Each year, the National LGBTQ+ Bar recognizes LGBTQ+ legal professionals (practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary, politicians, etc.) under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality. Awardees are recognized each year at our Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair; this year taking place July 28 – 30, 2025 in New York City.
Congratulations to our 2025 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 recipients!
Brittany C. Armour, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells
Dr. Jimmy Biblarz, Associate, Hueston Hennigan LLP
Stephen Blaker, Partner, Blaker & Granet LLP
Aulden Burcher-DuPont, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Seth Church, Associate, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Tiffany Cobb, Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow – Family Law Litigation Clinic, Temple Legal Aid – Temple University Beasley School of Law
Derek Demeri, Attorney, Weissman & Mintz LLC
Max Engel, Judge Advocate, United States Navy
Craig Finger, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Steven A. Friday, Staff Attorney, Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Jackie Gross, Employment Legal Counsel, Americas, Zscaler, Inc.
Allison Harrison, Attorney and CEO, ALH Law Group
August Hieber, Senior Program Manager, Administrative Office of Illinois Courts
Aly Hughes, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Thomas Ingalls, Member, Cozen O’Connor
Maverick James, Founder/CEO, Avant-Garde Legal
Eva Jellison, Partner, Jellison & Nathanson LLP
Deborah Lolai, Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Myell Mergaert, Corporate Counsel, Liftoff Mobile, Inc.
Alessandra Messing, Managing Shareholder, Messing, P.C. (“Messing Law”)
Josh Mogil, Attorney, WilmerHale
Zandir Morton, Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Alok Nadig, Senior Litigation Counsel, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Omar Noureldin, Democracy Fellow, University of Chicago Center for Effective Government
Jeremy Otis, Founder and Attorney, All Rise! P.L.L.C.
Anthony Perrotto, Principal Law Clerk to Honorable David J. Kirschner, New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term
Malita Picasso, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation LGBTQ & HIV Project
Peder T. Punsalan-Teigen, Principal, Skellenger Bender, P.S.
Paige Randall, Associate, Winston & Strawn LLP
Daniel Richardson, Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Walter Simons, Partner, Bracewell LLP
Andrew Z. Smith, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Alex Van Gorp, Senior Corporate Counsel, Strada Education Foundation
Benjamin Vaughan, Associate and Registered Patent Attorney, Foley Hoag LLP
Karen Vincent, Associate, Arnold & Porter
Whit E. Washington, Senior Attorney for the Nonbinary and Transgender Rights Project, Lambda Legal
Kendra Weston, Executive Director, Lavender Legal Center
Jessica Witte, Associate General Counsel, University of Texas System
Virginia Wooten, Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dennie Zastrow, Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP