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For Immediate Release
April 18, 2018
Contact: Mari Nemec
(202) 637-7661 / mari@lgbtbar.org
The National LGBT Bar Association Announces 2018 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Awardees
Washington, D.C. - The LGBT Bar is delighted to announce the forty recipients of this year's Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Awards. Each year, the LGBT Bar recognizes LGBT legal professionals under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBT equality. The Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 - Class of 2018 is listed below. Awardees will be recognized at the 30th Annual Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair this August 8-10 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
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Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 - Class of 2018
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Todd Amdor, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP
Chirag Badlani, Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
P. Brian Bartels, Partner, Kutak Rock LLP
Jason Canales, Partner, Moses & Singer LLP
Emily Chapuis, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Abigail Coursolle, Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program
Ezra Cukor, Staff Attorney, New York City Commission on Human Rights
Corey Devine, Partner, Muskat, Mahony & Devine, LLP
Mayme Donohue, Associate, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Celeste Fiore, Attorney, Argentino Family Law & Child Advocacy, LLC
Andrew Gammill, Associate, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Madeline Gitomer, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Sarah Gordon, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Currey Hitchens, Supervising Attorney, Georgia Legal Services Program
Alesdair Ittelson, Law & Policy Director, interACT
Jonah Knobler, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Huong Lam, Help Desk Attorney, Lambda Legal
Alexa Lawson-Remer, Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Adrien Leavitt, Staff Attorney, Northwest Defenders Division
Scott Lerner, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Andrew Luxen, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney's Office
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R. Barrett Marshall, Staff Attorney, Housing Unit, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
John M. McHugh, Partner, Reilly Pozner LLP
Jonathan D. Newton, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section
Seth Pearson, Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP
Kelly Perigoe, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Sarah B. Pitney, Associate Attorney, Benach Collopy, LLP
Jenn Protas, Employment Law Partner, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc.
Meehan Rasch, Senior Appellate Court Attorney, California Court of Appeal
Kate Rhodes, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Steffi Romano, Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Works Fellow, UnLocal, Inc.
Lieutenant Commander Jake Romelhardt, Legal Assistance Department Head, Region Legal Service Office Southwest, U.S. Navy JAG Corps
Hema Sarang-Sieminski, Senior Attorney, Victim Rights Law Center
Thomas Saunders, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney's Office (DC)
Gennaro Savastano, Associate, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.
Michael Stevens, Senior Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
Farhaad Virani, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon Studios
Molly Whitman, Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jason Wu, Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
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The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal organizations. The LGBT Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.
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