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    Programs Awards 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40

    40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40

    40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40

    2023 Annual Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 Overview and Criteria

    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 will be celebrated and recognized at a ceremony during the National LGBTQ+ Bar’s 2023 Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair in July. If you have any questions, please contact Patrick O’Brien at patrick@lgbtqbar.org.

    Congratulations to our 2023 class!

    Barrett J. Anderson, Associate, Cooley LLP
    K.M. Bell, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Arizona
    Bernardo Bessa, Litigation Counsel, Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Ryan Bravata, Associate, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy LLP
    Alletta Brenner, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
    Kaila D. Clark, Associate, ArentFox Schiff LLP
    Wil Comer, Assistant General Counsel, U-Haul International, Inc.
    Lucia Damerau, Fragomen Fellow, New York City Bar Justice Center
    Jess Davis-Ricci, Staff Attorney, Whitman-Walker Health
    Nneka Ewulonu, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Georgia
    Ren Gaffney, General Counsel, Convergent Energy & Power
    Amanda Hainsworth, Senior Legal Advisor to the Attorney General, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
    Steven Jamal Hanton, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
    Amira Hasenbush, Attorney, Founder, All Family Legal
    Yashreeka Huq, Associate, Fenwick & West LLP
    Christopher Jensen, Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment, City Colleges of Chicago
    Ari Mariah Krause Jones, Residency & Naturalization Programs Director, Oasis Legal Services
    Lauren Lofton, Founder, Transform Belonging Collective Care Solutions
    Carla Lopez, Legal Director, LGBTQ+ Program, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
    Anya A. Marino, Clinical Instructor & Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic
    Jill Martin Diaz, Lead Attorney and Assistant Professor, Vermont Immigrant Assistance at Vermont Law and Graduate School
    Eli McCann, Senior Corporate Counsel, Oracle
    Kate Mozynski, Northeast Ohio Staff Attorney, Equality Ohio
    Cathryn Oakley, State Legislative Director and Senior Counsel, Human Rights Campaign
    Nico Ikal Quintana, Lead Attorney, Lavender Rights Project
    Adam Reinke, Partner, King & Spalding LLP
    Christopher M. Repole, Principal, Jackson Lewis, P.C.
    Michael J. Ritter, Senior Counsel, Schmoyer Reinhard LLP
    Jake Rodriguez, Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    Annette L. Rose, Senior Counsel, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
    Amalia Sax-Bolder, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
    David A. Silva, Counsel, White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations, Sidley Austin LLP
    David L. Simons, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
    Paul Sousa, Associate General Counsel, Brands and Marketing Legal, Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Sruti Swaminathan, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal
    Emily C. Walpole, Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Jeffrey D. Watters, Jr., Partner, Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
    Geoffrey T. Witherspoon, II, Associate Attorney, Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
    Margaret (Meg) York, Professor of Law & South Royalton Legal Clinic Lead Attorney, Vermont Law and Graduate School
    Jamie M. Zug, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP

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