Since joining Children’s Rights in 2011, Christina Wilson Remlin has represented classes of children in foster care in suits challenging violence, inadequate medical care, inappropriate conditions, inadequate special education and over-institutionalization. Her clients include those at risk of discrimination associated with their LGBTQ identity, gender, race, immigration status and class. She is the creator of Children’s Rights LGBTQ project and co-author of Safe Havens: Closing the Gap Between Recommended Practice and Reality for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth in Out-of-Home Care and Fostering Family: A Guide to Working Well with LGBTQ Youth in Georgia’s Child Welfare System. As a native Atlantan, Ms. Remlin is especially proud that she recently helped to open CR’s Atlanta office. Previously, Ms. Remlin was a litigation associate in New York City at Baker & McKenzie LLP, where she represented clients in complex commercial disputes and regulatory investigations. She developed an active pro bono docket and represented children and adults in political asylum hearings, Violence Against Women Act petitions, and Special Juvenile Immigration Status and green card applications. Before that, Ms. Remlin was a member of Shearman & Sterling’s litigation group. Ms. Remlin received her J.D. from Fordham University in 2004 where she participated in The Crowley Program on International Human Rights’ Annual Mission to Bolivia and interned for the Center for Legal and Social Studies in Argentina. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Furman University in 1999 (cum laude). She has a variety of publications focusing on issues of LGBTQ rights of children, corporate responsibility, investment disputes, environmental protection and human rights reparations.