Section on Taxation & LGBT Law Section: Diversity in Tax Law
2020-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008, United States
Join the Section on Taxation, LGBT Law Section, and Maryland State Bar Association for a panel program on Diversity in Tax Law. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from experienced panelists including Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley of the United States Tax Court and Michael Desmond, Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service! Head over to Howard University School of Law to be a part of the diversity discussion. Lunch will be served.
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Speakers

Andre Barnett, Tax Counsel, United States Senate Finance Committee
Michael Desmond, Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court
Aaron Herbert, Revenue Officer, District of Columbia Officer of Tax and Revenue
Tiffany Smith, Chief Tax Counsel, United States Senate Finance Committee
Drita Tonuzi, Deputy Chief Counsel for Operations, Internal Revenue Service

Moderated by Alice Thomas, Professor, Howard University School of Law

Registration
Free!

Sponsors

Federal Bar Association, LGBT Law Section
Federal Bar Association, Section on Taxation
Howard University School of Law
Maryland State Bar Association

Questions? Contact Jimi Kolawole.

Webinar: Dissecting Legal Developments on Healthcare Access and Protections for Transgender People
2020-08-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
Please join the LGBT Law Section of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) for a webinar to discuss the Administration’s recent decisions on health care access and protections for transgender people. Guests will discuss several different examples including 1) the Trump Administration’s rollback of transgender healthcare protections put in place by the Obama Administration in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which “prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities” 2) efforts in state legislatures across the country to criminalize gender-affirming care for trans youth 3) exclusions for gender affirming care in state Medicaid programs and 4) barriers to healthcare for transgender prisoners.
This panel will feature two leading attorneys who are well-versed in the area of transgender health protections, Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and Carl Charles, a Staff Attorney in the New York office of Lambda Legal, who will address how these actions affect transgender youth and adults, the legal challenges and advocacy responses, and what is to come in this area.
Presented by the LGBT Law Section
Registration for this event is now closed.

About the Presenters:
Brandon King, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP; FBA LGBT Law Section Chair (Moderator)
Brandon King is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in Washington, DC. He focuses on tax controversy and tax planning. Brandon regularly advises clients on various aspects of tax law, including international tax planning for multinational corporations and tax dispute resolution. Prior to joining the Firm, Brandon was a law clerk for the Honorable Albert G. Lauber at the United States Tax Court. He also served as a Presidential Personnel Associate in the Obama administration, where he was the tax advisor on the vetting team for presidential nominations. He received his BA in Political Science from University of Cincinnati, followed by his JD at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law and LLM at Georgetown University Law Center.
Carl Charles, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal
Carl Charles is a Staff Attorney in the New York Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest organization dedicated to advancing the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and individuals living with HIV, where he previously served as a law fellow in the Transgender Rights Project. During his time at Lambda Legal, Carl has been involved in litigating a number of cases expanding and solidifying federal civil rights protections for transgender people. Most recently, he is counsel in Karnoski v. Trump, a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender people, counsel in Conforti v. St. Joseph’s Healthcare, a federal lawsuit filed in response to a New Jersey Catholic Hospital’s discriminatory denial of transition-related health care for a transgender man, and counsel in the recently filed Eller v. Prince George’s County School District, a federal lawsuit on behalf of a teacher who endured years of abuse, harassment and retaliation at the hands of school administrators, fellow teachers, staff, parents and students because she is a transgender woman. Prior to joining Lambda Legal, Carl served as a Staff Attorney with the LGBTQ Rights Project at A Better Balance and the New York City Commission on Human Rights Law Enforcement Bureau. Carl has written about his own experiences as a transgender man, as well as legal issues facing transgender people for publications including The Advocate, Conde Nast’s them., and the former LGBTQ Digital News platform Into. Carl is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he was co-president of OUTLaw and vice president of the Student Bar Association. He received his bachelor’s degree in English Education from the University of Northern Colorado.
Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Shannon Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Minter was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. Minter was also NCLR’s lead attorney in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding student group policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and rejecting the argument that such policies violated a student group’s rights to freedom of speech, religion, and association. NCLR represented Hastings Outlaw, an LGBTQ student group who intervened to help defend the nondiscrimination policy. In 2009, Minter was named a California Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer. He received the Dan Bradley Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Bar Association for outstanding work in marriage cases in 2008. Minter was one of 18 people to receive the Ford Foundation’s “Leadership for a Changing World” award in 2005. Shannon has also received the Anderson Prize Foundation’s Creating Change Award by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Distinguished National Service Award from GAYLAW, Cornell Law School’s Exemplary Public Service Award, the Unity Award from Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, the Advocacy Award from the San Francisco Bar Association, and the Justice Award from Equality California. Minter serves on the boards of Faith in America and the Transgender Law & Policy Institute. He has previously served on the American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Minter received his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1993. He is originally from Texas.

