for 4 Pakistani Muslims harassed of the National LGBT Law Association and the Bay Area at work), and a nearly $1 million verdict for a farm worker Lawyers for Individual Freedom. Paul obtained his B.A. from who was sexually harassed and retaliated against, EEOC the University of California at Berkeley, and his J.D. from the v. Harris Farms. He earned his J.D. from the University of University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Paul California, Davis. and his husband have lived together in San Francisco for many years. Suzanne Taylor – Suzanne Taylor is a Senior Civil Rights Attorney in the San Francisco Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in Scott Titshaw – Scott Titshaw is an Associate Professor at the United States Department of Education. OCR enforces Mercer University Law School. Prior to joining the faculty the federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against at Mercer, Professor Titshaw practiced immigration and students in public schools on the basis of sex, race, color, transactional law,winning awards from both the Stonewall national origin and disability. Suzanne has served as lead Bar Association of Georgia and the ACLU of Georgia for OCR attorney on a number of OCR cases presenting novel his pro bono work. He has led the Stonewall Bar Association questions regarding Title IX’s application to issues affecting of Georgia and the American Immigration Lawyers gay and transgender students. In 2011, Suzanne was part of Associations (AILA) Georgia-Alabama Chapter. He currently a team that negotiated a joint settlement between OCR, the serves as chair of the AILA LGBT working group. Professor U.S. Department of Justice and the Tehachapi Unified School Titshaw earned a B.A. from Georgetown University, a District to resolve a complaint of harassment of a middle J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of school student who took his own life after enduring severe Law, and an LL.M. magna cum laude, from the Universität and pervasive harassment at school based on his gender Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. Professor Titshaw clerked nonconformity and sexual orientation. with U.S. District Court Judge Adrian Duplantier in New Orleans, and worked as a legal translator with Germany’s Wayne Thomas – Wayne Thomas is the creator of the Federal Constitutional Court. He teaches a course on GLBT Domestic Violence Attorney Program in Boston, MA, Sexuality and the Law, and his scholarship focuses on where he practices as the Managing Attorney. He handles immigration, comparative law, and issues concerning sexual civil protection order cases and family law matters, provides minorities. His most recent publications include The Meaning advocacy to victims and witnesses in criminal matters and of Marriage: Immigration Rules and Their Implications for represents clients in discrimination cases. Wayne served on Same-Sex Spouses in a World Without DOMA, 16 Wm. the advisory board of the American Bar Association’s Legal & Mary J. Women & L. 537 (2010), A Modest Proposal to Assistance and Education for LGBT Victims of Domestic Deport the Children of Gay Citizens & etc: Immigration Law, Violence Project from 2007-2009. He has presented on DOMA and the Children of Same-Sex Couples, 25 Geo. LGBT domestic and sexual violence legal issues at national Immigr. L. J. 407 (2011), and The Reactionary Road to Free conferences and trainings on behalf of the ABA and the Love: How Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage are Destroying National LGBT Bar Association. He is a co-chair of the GLBT the Institution They Seek to Defend, 115 W. Va. L. Rev. 205 Domestic Violence Coalition in Boston and is a member of (2012) (all available at http://ssrn.com/author=1237700). the LGBT Subcommittee that successfully advocated for the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity protections Harper Jean Tobin – As Director of Policy, Harper Jean in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. He coordinates all aspects of advocacy on federal administrative is also a co-author of a chapter on intimate partern violence policies and regulations for NCTE. When she is not engaging in GLAD’s book: Transgender Family Law. He is a graduate of with federal agencies and the current administration, she the Northeastern University School of Law. works to provide information for the public about laws and policies that affect transgender people. Harper Jean Paul Thorndal – Paul W. Thorndal is a partner at Wald & previously worked at the National Senior Citizens Law Thorndal, P.C., and he is certified as a Family Law Specialist Center’s Federal Rights Project, where she maintained by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. a large attorney listserv, provided training and technical Paul is a senior litigation attorney with broad experience in assistance to public interest lawyers, and wrote about both trial and appellate litigation. He works as a litigation court access issues for legal, policy and general audiences.

92 | Lavender Law 2013 Harper Jean’s academic and general writing on LGBT issues, the President of Penn Law Lambda, and is currently serving reproductive justice, and other issues has been widely on the Penn Law School Alumni Board of Managers. published. She received degrees in social work and law from Other activities including chairing the Bristol-Myers Squibb Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and is an Law Department’s Diversity Committee, and the Colgate- alumna of Oberlin College. Palmolive Global Legal Organization’s Pro Bono Committee. Julius has participated in numerous panels focusing not only Gregory Todd – Greg Todd is a Director and Associate on Intellectual Property law practice, but diversity & the bar, General Counsel at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New specifically as it relates to GLBT & Multicultural concerns. York with responsibility for derivatives regulatory issues in addition to his role supporting fixed income derivatives David Tsai – David is a Counsel in Perkins Coie LLP’s San sales and trading activity. Mr. Todd currently leads the Legal Francisco and Taipei offices and a member of Perkins’ Department‘s implementation efforts with respect to global Commercial Litigation Practice Group. David’s practice derivatives regulatory reform, including Dodd-Frank, EMIR focuses on trade secret and patent litigation involving and MiFID II, as well as heads legal coverage of Bank of the Internet, software, semiconductors, set-top boxes, America Merrill Lynch’s US, Canadian and Latin America smartphones, LEDs, pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, interest rate derivatives business. Prior to these roles, Mr. and medical devices. In 2011, David helped Perkins open Todd covered Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s US, Canadian its Taipei office and has since represented numerous and Latin America credit derivatives business. After receiving Taiwanese companies on intellectual property matters. a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a J.D. from the David is the immediate Past President of the Silicon Valley University of Pennsylvania Law School, Mr. Todd joined Intellectual Property Law Association and previously chaired Vinson & Elkins LLP as an associate in 2000 and King & the ABA LGBT Litigator Committee and Bay Area Lawyers Spalding LLP as an associate in 2002 before joining Bank of for Individual Freedom (BALIF), San Francisco’s LGBT Bar America Merrill Lynch in 2005. association. In 2013, David was selected as one of the top “Five Associates To Watch” in California by the Daily Daniel Torres – Daniel Torres is a Program Director at Journal, one of the “50 Lawyers on the Fast Track” in California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) where he oversees California by The Recorder, and a Super Lawyer in intellectual civil and human rights advocacy on behalf of rural LGBT property litigation. David has also been recognized by the communities. He also manages Proyecto Poderoso—Project Bar Association of San Francisco Barristers Club with the Powerful— a CRLA partnership with the National Center “2012 Diversity Award,” the National LGBT Bar with the for Lesbian Rights aimed at improving legal services for 40 Best Under 40 in 2011, and the Santa Clara County Bar low-income LGBT residents of rural California. Previously, Association with the 2010 Barrister of the Year Award. Daniel worked at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center David is committed to serving pro bono clients. He has organizing LGBT immigrants, conducting Know Your Rights worked on LGBT immigration pro bono matters with the presentations and providing technical assistance to legal Asian Law Caucus and the Lawyers Committee for Civil services and pro bono attorneys. He represented clients Rights, including successfully representing a number of as a staff attorney at the California Rural Legal Assistance LGBT clients in immigration court. He has also led the Foundation in Sacramento, worked as a clinical instructor filing of five amicus briefs related to the California same- at the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic, and sex marriage cases for which more than 100 organizations served as a staff attorney for the United States Court of signed. David is a graduate of Harvard, Stanford, and Santa Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Clara University.

Julius Towers – Julius is the Chief Personal Care, Hill’s, Michael J. Tucker – Michael Tucker, a State Bar of Arizona and Licensing/Transactions Trademarks Counsel for Colgate- Certified Specialist in Estate and Trust Law, attended the Palmolive Company. His practice focuses on all aspects University of Texas at Austin (B.A. cum laude, 1984) and the of non-Patent Intellectual Property law (Trademarks, University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1988). Licensed Copyrights, Unfair Competition, Internet Law). In addition, in Arizona and California, he is included in Best Lawyers Julius supports the Brand Protection Unit of Colgate- in America in the trusts and estates category. Michael is a Palmolive and is responsible for Social/Digital Media matters past president of Valley Estate Planners and the Planned for North America. Prior to Colgate-Palmolive, Julius was Giving Round Table of Arizona. He has chaired the State Senior Trademark & Copyrights Counsel at Bristol-Myers Bar of Arizona Continuing Legal Education Committee, and Squibb, and an Associate in the NYC office of Pillsbury the Maricopa County Bar Association Estate Planning and Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. A graduate of the University Probate Section. Michael has long participated in pro bono of Pennsylvania Law School (JD ’03) and Florida State projects of the Maricopa County Bar Association, particularly University (BA ’00), Julius is active in many community those of the HIV/AIDS Law Project. Michael was honored service and affinity group activities. At Penn Law, he was by the Maricopa County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers

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Program as its 1994 Attorney of the Year and its 2003 HIV/ U AIDS Project Attorney of the Year, and by the Arizona Bar

Foundation as the recipient of its 1995 Pro Bono Service Bill Underwood – Bill Underwood is Senior Counsel for Award. A longtime columnist on legal and financial matters Target Corporation. He leads a legal team responsible for for ECHO Magazine, Arizona’s leading gay and lesbian new and existing store real estate transactions. In addition, biweekly news magazine, Michael is experienced in estate Bill leads the Law Pyramid Diversity & Inclusion Team at planning for gay and lesbian couples and other nontraditional Target. Prior to joining Target in 2004, Bill was an Associate at families. Faegre & Benson LLP in the Environmental Law department from 1997-2001 and the Real Estate department from 2001- Julius Turman – Julius is a partner in Reed Smith’s Labor 2004, specializing in environmental litigation, commercial real and Employment Group. His practice includes a broad estate, land use and zoning. Bill received his B.A. from the range of labor and employment matters including single- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (summa cum laude) and plaintiff, class-action, and collective-action litigation (both obtained his J.D. from the University of Oregon (Order of the discrimination claims and wage/hour); traditional labor; Coif). He was a member of the Board of Directors of Theater and litigation and counseling. As a former Assistant U.S. Latte Da from 2001-2006 serving as President from 2002- Attorney, Julius has considerable trial skills and focuses 2006, and rejoined the Board in 2009, serving as President those skills on representing employers before federal and since 2012. state courts and administrative agencies. Julius began his practice nearly 20 years ago representing clients in all stages of federal court litigation under the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act, in administrative V proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and

in labor arbitration. He counsels, writes about, and conducts Tony Varona – Dean Tony Varona teaches Contracts, training for employers on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Administrative Law, Media Law, and Introduction to Public the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the California Business and Law, in addition to serving as associate dean for faculty and Professions Code, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, academic affairs at American University Washington College as well as employee terminations, workplace violence, pre- of Law. Before becoming associate dean, he was the director employment screening, employment agreements, workplace of the SJD Program. Prior to joining the WCL faculty in 2005, investigations and discipline, restrictive covenants, trade he was an associate professor of law at Pace Law School secrets and unfair competition, and drug and alcohol testing. in New York. Before that, he served as general counsel and Julius received his J.D. from Rutgers University School of legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s Law in 1992 and his B.G.S. from the University of Michigan largest gay civil rights organization. He built HRC’s legal in 1987. Following law school, he clerked for Judge John J. department, directed its legislative and regulatory lawyering Hughes, U.S.M.J., in the District of New Jersey. and appellate amicus work, launched national law fellow and pro bono attorney programs, and served as counsel to Ilona Turner – Ilona Turner is Legal Director of Transgender HRC’s board of directors and the organization’s corporate, Law Center, the leading national legal organization educational, and media initiatives. Dean Varona taught as dedicated to advancing the rights of transgender and gender an adjunct law professor for three years at Georgetown nonconforming people. The organization’s litigation and University, and served as a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard policy advocacy focuses on employment and health care Law School. He serves on the board of directors of the Gay access, and includes work on behalf of transgender students, and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and is a immigrants, and prisoners. Transgender Law Center’s legal member of the Society of American Law Teachers and the team represented the complainant in Macy v. Holder, which Hispanic Bar Association of Washington. He has served on led to the EEOC’s groundbreaking decision in April 2012 the boards of the Human Rights Campaign and the Alliance confirming that transgender people are protected by Title for Justice, was on the New York Advisory Board for the VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination. Ilona previously worked American Constitution Society, was founding chairperson of as a staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the AIDS Action Council’s Legal Advisory Council, and served and as the lobbyist for Equality California, where she helped as a member of the Judicial Selection Steering Committee of pass legislation that prohibited housing and employment the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. discrimination against transgender people and significantly expanded the rights of domestic partners in California. She Denise M. Visconti – Denise Visconti currently serves as has written numerous articles on transgender and LGBT the San Diego Office Managing Shareholder. Prior to that, rights issues. She received her J.D. from the University of she served as a representative to the Firm’s Associates California, Berkeley School of Law. Committee.

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In addition to her management role within the firm, Denise of asset-backed securitization transactions. In addition, Mr. continues to handle a broad variety of employment litigation Wallace has worked on behalf of a variety of underwriters matters, most often stemming from claims arising under and collateral managers in the structuring, offering and the California Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act restructuring of a number of “cash flow,” “market value” for overtime, misclassification, and other wage and hour and “synthetic” collateralized bond, loan and debt obligation violations. She also has experience handling claims involving securitizations. Mr. Wallace also has advised with respect wrongful termination, sexual harassment, employment to a variety of insurance- and reinsurance-related matters, discrimination, and accommodation. Denise appears in state particularly with regard to so-called side cars, protected cell and federal courts and has handled arbitrations in various companies, and catastrophe bond and catastrophe swap forums, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, transactions. Mr. Wallace has been included repeatedly in the American Arbitration Association, and JAMS. Denise also Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; regularly provides advice and counseling to clients regarding has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2013; has gender identity and gender expression-related issues, gender lectured or presented on panels for the Practising Law transitions in the workplace, and various issues relating Institute, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Tax to domestic partnerships and same-sex couples. She also Section and the ABA Section of Taxation; and was for many has given a number of presentations to human resource years a member of the Executive Committee of the NYSBA professionals, managers, and employees on valuing diversity Tax Section. and creating and maintaining a diverse workplace. Karin Wang – Karin Wang is the Vice-President of Programs and Communications, overseeing APALC’s direct services, litigation, policy, leadership development W and communications work. Wang is active in organizations that seek to improve the legal system for immigrants and Witold (“Vic”) Walczak – Vic joined the ACLU of low-income communities. She also is a past president Pennsylvania in 1991 and became its Legal Director of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los in 2004. His recent nationally significant cases include Angeles County; past board member of the Southern victories in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the California Chinese Lawyers Association; and past co-chair first case challenging the teaching in public schools of of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association “intelligent design” creationism; Lozano v. Hazleton, the (NAPABA) Pro Bono & Community Service Committee. In first case challenging a municipality’s attempt to exclude addition, Wang has been involved since 2005 in the struggle undocumented immigrants; and Miller v. Mitchell, the first for marriage equality. She is a founding Steering Committee legal challenge to a prosecutor’s attempt to charge minors member of API Equality-LA, leading the coalition’s media with child pornography for sexting. In 2012, Vic led a team of efforts against Proposition 8 in 2008 and also helping to file lawyers in Applewhite v. Commonwealth, which successfully amicus briefs in the California Supreme Court in support of blocked implementation of Pennsylvania’s restrictive Voter marriage equality, including one brief on behalf of 63 Asian ID law for the 2012 Presidential election. Vic is a member of American organizations. Wang has received the Lambda the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Academy of Legal “Liberty Award”; the “Pioneer in Community Service” Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. He was named Federal award from the Taiwanese American Citizen League/ Lawyer of the Year in the Western District of Pennsylvania Taiwanese American Professionals; the “Local Hero” award (2003) and is the Western Pennsylvania Representative to from KCET in Los Angeles; and the “Woman of the Year” the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association’s Board of award from California Assembly member Mike Eng. She also Governors. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Boston was named by NAPABA as one of its “Best Lawyers Under College Law School. 40.”

W. Kirk Wallace – Kirk Wallace is a partner with Skadden, Ashley Watson – Ashley Watson is senior vice president Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. His practice covers a and chief ethics and compliance officer for Hewlett-Packard broad range of federal income tax matters, including U.S. Company. She oversees the strategy and implementation and international financings, private and 1940 Act-registered of HP’s ethics and compliance program, which includes investment fund offerings, M&A transactions and financial ethical decision making based on HP’s Standards of Business product development and structured finance transactions. Conduct and both internal and external investigations. Mr. Wallace has represented a wide variety of investment Her team is also responsible for social and environmental managers and financial institutions in the development of a sustainability and compliance, privacy, global records variety of publicly and privately offered RICs, BDCs, REITs, management and the HP Foundation. Before joining HP debt and equity derivatives, and other financial products, as in December 2008, Watson was vice president, general well as underwriters and issuers in connection with a variety counsel and corporate secretary at Attenex. In this position,

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she was responsible for all company legal matters, including Keith Wetmore – Keith Wetmore is the Chair Emeritus of M&A, strategic alliances, IP policy, risk management and Morrison & Foerster LLP. From 2000-2012, Mr. Wetmore was compliance. She also managed the legal department staff Chair and chief executive partner of the firm, taking the lead and outside counsel activities. She was previously senior in setting policy and providing strategic direction to the firm. litigation counsel at BellSouth Corporation, responsible for During his twelve-year tenure, the firm’s gross revenue more complex litigation. Watson holds a J.D. degree from the than doubled, its net income tripled, and the firm was ranked University of Georgia and her undergraduate degree from the on the American Lawyer A-List nine consecutive years. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before becoming Chair, Mr. Wetmore was Managing Partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. He also led the firm’s Joshua D. Wayser – Joshua Wayser serves as Managing 50-lawyer Finance and Infrastructure practice, bringing to his Partner in the Los Angeles (Century City) office of Katten engagements 20 years’ experience in debt and lease finance, Muchin Rosenman LLP. Mr. Wayser focuses his practice both domestic and international. Mr. Wetmore has been on litigation, with a substantive concentration in the field of openly gay throughout his career and, as such, has found real estate, banking and insolvency. Mr. Wayser’s real estate himself engaged over time in a number of issues affecting litigation experience is significant, representing lenders, the LGBT community, including domestic partner benefits financial institutions, developers, and property owners in all in the legal profession. Most recently, Morrison & Foerster types of litigation matters, including workouts, foreclosures, was the first law firm to offer additional benefit payments to bankruptcy and purchase and sale disputes. He also regularly assist with the tax obligations that employees pay when they defends financial institutions against claims of lender elect health benefits for their domestic partner. In addition, liability. Mr. Wayser has appeared before state, federal and through his own work and as part of the Morrison & Foerster bankruptcy courts on real estate and banking matters around team, he has contributed for almost 20 years to the fight the country and has argued several appeals on matters of against HIV and AIDS. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Wetmore helped particular interest to the real estate and banking industry. He organize teams of lawyers at the firm who wrote wills and also lectures frequently on issues of creditors’ rights, real durable powers of attorney for people with AIDS, handling estate and lender liability litigation, and has been a presenter several dozen cases himself, as part of the important work of at the annual meetings of the State Bar of California, as the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. He personally organized and well as various continuing education seminars. In 2009, Mr. incorporated a number of HIV-related nonprofit corporations Wayser handled over $4 billion in foreclosure of real estate. in San Francisco, including The Names Project (sponsors Mr. Wayser is co-chair of Katten’s GLBT Coalition and is a of the AIDS Memorial Quilt). He served for six years on the nationally recognized speaker on diversity issues in the legal board the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, chairing its finance profession and workforce. committee. Mr. Wetmore has lived in San Francisco for over 25 years and for the past five years has divided his time Dr. Jillian T. Weiss – Jillian Weiss has a J.D. and a Ph.D. between Manhattan and San Francisco. in Law, Policy & Society. Currently Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey, her research Shannan Wilber – Shannan Wilber joined NCLR in 2013 area is gender identity and law. She has authored over 50 to direct NCLR’s Youth Project, bringing over 20 years of academic publications, presentations and other scholarly experience advocating for vulnerable children and youth. works, as well as approximately 40 articles and interviews Early in her career, Shannan helped launch Legal Advocates for media organizations including The New York Times and for Children and Youth, an agency in San Jose, California Associated Press. She is a member of the Board of Directors that now serves hundreds of children a year in state court of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the nation’s proceedings. Her experience representing individual children largest and oldest LGBT civil rights legal organization, and of in juvenile court inspired her to join the Youth Law Center the Board of Directors of GetEqual, a direct action non-profit in 1992, where she engaged in policy advocacy and impact organization dedicated to LGBT rights, as well as a member litigation to reform child welfare and juvenile justice systems of The Williams Institute Advisory Board, an LGBT rights for nine years. Between 2001 and 2012, Shannan served think-tank at UCLA Law School, and former member of the as the Executive Director of Legal Services for Children, a Board of Advisors of the National Center for Transgender nonprofit law office in San Francisco that represents children Equality. She also provides consulting services for private in foster care, guardianship, education and immigration and public employers, including Harvard University, Boeing proceedings. She served for many years as a member of and New York City, and pro bono legal representation in NCLR’s Board of Directors and as co-counsel on cases cases involving gender identity and gender expression protecting LGBT youth against forced institutionalization and discrimination. She is a member of the National LGBT Bar cases asserting the rights of children. She also worked with Association, and co-Chair of the Planning Committee for the NCLR and others to create professional standards governing 2013 Transgender Law Institute. the care of LGBT youth in state custody, and to launch the

