Christopher Costa was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings in May 2018, and hears appeals from decisions of numerous government agencies of the District Government and is a certified mediator.  Before his appointment, Judge Costa practiced primarily civil litigation of a variety of cases in various private […]

Gregory O. Yorgey-Girdy was recently as elected as the first openly gay Black judge for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was an entrepreneur, community leader, and an attorney with nearly two decades of experience in compliance, ethics, professional responsibility, and civil litigation. In 2018, Gregory completed his Master of Business Administration with […]

Judge Jessica Delgado was appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom in March of 2021. She graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Politics and earned her Juris Doctor from University of California at Berkeley. Prior to appointment, Delgado served the community as a public […]

Ezra Young is a nationally recognized scholar and civil rights attorney based in New York. He is a visiting assistant professor of law at Cornell Law School and currently maintains a boutique private practice. Ezra’s scholarly work has two strands. The first explores the rights of trans persons and is situated in the nascent field […]

Anya A. Marino (she/her) instructs Harvard Law School’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic. Through litigation, education, and other advocacy methods she advances LGBTQ+ rights and justice for other marginalized communities. Previously, Anya was the Deputy Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, where she oversaw the ACLU of Florida’s voting rights litigation and […]

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal is the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), an organization founded at the request of President Kennedy in the 1960s at the height of the civil rights movement. Under his leadership, LCR has become a hub for litigation, advocacy and resistance in response to social challenges. Iván has filed and won dozens of life-changing and law-changing cases on […]

Josefina L. Valdez is a private practice attorney with over ten years of legal experience. She began her career dedicated to helping underprivileged and underserved individuals as a staff attorney and later as the Executive Director of a non-profit legal services organization. Her background as a legal services attorney gave Josefina a unique experience as […]

Shannon Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Minter was also NCLR’s lead attorney in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding student group policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation […]

Lyra Foster fights hard to protect the reputation and careers of her clients. As a committed advocate, she is tireless in defending professionals against accusations of wrongdoing. Her experience across multiple legal disciplines and industries enables her to understand the unique issues in a range of professional liability claims. Clients value her fresh perspective and […]

Alejandra Caraballo (she/her/ella) is a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic. Prior to joining the clinic, Alejandra was a staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund and a Staff Attorney at the LGBTQ Law Project at New York Legal Assistance Group. Alejandra’s professional focus has been on advancing the civil […]