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CLE
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LGBT Law Section: Emerging Issues in the LGBTQ+ Community 2020
2020-09-14 18:00 - 21:15 | DC Bar, 901 4th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, 20001, United States
Join the LGBT Law Section and the DC Bar on Monday, March 30, 2020 to discuss emerging issues in LGBTQ+ Law. This interactive and informative class will discuss various LGBTQ+ related legal issues, including transgender rights, parentage, domestic partnerships/same-sex marriage, taxes, and child custody. This class will be available both in-person and via webinar. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from our experienced panel and get the latest updates in the field of LGBTQ+ law!

Speakers

Joseph C. Figini, Delaney McKinney LLP
Michele Zavos, Delaney McKinney LLP

Registration
Registration Fees

FBA Members: $89
Non-members: $129

How to Register
Click Here to be redirected to the DC Bar Event Registration Page

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Create an account with DC Bar
Select “FBA LGBT Law Section Members” from drop-down menu

CLE
3 credit hours of CLE courtesy of the DC Bar.

Questions?
Contact Brandon King, Chair of the LGBT Law Section.

Webinar [CANCELLED]: Shifting Landscape of Title VII: What Recent Decisions Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community
2020-10-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
We are sorry to inform you that this webinar has been cancelled. Please view the FBA Calendar for more webinar opportunities.
Please join the LGBT Law Section of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) for a webinar to discuss recent court decisions on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In June 2020, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that the term “sex” in Title VII prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Panelists will discuss this decision and its implications for the LGBTQ+ community.
Presented by the LGBT Law Section

About the Presenters:
Christine E. Dieter, Associate, Hinckley Allen (Moderator)
Christine is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental and Energy Practice Groups and Litigation practice. She has experience litigating in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. Christine has worked on permitting matters for offshore wind farms and worked on litigation relating to the cleanup of contaminated land. Christine represents regional utilities in proceedings before state regulatory agencies and related appeals of those decisions, including before the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She assists with permitting and other regulatory matters for owners and developers of energy generation projects and provides regulatory advice regarding project development. Christine also works on employment law matters and has achieved early dismissals of matters before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. In addition to litigating employment claims, Christine advises employers on employee policies and handbooks, compliance with the many federal and state laws affecting employers, and on personnel decisions. Christine has experience with all stages of complex commercial litigation, including pre-litigation dispute resolution, motion practice, summary judgment, mediation, trial, and appellate practice. Christine is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Donald (Don) C. Davis, Senior Counsel, Epic Games, Inc.
Don Davis is Senior Counsel at Epic Games, Inc. where he chiefly advises the company on employment and human resources matters. Prior to joining Epic Games, Don counseled and represented employers in employment matters and disputes as an associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. in Washington, DC. Don has also served in roles in which he represented LGBTQ individuals who faced workplace discrimination and harassment. Don has served and continues to serve on nonprofit boards, including as a past Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equality North Carolina and as Governance Chair of the Board of Directors of SMYAL, an LGBTQ youth mentorship and leadership development organization in the Washington, DC metro region. He served two terms as President of the LGBT Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the National LGBT Bar Association recognized Don among its 40 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 for his advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ individuals in both his personal and professional work.
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Senior Attorney and Health Care Strategist, Lambda Legal
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan is a Senior Attorney and the Health Care Strategist at Lambda Legal. He has played an instrumental role in advancing the civil and constitutional rights of LGBT people under the U.S. Constitution and federal civil rights laws regarding education, employment, health care, and housing. As a member of the legal team in Obergefell v. Hodges, Gonzalez-Pagan helped secure marriage equality at the U.S. Supreme Court while representing four same-sex couples seeking respect for their out-of-state marriages and accurate birth certificates for their Ohio-born children. He was also lead counsel in Conde-Vidal v. Rius-Armendariz and co-counsel in Robicheaux v. Caldwell, successfully challenging Puerto Rico’s and Louisiana’s marriage bans, respectively. Gonzalez-Pagan helped secure two landmark decisions—the first and second appellate rulings in the country—holding that Title VII covers sexual orientation discrimination in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College and Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. As lead counsel in Smith v. Avanti, he also obtained the first court decision in the country holding that the Federal Housing Act’s sex discrimination prohibition covers discrimination against LGBT people. As Health Care Strategist, Gonzalez-Pagan has been a leading voice in the proper interpretation of the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision, particularly as it applies to LGBT people. Gonzalez-Pagan is also a key architect of Lambda Legal’s efforts to secure the ability of transgender people to obtain accurate identity documents, including birth certificates. Gonzalez-Pagan received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. He also possesses a Master’s in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Cornell University. Gonzalez-Pagan was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is fluent in Spanish.

