Author: chosein
Meet Jeremy Protas, The Bar Association’s New President (2015)
Education. That is the theme of Jeremy Protas’ time with the LGBT Bar and as an openly gay attorney. Jeremy is a partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, a boutique intellectual property firm in Chicago, and the newly elected president of the National LGBT Bar Association Board of Directors. Jeremy’s education began in 2007 […]
Meet Brian Esser, The Bar Foundation’s New President
Brian Esser spent eight years as an attorney at Baker & Hostetler LLP, focusing on complex and general civil litigation and corporate investigations. He handled civil RICO claims brought against insurance companies, tobacco manufacturers, foreign sovereigns and government contractors and coordinated discovery under the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. In January […]
Victory for Transgender Veterans
In 2012, during a panel on transgender military issues convened by my organization, The LGBT Bar, HuffingtonPost reporter Jennifer Bendery asked the legal experts we had convened for the day a simple, but important, question: If they could make one change for transgender veterans, what would it be? The answer was clear. “Bridget Wilson, an […]
Strength in Numbers
By any measure or count, 2014 has been a banner year for The LGBT Bar and our members. This year, we expanded our programs, our member benefits and our profile within the profession. As our community makes significant strides toward full equality, The Bar is keeping pace with cutting edge educational events, networking opportunities and […]
An Incredible Win
Earlier this week, our friends at the ACLU of New Jersey announced a historic victory: For the first time, the federal government has agreed to update critical military paperwork for transgender veterans that reflects their true gender identity. As we told the New Jersey Law Journal, “This is the first time we’ve ever had anything clearly written out […]
With Thanks
Giving Thanks & Building the Future As our members and supporters around the United States begin their Thanksgiving celebrations, all of us at The LGBT Bar want to send our sincerest thanks for your help in making 2014 our most successful year ever. With your help, we raised the bar on our programs and member […]
Meet Daniel Winterfeldt, The Bar’s V.I.P. in the U.K.
When Daniel Winterfeldt attended his first Lavender Law Conference, he left with a mission in mind: Bring The LGBT Bar’s unique networking, career and educational model to his colleagues in London. As Head of International Capital Markets at CMS and a US securities lawyer with over sixteen years of experience in London and New York, […]
New Hampshire’s Revised Surrogacy Law Eliminates Discrimination Against LGBTQ Community
As the co-author of the bill that revamped New Hampshire’s surrogacy law, I am thrilled to let you know that my state’s statutes no longer contain discriminatory provisions that made surrogacy inaccessible for many people, including gay couples. The revised law permits gestational surrogacy arrangements for all intended parents, with no discrimination based upon marital […]
Family Law in DC
Our firm was recently successful in the District of Columbia in obtaining a three parent Permanent Custodial Order, based on the District’s de facto parentage law. The Court found that there was clear and convincing evidence of one parent’s de facto parentage status, pursuant to D.C. Code Section 16-831.01(1)(B). The factors the Court considered were […]
Lavender Law Success Stories: Career Fair
Carrie Tongarm did not decide to attend law school until her son was born in 2008. After going through the second-parent adoption process with her partner and their lawyer, Carrie realized how difficult the process could have been without their lawyer. She realized that “I wanted to help people in that way; I wanted to […]