Kenneth D. Upton Jr. is Senior Litigation Counsel for Americans United for Separation of Church and State.  With more than 30 years of trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts across the country, Kenneth most recently served as Senior Counsel for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving […]

Abbi is a Senior Attorney in the National Health Law Program’s Los Angeles offices. Abbi provides technical assistance, advocate training, and litigation support on a range of issues, with a special focus on access to care Medicaid managed care, prescription drug access, behavioral health access, LGBTQ health equity, and children’s health issues. Before joining the […]

Jessie McGrath has been a prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1988. Ms. McGrath has tried many serious felonies throughout her 34-year career.  Her first murder trial in 1989 involved the killing of a transgender woman of color who was shot on Sunset Boulevard.  The man responsible was convicted of second-degree […]

Nancy Marcus, LL.M., S.J.D., is a professor at California Western School of Law, where she teaches courses including a seminar on Sexuality, Gender Identity and the Law, and is a former Lambda Legal attorney. She earned her advanced law degrees at the University of Wisconsin Law School with a dissertation on the constitutional rights of […]

Rafael M. Langer-Osuna (they/them) is a National Trans Bar Association Board Member and TLI Committee Member. Rafael is a litigation partner at the global law firm Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.  In that capacity, Rafael also serves an advocate for the trans community, environmental conservation, gender equality, and animal rights.  Further, they proudly serve on […]

          Jorge G. Tenreiro is a Senior Trial Counsel in the Division of Enforcement of the SEC, New York Regional Office. Mr. Tenreiro has significant experience litigating various matters brought by the agency, including fraudulent offerings, pump and dump schemes, and matters in the digital asset space, including by filing and […]

In 2006, Daniel founded the Forum for US Securities Lawyers in London (www.tffusllil.com)  to address US securities issues in the London market across law firms, banks and intermediaries. In 2015 the Forum took a leading role in supporting the London Stock Exchange and Euroclear UK & Ireland (CREST) in designing and implementing the system to allow for […]

        Fitz is Deputy General Counsel at Engine No.1, an investment firm based in San Francisco. Prior to joining Engine No. 1, Fitz held several positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While at the Commission Fitz served as Senior Counsel to Commissioner Allison H. Lee. In that role, Fitz advised […]

Jill Rose Quinn has an extensive legal background in the private sector. She has a lifelong dedication to community service. After graduating from The John Marshall Law School in 1983, she worked for small law firms including one in which she represented local government units. Throughout her career, she handled over 4,000 cases and performed […]

Judge Linda H. Colfax, a San Francisco Superior Court Judge since 2011, currently sits in the criminal division of the court, and presides over the mandatory felony settlement conferences.  Judge Colfax has also served as a supervising judge of preliminary hearings, a juvenile court judge in both dependency and youth justice, a family court judge, […]