Are you or do you know a member of the LGBTQ+ community under 40 working in the legal profession? Submit a nomination for our Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 Award!
Each year, the National LGBTQ+ Bar recognizes LGBTQ+ legal professionals (practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary, politicians, etc.) under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality. Awardees are recognized each year at our Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair; this year taking place July 28 – 30, 2025 in New York City.
Congratulations to our 2024 class!
Nathan Arrowsmith, Unit Chief Counsel,
Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Solicitor General’s Office – Special Litigation Section
Matthew Barragán, Assistant United States Attorney,
United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
Joshua Blecher-Cohen, Judicial Law Clerk, United States Courts
m boulette, Practice Group Chair/Partner, Taft Law
Jonathan Brit, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lydia X. Z. Brown, Director of Public Policy, National Disability Institute
Stephen Cha-Kim, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Jacob Chen, Partner, DGW Kramer LLP
Brandon D. Cox, Shareholder; Co-Chair, LGBTQ+ Affinity Group, Greenberg Traurig
Ryan Coyle, Partner, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
Bradford Craig, Senior Associate, Blank Rome LLP
D Dangaran, Director of Gender Justice, Rights Behind Bars
Jeffry Dorocak, City Attorney, City of Las Vegas
John Fowler, Senior Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Gerardo Gomez Galvis, Of Counsel, Morrison Foerster
Leslie Gutierrez Melo, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jack Hamilton, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Katie Harrington, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Milo Inglehart, Staff Attorney, Transgender Law Center
Danielle (Danny) King, Senior Youth Policy Counsel, National Center for Lesbian Rights
A.D. Lewis, Manager, Trans Beyond Bars Project, Prison Law Office
Joyce Liou, Partner, Morrison Foerster
Isidro Mariscal, Senior Trial Attorney,
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Plan Benefits Security Division
Angelo Mathay, Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sean McDivitt, Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force
Marissa Meli, Associate General Counsel, Green Bay Packers, Inc.
Robert Niles-Weed, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Nisha Parekh, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Labor
Nicole Phillis, Contract Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Stephanie A. Ramirez, Defense Counsel, Assistant Officer-In-Charge,
Defense Service Office North Detachment Great Lakes, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Kyle Rapiñan, Assistant Attorney General, New York State Attorney General
Olena Ripnick-O’Farrell, Associate General Counsel, Meta
A’Niya Robinson, Policy and Advocacy Director, ACLU of Alabama
Brandt Thomas Roessler, Senior Associate, Baker Botts LLP
Skyler Rosellini, Assistant Director of California Policy, National Health Law Program
J. Max Rosen, Associate, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Kris Tassone, Policy Counsel, National Center for Transgender Equality
Brandon Trice, Partner, Kaplan Martin LLP
Léo Tucker, Director, Arkansas Immigrant Defense
Lauren Zimmerman, Partner, Selendy Gay PLLC