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CLE
1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state)
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Law Student Webinar Series: Career Paths for LGBTQ+ Law Students
2021-01-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
This webinar will feature members of the Board of the LGBTQ+ Law Section, who will provide perspectives on how they obtained their current roles, their career paths since graduating, and what it means to be a LGBTQ+ legal practitioner. The panel will also feature a discussion of what it means to practice LGBTQ+ law through pro bono legal work and involvement in the LGBTQ+ community more broadly.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section

About the Presenters
Chirag G. Badlani, Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd; Section Immediate Past Chair
Chirag is a Partner of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd in Chicago, Illinois. He represents clients in a wide variety of civil matters, with a focus in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, labor and employment, and commercial litigation. He also represents clients in asylum and refugee matters. He joined the firm in 2012. Mr. Badlani graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law (J.D. 2008), where he served as a Production Editor for the Journal of International Law and Politics and as a Competitions Research and Writing Editor for the Moot Court Board. During law school, Mr. Badlani worked at NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic. He received his B.A. from Yale College (B.A. 2003). Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Badlani was a law clerk to the Honorable Ann Claire Williams, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and to the Honorable Allyne Ross, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He also worked as a Planning Associate at the Vera Institute of Justice, in the Center on Immigration and Justice.
Mario Choi, Associate, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP; Section Membership Chair
Mario is an associate at Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP in Oakland, California. He practices in the areas of securities, antitrust, and consumer protection litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Choi worked at the New York office of Pryor Cashman LLP where he handled a number of complex commercial cases ranging from intellectual property and contract disputes to real estate and environmental issues. Mr. Choi began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard B. Lowe, III, Justice of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division.
Christine E. Dieter, Associate, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP; Section Treasurer
Christine is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental and Energy Practice Groups and Litigation practice. She has experience litigating in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. Christine has worked on permitting matters for offshore wind farms and worked on litigation relating to the cleanup of contaminated land. Christine represents regional utilities in proceedings before state regulatory agencies and related appeals of those decisions, including before the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She assists with permitting and other regulatory matters for owners and developers of energy generation projects and provides regulatory advice regarding project development. Christine also works on employment law matters and has achieved early dismissals of matters before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. In addition to litigating employment claims, Christine advises employers on employee policies and handbooks, compliance with the many federal and state laws affecting employers, and on personnel decisions. Christine has experience with all stages of complex commercial litigation, including pre-litigation dispute resolution, motion practice, summary judgment, mediation, trial, and appellate practice. Christine is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
John N. Sellner, E-Discovery Counsel, Winthrop & Weinstine P.A.; Section Vice-Chair
John is E-Discovery Counsel at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He assists clients with implementing data retention policies that strike a balance between the risk inherent in preserving historical documents and electronic data, regulatory compliance, the cost of data storage, and any other considerations that are particular to them.
Moderated By:
Brandon King, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP; Section Chair
Brandon King is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in Washington, DC. He focuses on tax controversy and tax planning. Prior to joining the Firm, Brandon was a law clerk for the Honorable Albert G. Lauber at the United States Tax Court. He also served as a Presidential Personnel Associate in the Obama administration, where he was the tax advisor on the vetting team for presidential nominations.
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2021 Civil Rights Étouffée
2021-01-28 - 2021-01-29 | Online, US
The Civil Rights Étouffée is the signature CLE event produced by the FBA’s Civil Rights Law section. Typically we host this event in New Orleans, but this year will gather on the ‘net and do our best to preserve a NOLA “state of mind” as we explore eight panels on cutting-edge areas of civil rights law and ethics issues of the moment. This extraordinary national event is proudly co-sponsored by the following FBA Sections and Chapters, and FREE to their members. Learn more at www.etouffeelaw.com and sign up today!
Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section
Co-Sponsored by:

Broward County Chapter
Chattanooga Chapter
Central District of Illinois Chapter
Chicago Chapter
Columbus Chapter
Dayton Chapter
Eastern District of Michigan Chapter
Eastern District of New York Chapter
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter
El Paso Chapter
Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee
Federal Litigation Section
Iowa Chapter
Kansas and Western District of Missouri Chapter
LGBTQ+ Law Section
Massachusetts Chapter
Memphis Mid South Chapter
Middle District of Pennsylvania Chapter
Minnesota Chapter
New Orleans Chapter
Northern District of Ohio Chapter
Northern Virginia Chapter
Oklahoma City Chapter
Roanoke Chapter
San Diego Chapter
South Florida Chapter
Southern District of Georgia Chapter
Southern District of New York Chapter
Tampa Bay Chapter
Utah Chapter
Younger Lawyers Division

Registration
Registration for this event has closed.

Live Captioning
Captioning will be available for all virtual panels. Information on how to access captioning will be provided to registrants the week of the program.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds or substitutions will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on Friday, January 22. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Agenda
Thursday, January 28
[12:00 – 1:00 pm EST] Enhancing Justice: Ethically Reducing Bias in Policing and the Courts

Hon. Bernice B. Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Heston Silbert, Director, Arizona Department of Public Safety
MODERATOR: Jason Downs, Chief Deputy Attorney, U.S. Office of Attorney General for the Distract of Columbia

[1:15 – 2:15 pm EST] When Exceptions Become the Rule: LGBTQ Rights and Religious Exemptions

Camilla Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation, Lambda Legal
Taylor Lund, Professor, Wayne State University College of Law
MODERATOR: Robin Wagner, Associate, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers; Chair, FBA Civil Rights Section

[2:45 – 3:45 pm EST] Back to the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Civil Rights

Phil Mayor, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
Vincent Southerland, Executive Director, Center on Race, Inequality and the Law, NYU School of Law
Jennifer Lord, Partner, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers
MODERATOR: Robin Wagner, Associate, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers; Chair, FBA Civil Rights Section

[4:00 – 5:00 pm EST] KEYNOTE: How to Ethically Navigate Social Media When Your Case is in the Headlines

Joseph A. Bondy, The Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy, Counsel for Lev Parnas, Creator of #LetLevSpeak

Friday, January 29
[12:00 – 1:00 pm EST] Making it Right: Vulnerable Kids, Education, and COVID-19

Margie Wakelin, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center
Carl P. Beard, Beard Legal Group
MODERATOR: Caryl Andrea Oberman, Law Offices of Caryl Andrea Oberman

[1:15 – 2:15 pm EST] Title IX in the Era of #metoo

Mica McKinney, General Counsel, Utah State University
Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius
MODERATOR: Kyle Kaiser, FBA Civil Rights Section

[2:45 – 3:45 pm EST] What is Environmental Justice?

Rebecca Bratspies, Founding Director, Center for Urban Environmental Reform and Professor of Law, CUNY
Emily Posner, Emily Posner Law
Marianne Cufone, Director of Environmental Law Program, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law & Director for GreenJustice

[4:00 – 5:00 pm EST] KEYNOTE: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Obfuscation: War Stories from the Front Lines of Voting Rights Litigation & the Post Office

Remy Green, Partner, Cohen & Green
Samuel Spital, Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
Shankar Duraiswamy, Parnter, Covington

CLE
Attendees can receive CLE Credit in a limited number of states:
Alabama, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
FBA Chapters will be managing CLE credit for the below states:
Florida (Broward County Chapter), Illinois (Chicago Chapter), Iowa (Iowa Chapter), Ohio (Dayton Chapter), Tennessee (Memphis Mid South Chapter), Utah (Utah Chapter)
60min state: (8) CLE Credits, including (2) Ethics Credit
50min state: (9.6) CLE Credit, including (2.4) Ethics Credit
Certificates and credit for these virtual panels will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit.

Sponsorship
Is your chapter or section interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Robin Wagner <rwagner@pittlawpc.com> for more information.

FAQs
Q: How do I access the virtual panels?
A: Virtual panels will each have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a welcome email and calendar invitations the week of the conference.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the conference. Please note that CLE credit will only be submitted for attendees that watch the live broadcast.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact meetings@fedbar.org for any other questions.