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Equity Project, dedicated to ensuring equal and respectful experience in bringing and defending high-dollar, big stakes treatment of LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system. cases, particularly on behalf of clients in highly regulated industries and activities. She consults with and advises Bobbie Wilson – Bobbie Wilson is a partner at Perkins clients on an ongoing basis regarding legal strategies and Coie LLP’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Bobbie is their practical business impact. Her practice focuses on three a graduate of Columbia University School of Law. Bobbie primary areas: Consumer class and individual actions and spent two months traveling in the South Pacific in Australia, counseling, with a focus on mortgage/financial services and New Zealand, and Fiji. In 1991, Bobbie joined Howard Rice data security/privacy; government enforcement actions; and Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. At Howard Rice, Bobbie other complex business litigation and related counseling. served as lead counsel in trials for diverse clients, including Ms. Wilson has defended scores of class and individual Fortune 500 companies and individuals. It was also at actions alleging violations of consumer protection laws, Howard Rice that Bobbie got the call to represent the City including RESPA/YSP, ECOA/FHA, FCRA, FDCPA, HOEPA, and County of San Francisco, then-San Francisco Mayor TILA, as well as alleged consumer privacy violations. She Gavin Newsom, and then-San Francisco Assessor Mabel has defended her clients in litigation across a wide range of Tang as the lead pro bono counsel in the fight for marriage substantive practice areas, including antitrust, bankruptcy, equality in California. The litigation ended up before the securities, environmental, insurance coverage, business California Supreme Court and came out with a win. Since contracts, and torts. She also has conducted reviews joining Perkins Coie in 2010 after 19 years at Howard Rice, with respect to fair lending, UDAP, and other regulatory Bobbie has served as lead trial counsel on a number of compliance issues. Ms. Wilson received her JD from the complex civil litigations, primarily in the area of intellectual University of Virginia. property. Bobbie’s practice focuses on patent, trade secrets, Internet privacy, Section 230 (Communications Decency Richard Wilson – Richard Wilson is a partner with the law Act), copyright, unfair competition, and class action matters. firm of Grund & Leavitt in Chicago. Mr. Wilson has practiced Bobbie has been recognized as one of the Top Women family and matrimonial law for over 20 years, with primary Lawyers in California on several occasions, as well as being emphasis in LGBT and same-sex Family Law, including recognized by California Super Lawyers. Bobbie also served dissolution, custody and visitation, relationship recognition, as a Lawyer Representative to the Northern District. Transgender rights and interests; pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and domestic violence. Mr. Wilson is an Adjunct Bridget Wilson – Bridget Wilson is an attorney in private Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is a Fellow of both practice in San Diego, California where she practices military the International (IAML) and American (AAML) Academies of law. She is a graduate of Creighton University and the Matrimonial Law. He was President of the National LGBT Bar University Of San Diego School Of Law. A veteran of the (2006-2008), is Vice-Chair of the ABA’s HIV/AIDS Coordinating enlisted ranks of the U.S. Army Reserve, she served as a Committee (2008-present), past president of the Chicago Bar judge advocate with the California State Military Reserve Association’s LGBT Committee; and an appointed member of for a decade. She has been a consulting counsel for the the Illinois State Bar Association’s SOGI Committee since its Servicemembers Legal Defense Network since 1994. She inception in 2002, as well as its Family Law Section Council. is the co-legal director of the Palm Center, a think tank on In 2007, Mr. Wilson was appointed to the LGBT Policy and sexual minorities in the military. She has taught Military Steering Committee, Obama for America 2008, and recently Justice as an adjunct faculty member at Thomas Jefferson was the invited Keynote Speaker for, and a panelist at, the School of Law. Among her publications are: “Trench Fighting: Harvard Law School 2012 LGBT Law Conference, “The Representing Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals in the (Dis)United States: Diverse Experiences, Diverse Goals in Military,” 2 Journal of Law and Social Challenges 135 (1998); LGBT Law.” His keynote was “LGBT Legal Advocacy, Social “Model State Code of Military Justice For the National Guard Change and Family Law: Why Lawyers Matter.” Not in Federal Service,” Commentary, National Institute For Military Justice (2007); “Military and Veterans”, a chapter Brian Winterfeldt – Brian J. Winterfeldt is a partner at in Sexual Orientation and the Law ( 1993- 2012); Fighting the Washington office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Back: Lesbian and Gay Draft, Military, and Veterans Brian’s practice involves most aspects of IP law, including Issues (With Kathleen Gilberd and Joseph Schuman,1985). domestic and international trademark counseling, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation, as well as trade Donna Wilson – Donna Wison is a partner in the Litigation dress, Internet governance and domain name issues. Brian Division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips’ Los Angeles Office. assists clients create trademark and branding strategies, and Recognized in 2013 as one of the top women litigators programs to enforce and protect IP rights. He represents in California by the Daily Journal and for her privacy and clients seeking to protect against infringement of their data security practice in the Legal 500, she has extensive copyrights, trademarks, and trade dress in the US and

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internationally. Brian’s practice includes significant work Gender Change Clinic. Before moving to D.C., she spent two in Internet governance, domain name law and new media years serving as a Student Board Member for the Georgia counseling and enforcement, including assisting clients Stonewall Bar Association. Jaime graduated magna cum with domain name portfolio management and securing laude from the Georgia State University College of Law in domain names that incorporate clients’ trademarks. Brian 2007, and received her B.A. as the valedictorian of the class has counseled clients on cutting edge issues such as the of 2003 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. new gTLD program and social media, including strategies for brand promotion and protection in these spaces. Brian has Samuel Wolfe – Sam Wolfe is a civil rights lawyer with written numerous articles on trademark law and has been the Southern Poverty Law Center where he launched selected as Special Advisor for INTA’s Internet Committee the LGBT Rights Project and continues to help lead the and Co-Chair to several major INTA conferences. Brian is a nationwide project. He is a lead attorney who investigated prominent and frequent speaker at industry events on topics and is litigating the first-ever civil suit seeking to hold including trademark issues, Internet governance and social practitioners of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts liable for media. their practice. Sam’s work, often set in the Deep South, focuses on achieving greater respect and equality for LGBT Daniel Winterfeldt – Daniel is Head of International Capital people. He investigated and took a primary role in achieving Markets at CMS and a US securities lawyer with over successful resolution of a landmark case on behalf of five fourteen years of experience in London and New York. students who endured anti-LGBT harassment in Minnesota’s His practice focuses on representing US, UK, European Anoka-Hennepin School District. That case resulted in the and Asian investment banks and corporate issuers in a most far-reaching agreement of its kind to protect students wide range of securities transactions, including Rule 144A from such harassment. He also has helped resolve other and Regulation S equity and debt offerings; Regulation disputes ensuring LGBT and student rights. These disputes S, Category 3 transactions for US companies listing in frequently involve freedom of expression. Sam previously the United Kingdom; rights offerings; exchange offers; was a litigation associate at a prominent international law equity-linked securities offerings; initial public offerings firm in New York City. He is a graduate of the Georgetown and secondary and follow-on offerings of equity securities, University Law Center and is a member of the Alabama including SEC-registered transactions. Daniel also provides and New York bar associations. The National LGBT Bar ongoing US securities advice to The London Stock Exchange Association recognized Sam as one of the best LGBT lawyers on Regulation S, Rule 144A and Regulation D. Daniel is the under 40 in 2011. founder and co-chair of the Forum for US Securities Lawyers in London a trade association representing over 1,500 US- Tobias Barrington Wolff – Tobias Barrington Wolff qualified lawyers and market participants from law firms and writes and teaches in the fields of civil procedure and financial institutions in the London capital markets. He is the complex litigation, the conflict of laws, federal jurisdiction, Diversity and Inclusion Partner for CMS and the founder and and constitutional law. He is co-author (with Linda co-chair of the InterLaw Diversity Forum. Daniel was named Silberman and Allan Stein) of Civil Procedure: Theory and the Legal Innovator of the Year at the FT Innovative Lawyers Practice (Aspen, 4th ed 2013) and his recently published Awards in 2012. In 2013 he was admitted to the Bar of the articles include Civil Rights Reform and the Body (Harvard Supreme Court of the United States. Law & Policy Review), Redeeming the Missed Opportunities of Shady Grove (with Stephen Burbank) (University of Jaime Wojdowski – Jaime Wojdowski is an Equal Pennsylvania Law Review), andFederal Jurisdiction and Due Opportunity Specialist and Investigator at the D.C. Office of Process in the Era of the Nationwide Class Action (University Human Rights, investigating claims of discrimination under of Pennsylvania Law Review). Wolff has served as counsel the D.C. Human Rights Act and inquiries into discriminatory or counsel for amici curiae in many civil rights cases seeking practices within the District. Jaime also oversees OHR’s equal treatment under law for LGBT people, and he was Gender Neutral Restroom Project, which enforces D.C.’s chair of the LGBT policy advisory committee to candidate regulation requiring public single-stall restrooms to be gender Barack Obama in the 2007-08 presidential campaign. neutral. Before joining the Office of Human Rights, Jaime served as a law clerk for the Senior Judges Chambers at Kathleen Womack – Kathleen Womack graduated from the D.C. Superior Court and completed a post-graduate Emory Law School in 1986, and opened her own solo law fellowship at the Alliance for Justice, where she researched firm in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her law practice focuses on and drafted reports on the civil rights records of judicial Wills & Estate Planning, Probate, and Domestic Partnership nominees to the federal appellate bench. Jaime currently issues, including Second Parent Adoptions. Kathleen has serves as a member of Burgundy Crescent Volunteers, served as President of the Stonewall Bar Association of volunteering for various GLBT organizations in D.C., and Georgia, and as a former Chairperson of the Atlanta Bar is a volunteer attorney at Whitman Walker’s Name and Association Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section, she was

