The Honorable Tiffany L. Palmer is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, elected in November 2019 to a 10-year term where she serves in the Family Court Division. Prior to her election to the bench, she practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for 20 years in the areas of LGBTQ family law, adoption and assisted reproductive technology law. Judge Palmer is a judicial fellow to the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys. Judge Palmer is the former Director of the Family Law Institute of the National LGBT Bar Association. Judge Palmer is the recipient of a number of honors and awards. In 2019, Judge Palmer received the Leading Practitioner Award from the National LGBT Bar Association, presented annually to honor an attorney for improving the lives of the members of the LGBTQ+ community through outstanding legal work or by leadership in significant impact litigation while engaged in the private practice of law. She was also awarded the 2019 Hazel Frank Gluck Award from the Center for American Women in Politics, presented annually to acknowledge the accomplishments of NEW Leadership™ New Jersey graduates who have emerged as inspiring advocates, candidates and community leaders. In 2018, Judge Palmer received the “Justice in Action Award” from the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia for her legal work on behalf of LGBT rights. In 2014, she received the Rutgers University School of Law Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award for her case work and pro bono service on behalf of advancing the rights of LGBT families in Pennsylvania. From 2000 to 2003, Judge Palmer was the first Legal Director at the Equality Advocates Pennsylvania/Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1998 to 2000, she was the Family Rights Project Attorney through an Equal Justice Works National Fellowship. She graduated from Rutgers University School of Law in 1998. She lives in Philadelphia with her wife of 20 years and their teenage daughter.