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Webinar: LGBTQ+ Pro Bono Showcase - The Impact of Pro Bono Work on LGBTQ+ Individuals
2021-06-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
Have you wondered what pro bono work is going on with respect to the LGBTQ+ community? Are you interested in hearing about some of the frontline work ongoing around the country in various organizations? This webinar will feature prominent speakers who perform legal work for members of the LGBTQ+ community who are facing issues in areas such as immigration, asylum, gender identity, and child custody, among others. The goal of this presentation is to provide the audience an insider’s view as to what LGBTQ+ focused pro bono work looks like in different areas of law, show how legal organizations partner with law firms to provide meaningful representation to LGBTQ+ individuals and families, and offer practical tips for those who want to engage in this work, regardless of their practice setting.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section’

About the Presenters:
Chirag G. Badlani, Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd; Section Immediate Past Chair
Chirag is a Partner of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd in Chicago, Illinois. He represents clients in a wide variety of civil matters, with a focus in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, labor and employment, and commercial litigation. He also represents clients in asylum and refugee matters. He joined the firm in 2012. Mr. Badlani graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law (J.D. 2008), where he served as a Production Editor for the Journal of International Law and Politics and as a Competitions Research and Writing Editor for the Moot Court Board. During law school, Mr. Badlani worked at NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic. He received his B.A. from Yale College (B.A. 2003). Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Badlani was a law clerk to the Honorable Ann Claire Williams, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and to the Honorable Allyne Ross, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He also worked as a Planning Associate at the Vera Institute of Justice, in the Center on Immigration and Justice.
Currey Cook, Senior Counsel and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project Director, Lambda Legal
Currey Cook is the Director of the Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project and Counsel in the National Headquarters Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.

Brandon King, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP; Section Chair
Brandon King is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in Washington, DC. He focuses on tax controversy and tax planning. Prior to joining the Firm, Brandon was a law clerk for the Honorable Albert G. Lauber at the United States Tax Court. He also served as a Presidential Personnel Associate in the Obama administration, where he was the tax advisor on the vetting team for presidential nominations.

Tania Linares Garcia, Senior Litigation Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center
A senior attorney with NIJC’s Federal Litigation Project and LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative. Prior to joining NIJC, Tania served as a staff attorney at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Granger, Washington. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Southern Illinois University. While in law school, Tania interned with the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, the Illinois Innocence Project, and NIJC’s LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative.

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Webinar: The Shifting Landscape of Title VII - Analyzing the Bostock Decision One Year Later
2021-06-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
In June 2020, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that the term “sex” in Title VII prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Presenters will discuss this recent decision and its implications for the LGBTQ+ community one year later. The panel will also provide practical tips and considerations for LGBTQ+ employees facing discrimination issues in the workplace.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section

About the Presenters
Christine E. Dieter, Associate, Hinckley Allen (Moderator)
Christine is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental and Energy Practice Groups and Litigation practice. She has experience litigating in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. Christine has worked on permitting matters for offshore wind farms and worked on litigation relating to the cleanup of contaminated land.
Chinyere Ezie, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial justice, gender justice, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) rights, and challenges governmental abuses of power. Chinyere is lead counsel for transgender rights activist Ashley Diamond in her pathbreaking lawsuits against the Georgia Department of Corrections. She is also the originator of #BoycottPrada, a viral campaign that led luxury fashion house Prada to change the way it does business when it comes to racial equity and inclusion. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, Chinyere worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center where she brought cases defending the rights of LGBTQI Southerners. She also served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated employment discrimination cases and secured a $5.1 million jury verdict and historic injunction on behalf of workers who were subjected to religious harassment. Chinyere is a frequent speaker at law conferences and her advocacy has been reported on by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and NPR, among others.
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Senior Attorney and Health Care Strategist, Lambda Legal (Speaker)
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan is a Senior Attorney and the Health Care Strategist at Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV. He has played a critical role in advancing the rights of LGBTQ people under the U.S. Constitution and federal civil rights laws in virtually every aspect of our lives, including education, employment, health care, and housing.
Jennifer L. Levi, Transgender Rights Project Director, GLAD (Speaker)
Jennifer L. Levi is the director of GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project and a nationally recognized expert on transgender legal issues. Levi’s precedent-setting transgender rights cases include: O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (2010), which established that medical care relating to gender transition qualifies for a medical tax deduction; Adams v. Bureau of Prisons (2011), which successfully challenged a federal prison policy excluding medical care for transgender inmates who came into the system without a transition-related medical plan; and Doe v. Clenchy (2014), in which the first state high court ruled that a transgender girl must be fully integrated into her public elementary school as a girl, including having full and equal access to restrooms.

