Jenny Pizer is Senior Counsel and Director of Law & Policy for Lambda Legal. A leader in the LGBTQ civil rights movement for three decades, Jenny litigates to protect family relationships; to obtain fair conditions in health care, employment, and education; and to challenge misuse of religion to discriminate. She also drafts legislation, advises policymakers, and works with community advocates to advance LGBT freedom and equality. In 2014, Jenny was lead counsel in Majors v. Jeanes, which invalidated Arizona’s marriage ban. In prior years, she represented same-sex couples seeking marriage in California and Washington, and challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act. In 2008, she won a unanimous California Supreme Court victory for a lesbian patient denied care due to her doctors’ religious objections. From 2011-2012, Jenny was Legal Director of the Williams Institute, a public policy research center at UCLA School of Law. She previously directed Lambda Legal’s Marriage Project and initiated its focus on healthcare fairness. She is a graduate of NYU School of Law and Harvard College. Jenny currently serves on the board of OutRight Action International (f/k/a the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, “IGLHRC”). She also provides educational seminars and consultation to Chinese lawyers advancing legal protections for LGBTQ people in China. She has taught courses on American and comparative sexual orientation and gender identity law in Amsterdam and Barcelona, and at multiple American law schools, and previously served as a technical consultant to the government of Nepal on marriage for LGBTI persons.