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elected as the first openly gay member of the Board of Her Firm recently won the case of Port v. Cowan, which Directors of the Atlanta Bar Association. She currently serves conclusively established that Maryland must recognize as an Out Lesbian on the Board of Governors of the State Bar marriages between same-sex couples that are validly of Georgia, the governing body for all lawyers in Georgia. entered into in another jurisdiction. She also initiated new divorce and adoption laws in the District of Columbia to Matt Wood – Matt Wood is a Staff Attorney at the provide protections for LGBT families. She is a founder of Transgender Law Center where his work focuses on health the National LGBT Bar Association, a selected member of and employment law. Prior to working at TLC, Matt was an the National Family Law Advisory Council for the National associate at a small civil litigation firm in San Francisco that Center for Lesbian Rights, an elected Fellow of the American served the LGBT community, and worked in development Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the American Academy for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys. She was Commission. He was the lead attorney on the 2012 EEOC named an “Angel in Adoption” in 2009, and has taught as an decision, Macy v. Holder, which confirmed that Title VII’s adjunct professor for the Women’s Studies Program at the prohibition on sex discrimination applied to transgender George Washington University and the Washington College employees. of Law at American University. American University named her Outstanding Adjunct Professor in 1999. She has won Jeffrey A. Wortman – Mr. Wortman is a partner in the Los many awards for her work in the LGBT community. Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He specializes in labor and employment law and has represented employers in Judge Zeke Zeidler – Judge Zeidler was elected to the discrimination and wage and hour class actions, as well as bench of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2004. cases regarding allegations of wrongful discharge, retaliation Prior to that, he served as a Superior Court Referee for and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national over six years, presiding over cases that involve child abuse origin, disability, filing of workers’ compensation claims, and neglect. Judge Zeidler has chaired the committee sexual harassment, whistle-blowing and related matters. that creates anti-bias curriculum for judicial officers and Mr. Wortman has also represented clients in traditional labor court staff throughout California, and teaches new judge matters under the National Labor Relations Act and the orientation and juvenile law overview courses for judicial Railway Labor Act, and has experience litigating claims of officers in California. He has also presented nationally retaliation for employees exercising their statutory right to on diversity, child welfare, and LGBT domestic violence choose union, representation, advising clients with regard issues. He is currently in his second term as President of to collective bargaining negotiations and union organizing the International Association of LGBT Judges. Before taking campaigns, drafting employment contracts, and defending the bench, Judge Zeidler was as an attorney representing employers in arbitration of claims under collective bargaining abused and neglected children. He has served an officer in agreements. He has appeared in state and federal courts, NLGLA (now the National LGBT Bar Association) and was as well as before administrative agencies. Mr. Wortman the co-chair of NLGLA’s law student arm. In addition to his also has extensive experience advising employers with legal involvements, Judge Zeidler has been very active on regard to personnel policies and procedures, reductions in education issues. He was first elected to the Redondo Beach force, employee privacy rights, wage and hour issues, drug School Board in 1995, becoming only the tenth openly Gay and alcohol testing, employment agreements, independent or Lesbian school board member in the country, and he was contractor issues, and protection of employer trade secrets overwhelmingly re-elected in 1999. Judge Zeidler resides in and non-competition issues. He frequently conducts training Los Angeles with his husband, attorney Jay Kohorn. seminars on diverse employment law issues, including sexual harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, and Keren Zwick – Keren Zwick is the managing attorney for supervision and discipline of employees. the National Immigrant Justice Center’s LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative. Keren is Chair of the LGBT Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Z Lawyers Association and is a key contributor to the Chicago LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Coalition. Keren represents LGBT Michele Zavos – Michele is a partner in the Zavos Juncker immigrants and asylum seekers in all stages of the legal Law Group, PLLC, which practices in the District of process including before Federal Courts. She also advocates Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. She has been a pioneer for changes to immigration policies that have a disparate for over 30 years in creating legal protections for LGBT impact on LGBT immigrants. Keren joined NIJC following headed families. Michele has given presentations on LGBT two years of clerking for the United States Court of Appeals family issues to all kinds of audiences, both national and for the Seventh Circuit and is a graduate of Columbia Law local. She has also written extensively on LGBT family School. law, sexual orientation and the law, and AIDS and the law.

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of and/or volunteers with several organizations including Lavender Law Career Counselors Ali Forney Center, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda LEDF, Habitat for Humanity, NAACP and ACLU. In his spare time, José Bahamonde-González – José Bahamonde-González is Andrew enjoys travel, beaches, cooking, gyms, 12 steps, and the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs & Compliance at all things French or Brazilian. the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. In this position, he performs the duties of Chief Administrative Morgan Dain – Morgan Dain came to Santa Clara Law Career and Compliance Officer providing strategic management Services in 2005 with a background in undergraduate advising, counsel to the executive and senior administration of the and as an internships and career services coordinator. Prior law school. He also lectures on topics related to Professional to her work in academia, Morgan worked for many years in Development. Dean Bahamonde-González earned his B.S. in the corporate sector as the Media and Human Resources Management from the University of Massachusetts and his Manager for a business in Upstate New York, where she did J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law. Prior to extensive employer outreach, employee relations and media enrolling in law school, Dean Bahamonde-González held the and marketing management. positions of Internal Auditor and Human Resources Executive At Santa Clara, Morgan advises first, second and third year Compensation Officer for two financial corporations in Boston, law students with a focus on strategic career planning, self- Massachusetts. He joined the University of Maryland Francis assessment and developing short and long term career goals King Carey School of Law as Assistant Dean for Career for students and graduates. She develops and participates in Development in August 1997 and was appointed Associate many legally relevant programs, events and public speaking Dean for Administrative Affairs in September of 1998. Dean engagements. Morgan has presented at the 2012 NALP Bahamonde-González serves as faculty advisor to the Latino/a Annual Education Conference in Austin Texas, at the Bay Law Students Association and the LGBT Law Students Area Legal Recruiters Association’s (BALRA) 2012 Annual Alliance. Dean Bahamonde-González has been an active Mini-Conference, and is MBTI® certified. Morgan is an active member of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) member of NALP, the Bay Area Legal Recruiters Association since 1992. He served as NALP Vice President, Chair of the (BALRA), served as the 2013 Co-Chair for the BALRA Annual Leadership/Membership Diversity Task Force and the NALP Mini-Conference, and is an active member of the Northern Board of Directors. He is an active member of the Law School California Law School Consortium. Admissions Council (LSAC) and currently serves on the LSAC LGBT Subcommittee. Jennifer Dekker – Jennifer Dekker is the Legal Recruiting Manager for the Silicon Valley, Austin, and Houston offices Andrew Chapin – Andrew Chapin is the Director of of DLA Piper LLP. In her role as recruiting manager, Jennifer Counseling and Public Interest Scholars at Fordham University works closely with DLA Piper’s Diversity & Inclusion Group, School of Law. He came to this position in September, 2004 which is committed to creating a culture that is inclusive of with more than 12 years of experience advising NYC law all people. Jennifer has been in the legal recruiting field for students and attorneys about their legal careers, and producing 10 years. She is currently a member of NALP’s Experienced and participating in legal career programs and job fairs. For Professionals Section and LGBT Section. In addition, Jennifer more than 3 years, Andrew was Associate Director of Career is a member of the Bay Area Legal Recruitment Association Planning at City University of NY School of Law, and for more (BALRA) and has served previously on both the Diversity and than 9 years prior to that, he was a Placement Officer in Mini-Conference committees. Outside of DLA Piper, Jennifer Career Services at Columbia University School of Law. Andrew is an elected board member of the San Jose Women’s Softball has additional experience working in the Department of Legal League (SJWSL), an organization formed in 2003 to provide a Services at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the Office of General safe, healthy and positive recreational softball environment for Counsel at COS Computer Systems, and providing support all woman. services to attorneys and partners at several Manhattan law firms. Andrew’s undergraduate degree was earned at Mark Goldfarb – Mark Goldfarb counsels JD students, LLMs, Columbia University, and his two graduate degrees, Master and alumni at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He of Art & Master of Education, in counseling, were earned at is an active member of NALP and LeGaL – The LGBT Bar Columbia University, Teachers College. An active openly gay Association of Greater New York. He is currently Chair of the participant in increasing diversity and ensuring civil rights, NALP LGBT Section, and he has written NALP Bulletin articles and equal opportunity and benefits in employment, Andrew regarding diversity and public service. Prior to Cardozo Law, he is a member of various committees of the Association of the advised students and alumni at The University of Iowa College Bar of the City of NY, NY County Bar Association, American of Law, and practiced law at Dechert LLP, where he focused Association of Law Schools, American Bar Association, and on securities regulation and corporate governance matters National Association for Law Placement. Andrew is a member for mutual funds and insurance company separate accounts.

