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Christine Coldiron
By Riley Jon Veazey Looking back at her career, Christine Coldiron, a successful legal professional and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, reflected with us on her very first Lavender Law® Conference. As a lawyer and businessperson balancing family life, Coldiron spoke about her “twisty career journey.” Currently, she works for T-Mobile using her combined […]
Sander Saba
By Siena Hohne On their first day of law school, Sander Saba met with their advisor and disclosed their fear that in order to be a successful lawyer, they would have to live within the gender binary. Saba’s advisor immediately allayed their fears and reassured them that they shouldn’t hide themself just to conform to […]
The National LGBT Bar Association Releases 2021 Law School Campus Climate Survey Data
Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association
By Siena Hohne This month the LGBT Bar is excited to promote the Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association in our affiliate spotlight blog series! The Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association has grown and changed significantly since it was first founded in 1986. The organization was originally called Philadelphia Attorneys for Human Rights (PAHR), an intentionally vague name […]
Joint Statement of the National LGBT Bar Association and FreeState Justice on Passage of the “LGBTQ+ Panic” Bill by the Maryland Legislature
Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia
By Siena Hohne This month the LGBT Bar is excited to promote the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia (SBA) in our new affiliate spotlight blog series! SBA was founded in 1995 after the Bar’s three founders attended another Bar association’s convention and realized that they wanted to bring the same sense of community for LGBTQ+ […]
Gary Gassman
Gary Gassman pursues his passions every day – as a shareholder at Cozen O’Connor; as the Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; as the co-leader of Cozen O’Connor’s LGBTQ+ attorney resource group; and as a devoted partner, son, brother, uncle, friend, and proud dog parent. A practicing attorney for […]
Sean J. Young
FROM CAMPUS TO THE COURTROOM Sean Young has always felt a deep commitment to fighting for justice and equity. While completing his undergraduate degree in economics at Duke University, Young became involved in many racial justice initiatives through student government and extracurricular activities. Though passionate about ensuring equity for all students, Young was cognizant of […]
Debra Zepeda
Sometimes, life doesn’t always go according to plan. Debra Zepeda can certainly attest to this, having grown up most of her early life imagining she would become an engineer. Today, she’s an attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner practicing patent law. Throughout her life, Debra was always drawn to building and fixing things, figuring out […]
Inclusion in an Unprecedented Time
By M. Dru Levasseur, Deputy Program Officer of the National LGBT Bar We’re in an unprecedented time. The global health crisis caused by COVID-19 has led to a near shutdown of most social functioning: no in-office work, no in-store shopping, no gathering of friends, no public events. Many, many people are left vulnerable, losing work, social […]