Bryanna A. Jenkins serves as the Staff Attorney for TLDEF’s Name Change Project. Before joining TLDEF, Ms. Jenkins was a Civil Rights & Employment Fellow at Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC. She also served as the 2020-2021 George N. Lindsay Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Ms. Jenkins received her […]

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Andi Mudryk as a judge to the Sacramento County Superior Court on March 25, 2022.  Judge Mudryk is the first openly transgender judge appointed by a Governor in California, and believed to be the only transgender judge appointed by any Governor nationwide.  Judge Mudryk is also one of few judges with […]

Fauzia Zaman-Malik is the Market Unit Legal Director for the Northeast and is responsible for legal support for all sales and delivery opportunities, clients and projects across the Northeast. She has responsibility to ensure that we are appropriately managing legal and commercial risks across our Northeast practice and offerings. Fauzia is also the North America […]

Betton (BK) Katzmann (they/them) is graduating from Temple Law this year and joining Ballard Spahr as a public finance associate in the fall. BK brings experience navigating law school and entering the legal profession as a nonbinary, queer, and non-traditional student. As Political Action Chair for OUTLaw, BK coordinated law student participation in the Philly […]

Judge Mike Jacobs has served since June 2015 on the State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. He is the first openly bisexual person to serve as a trial or appellate judge in the United States. Prior to his judicial service, he served ten and a half years in the Georgia House of Representatives. His legislative […]