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Mark also enjoyed his pro bono practice where he litigated Lee Anne Masetti-Martin – Lee Anne Masetti-Martin is the wrongful eviction cases. He earned his B.A. in Economics from Firm Wide Patent Prosecution and IP Litigation Recruiting The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his J.D. from the Manager for Morrison & Foerster LLP (MoFo), an international George Washington University Law School. law firm with more than 1000 attorneys and patent agents across 16 offices. Lee Anne is responsible for developing, Mike Gotham – Mike Gotham is Director of Attorney implementing and managing strategic attorney and agent Recruiting and Retention for Perkins Coie LLP. Prior to joining recruitment programs and initiatives for the Patent Prosecution Perkins Coie in 2008, Mike was Director of Attorney Recruiting and IP Litigation Groups. Previously at MoFo, Lee Anne for Heller Ehrman LLP for three years, Director of Lawyer worked in the firm’s Professional Development Group and also Recruiting and Professional Development for Stoel Rives held the position of Palo Alto Attorney Recruiting Manager. LLP for five years, and Director of Career Planning and Public Outside of MoFo, Lee Anne is an active member of the Bay Service at the University of Washington School of Law for five Area Legal Recruitment Association (BALRA). Lee Anne has years. Mike served as NALP President in 2008-2009. Mike’s served as BALRA President, and as Co-Chair for the Mentoring other past NALP activities include serving on the Part V (timing Committee, Social Committee and Programming Committee. guidelines) Task Force (2007 - 2009), as an at-large member Lee Anne has been in the legal recruiting field for 14 years. of the Board of Directors (2002-2004), as a member of the 2000-2005 and 2005-2010 Long-Range Strategic Planning Caroline K. Menes – Caroline Menes is currently the Committees, as chair of the Timing Guidelines Taskforce Director of Legal Recruiting at Proskauer Rose LLP’s (2003-2004), and as chair of the 2006 Annual Education New York office. Caroline is responsible for all aspects of Conference Planning Committee. Mike was awarded the hiring summer associates and lateral associates as well as NALP President’s Award in 2005 for his work on behalf of the overseeing the summer associate program. During her 1L association. Mike is a past president of the Seattle Area Legal summer, she worked as a legal intern for the San Francisco Recruiting Administrators group, a past chair of the Northwest Airports Authority and, during her 2L summer, was a Summer Minority Job Fair, and a past chair of the Puget Sound Area Associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where she also worked Minority Clerkship Program. Mike earned his J.D. from the as a corporate associate upon graduation. Before joining University of Washington School of Law in 1993 and was Proskauer, Caroline managed corporate paralegals at Paul editor-in-chief of the Washington Law Review. Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and served as a career services counselor at Columbia Law School for over three Lori L. Lorenzo – Lori is the Deputy Director of the Leadership years. Caroline received her J.D. from New York University Council on Legal Diversity (www.lcldnet.org). She is School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California, responsible for supporting LCLD’s efforts to promote diversity Berkeley. She is a member of the New York Bar. and inclusion among member organizations, developing and managing LCLD’s strategic programs, and promoting James Moore – Jim Moore is part of the O’Melveny and understanding of legal diversity issues generally. Lori enjoys Myers Talent Development team serving as the firm’s Career writing and has published several articles on diversity- Development Advisor. Jim provides confidential guidance to related topics with organizations including the American Bar O’Melveny attorneys regarding all aspects of career growth, Association, the National Association for Law Placement helping them develop strategies to make the most of their (NALP) and the Association for Legal Administrators. Lori is careers. Jim received his JD from The George Washington a Diversity Fellow with the American Bar Association, Law University Law School and was a litigator for ten years. Practice Management Section, and the Chair of the Diversity He was honored in 2009 and 2010 as a “Rising Star” in and Inclusion Section of NALP. She is currently working with intellectual property litigation and served as a legal intern with the National LGBT Bar Association and the National Center the Human Rights Campaign. Before becoming an attorney, for Lesbian Rights to create the first Safe Space Training Jim was a college admissions counselor. program for law schools and legal employers. Lori received her B.A. with honors from the University of Florida and her Karl C. Riehl – Karl C. Riehl is head of Legal Recruitment J.D. from Duke University School of Law. Before joining LCLD, & Professional Development for the NYC office of Epstein Lori practiced in structured finance and securitization, owned Becker & Green. In his capacity at Epstein Becker & Green, a martial arts company, and spent several years managing Karl actively works with the Firm’s professional development diversity initiatives for law schools. Lori is the proud and very & diversity committee creating and promoting strategies and busy single mom of four great kids, Amanda 11, Mark 8, Kyle programming that support underrepresented populations. Karl 5 and Ethan 4. She enjoys working out and is currently training is also the current President of LeGaL, the LGBT Bar to swim a triathlon relay. Association & Foundation of Greater New York, which was one of the first bar associations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) legal community in the country, and

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remains one of the largest and most active of its kind. Riehl over 15 years of experience in legal recruitment, professional actively serves on the Essex County, NJ LGBTQ Advisory development and diversity programming. Board, which promotes the well-being of the county’s LBGTQ citizenry through advocacy, policy advisement, and Melanie Rowen – Melanie Rowen is an Associate Director community outreach. Additionally, he currently serves on for Public Interest Programs at Berkeley Law, where she the Board of Advisors for the New Jersey Law & Education counsels law students pursuing public interest careers. Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP), a community-based Previously, she practiced law as a staff attorney at the diversity pipeline program in Newark, N.J. that empowers National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), working on civil urban youth from underserved neighborhoods to perform at rights issues including relationship recognition, race and high academic levels by building skills through law-related sexual orientation discrimination, prisoners’ rights, and the and other educational programs, developing habits necessary rights of elders. Before joining NCLR, Melanie was a litigation for lasting success and community leadership, and offering associate at Latham & Watkins LLP. Melanie received her exposure to role models who have achieved academic and B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago. professional success. A graduate of Susquehanna University and Seton Hall University School of Law and former adjunct Eric J. Stern – Before relocating to California, Eric was professor at Seton Hall University, Riehl is certified as a a Senior Career Counselor at the George Washington Senior Professional in Human Resources by SHRM. Riehl has University School of Law. Eric arrived at GW after a career in politics and advocacy—most recently serving as the Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats, the national organization representing LGBT Democrats. Before joining Stonewall, he was appointed as the director of GLBT Nationwide is proud to support the 2013 Outreach for the Democratic National Committee, where Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair... he developed a national grass-roots infrastructure for the Kerry-Edwards campaign and served as an Iowa Regional and we congratulate them on their 25th Field Director during the general election. He received his Anniversary. It’s part of our commitment to law degree from the Northeastern University School of Law saving, rebuilding, and enriching lives in the in Boston. While in law school, he interned for the U.S. communities where our customers, associates, Department of Justice–Civil Rights Division; the Whitman- Walker Clinic; the Children’s Law Center; and the Human agents and their families live and work. Rights Campaign. After law school, he was awarded a Dorot Law Fellowship at the Alliance for Justice. In the 2008 election cycle, Stern served as a Political Advisor to the John Edwards for President Campaign and then as one of six Go ahead. National LGBT Co-Chairs for the Obama-Biden Campaign.

Erin Wright – Erin Wright is the Associate Director of Career Development at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the LGBT section of the National Association for Law Placement Learn more: nationwide.com (NALP), is on the membership committee for the National LGBT Bar Association, and serves on the LGBT Task Force at Roger Williams Law. Prior to joining Roger Williams, Erin was a practicing attorney in Indiana, focusing on corporate civil litigation. She graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Notre Dame Law School, a Master in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Providence College. Erin is a member of the Indiana Bar, the Northern and Southern © 2013 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies. Home Office: Columbus, Districts of the United States District Court for Indiana, the RI Ohio 43215-2220. Nationwide, the Nationwide framemark and On Your Side are federally registered trademarks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. CPO-0281AO (07/13) Women’s Bar, and the National LGBT Bar.

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