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 […]

Denise M. Visconti handles a broad variety of employment litigation matters, most often stemming from claims arising under the California Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act, alleging overtime misclassification and other wage and hour violations. She also has experience with single-plaintiff claims involving: wrongful termination, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, and accommodation. A large […]

Ming Wong is the Supervising Helpline Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and runs their Rural Pride program, whose aim is to build connections between national and local advocacy and community organizations and community leaders in rural communities, to ensure that the concerns facing LGBTQ+ people in rural communities inform all of our […]

Mik Kinkead (he/him) is a white transgender man who has worked as a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York and as the Director of Prisoner Justice at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP). He currently works as the staff attorney for the Rikers Island Civil Re-Entry Project at The Legal Aid Society […]

Karen L. Loewy is Senior Counsel and the Seniors Strategist for Lambda Legal. As Senior Counsel, Loewy handles groundbreaking litigation and supervises attorneys in all areas of Lambda Legal’s work, including fighting for recognition of same-sex relationships; battling anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and health care; and securing the rights of LGBT parents. […]

Dale Noll represents trustees, personal representatives, guardians, and beneficiaries in a wide variety of fiduciary issues, and assists them in their roles as fiduciaries in administering estates, guardianships, and trusts. A particular focus of his practice is the representation of corporate or individual fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and other interested parties in high conflict, complex, and high-profile […]

Cathy Sakimura is the Deputy Director and Family Law Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Cathy also founded and oversees NCLR’s Family Protection Project, which improves access to family law services for low-income LGBT parents and their children, with a focus on families of color. She received her J.D. from UC Hastings College […]

Brad J. Richter is a partner and chair of the trusts and estates department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &Jacobson LLP, resident in Fried Frank’s New York office. Mr. Richter’s practice focuses on all aspects of private client representation, including sophisticated tax and estate planning, administration of large estates and trusts, succession and business planning, […]

Alexander Chen is the Founding Director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where he also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law. At Harvard, his cases include Amaya Cruz v. Miami-Dade County, a federal suit on behalf of three trans young people arrested during Black Lives Matter protests; Hersom v. Crouch, […]

Aaron Tax is the Director of Advocacy for SAGE. He advocates for LGBTQ+-inclusive federal aging policies that account for the unique needs of LGBTQ+ older adults. Until June 2011, Aaron served as the Legal Director at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), the leading organization challenging “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) in Congress and in the […]