Conference Years: 2022
J. Remy Green
J. Remy Green is a partner with Cohen & Green, and they specialize in civil rights, defamation, free speech, consumer rights, and voting rights litigation. When they can, Remy gravitates towards cases that present novel or untested legal theories. Remy (or, if you’re feeling formal, Mx. Green) has argued and briefed cases before courts at […]
Matthew Skinner
Matthew Skinner is the Executive Director of The Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the New York State Courts, where he works closely with senior court system leadership in efforts to promote equal participation in and access to the courts and legal profession by all persons regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. […]
Russell Robinson
Russell Robinson is the Walter Perry Johnson Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center on Race, Sexuality & Culture at UC Berkeley Law. Robinson’s scholarly and teaching interests include anti-discrimination law, race and sexuality, law and psychology, constitutional law, and media and entertainment law. His publications include: “’Playing It Safe’ with Empirical Evidence: Selective Use […]
Aziza Ahmed
Aziza Ahmed’s scholarship examines the intersection of law, politics, and science in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, health law, and family law. Her work advances multiple scholarly conversations including those related to law and social movements, race and the law, and feminist legal theory. Professor Ahmed is the author of the forthcoming book, […]
Michael Boucai
Michael Boucai is a professor at SUNY Buffalo School of Law, where he teaches courses on criminal law, family law, gender and sexuality, and reproduction. His scholarship has examined the legal history of the right to marry, the social and cultural history of the gay closet, and LGBTQ-movement efforts to access and alter the institutions […]
Paul Smith
Paul M. Smith is also the Vice President for Litigation and Strategy at the Campaign Legal Center. Until 2017 he was in private practice at the firm of Jenner & Block LLP. He had an active appellate practice for several decades, including oral arguments in 21 Supreme Court cases in a wide range of cases […]
Sunu Chandy
Sunu P. Chandy is the Legal Director of the National Women’s Law Center. She leads the Center’s litigation efforts, providing strategy across NWLC to create better outcomes for women and girls including in schools, workplaces, and the healthcare sector. She also provides guidance for the Center’s policy positions towards greater workplace justice and LGBTQ rights […]
Jon Davidson
Jon W. Davidson has been one of the nation’s leading lawyers fighting for LGBTQ civil rights for more than 35 years. He currently is a Senior Staff Attorney at the national ACLU. He previously was Chief Counsel for Freedom for All Americans, the campaign to obtain secure and express protections against sexual orientation and gender […]
David Brown
David Brown (they / them / theirs or he / him / his) is a long-time civil rights attorney who brings a lifetime of dedication to justice and equity, and over a decade’s worth of litigation experience, to TLDEF’s legal work. They have led teams challenging state and federal restrictions on abortion and contraceptive access […]
Caroline Sacerdote
Caroline Sacerdote is a Staff Attorney in the U.S. Litigation Program of the Center for Reproductive Rights. She has fought restrictions on reproductive rights in state and federal courts, including through proactive challenges to longstanding, comprehensive abortion restrictions. Caroline joined the Center in 2016 as a Legal Fellow. Before joining the Center, Caroline served as […]