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Webinar: Holding Our Ground: Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights at the Front Lines
2022-06-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, US
While historically, much focus on civil rights for LGBTQ+ persons has focused on the Supreme Court and national debates—the raft of measures coming out of state legislatures attacking various aspects of LGBTQ+ personhood are being challenged locally in federal district court and circuit court actions across the country. This webinar will focus on the experiences, strategies, and mechanism of representing clients in such actions in private, pro bono and public interest practices.
Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section and the LGBTQ+ Law Section

About the Presenters
Wesley D. Bizzell, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Altria; Past President, National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Wesley Bizzell serves as Senior Assistant General Counsel and Managing Director of Political Law & Ethics Programs for Altria Client Services. Overseeing a comprehensive compliance system covering the regulation of government affairs, Mr. Bizzell provides advice and guidance on political law compliance for more than 75 jurisdictions. Mr. Bizzell also heads the legal team that supports Altria’s public policy activities, providing services related to legislative and regulatory drafting and interpretation.
Mr. Bizzell is an authority on political law compliance, serving as co-chair of the Conference Board’s Committee on Corporate Political Spending, a committee of leading American corporations dedicated to education and engagement on issues of corporate political activity. For four years, he served as co-chair of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws’ (“COGEL”) annual conference. In 2018, COGEL awarded Mr. Bizzell its highest honor, the COGEL Award, for making a “demonstrable and positive contribution to the fields of campaign finance, ethics, elections, lobbying and freedom of information over a significant period of time.”
Previously, Mr. Bizzell was an attorney in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Federal Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. His career also includes more than six years on Capitol Hill, where he served as an aide to Arkansas Senators David Pryor and Dale Bumpers.
Mr. Bizzell is extremely active in promoting diversity and inclusion within the legal and corporate communities. He is a founding member and serves on the steering committee for Altria’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group and is the immediate past president of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, after serving a two-year term. He has been named by London’s Financial Times (2017 and 2018) and Yahoo Finance (2019 and 2020) as one of the 100 worldwide OUTstanding Leading LGBT+ Corporate Executives, and Chambers and Partners also named him the 2019 LGBT+ Equality Lawyer of the Year for his dedication and commitment to LGBT diversity programs and his efforts to advance LGBT+ professionals in the law. In 2021, he was appointed to serve as a commissioner for the American Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Commission.
Mr. Bizzell graduated with a B.A. in Justice, magna cum laude, from the American University in Washington, D.C. and received a Master of Social Work with a focus in public policy from the Catholic University of America. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an editor for the Georgetown Law Journal.
Jay Kaplan, LGBT Project Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
Jay Kaplan has been the staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan’s LGBT Project since its founding in 2001.
He has worked on cases including challenging undercover sting operations targeting gay men, fighting Michigan’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying, defending the validity of second parent adoptions granted in Michigan, and recently advocating for a transgender high school student to be able to run for prom court. Jay was honored with the 2006 Unsung Hero Award from the Michigan State Bar and the 2010 Virginia Uribe Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association (NEA).

Robin B. Wagner, Partner, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers PC; and Chair, FBA Civil Rights Law Section
Robin Wagner is a partner of the Detroit-region law firm, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers. She works exclusively on plaintiff-side civil rights matters, primarily in the areas of employment and housing discrimination. She clerked for the Hon. Judith E. Levy of the Eastern District of Michigan and the Hon. Michael H. Dolinger, ret. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York. Robin has written on employment and housing discrimination law for various professional journals, including the Michigan Bar Journal, the journal of the Michigan Association of Justice, and of course, our section’s own Civil Rights Insider.

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Webinar: Career Paths for LGBTQ+ Law Students and Young Attorneys
2022-10-14 14:00 - 15:00
This webinar will feature a diverse group of legal practitioners, including members of the Board of the LGBTQ+ Law Section, who will discuss their backgrounds, career paths, and their current roles. The panel will provide perspectives on what it means to be a LGBTQ+ legal practitioner and will also discuss their involvement with and in the LGBTQ+ community.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section
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Panelists
Kaliko Fernandes
Kalikoʻonālani Fernandes is a Deputy Solicitor General for the State of Hawaiʻi. Her practice is focused on constitutional law and appellate litigation in state and federal courts. Prior to joining the Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s office, Kaliko was in private practice, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Susan Oki Mollway of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi. Kaliko was named one of the Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the LGBT Bar in 2021, and serves on various Hawaiʻi State Bar Association and Federal Bar Association boards and committees.

Melissa Gohlke
Melissa is an Associate with Cooley LLP. She has extensive experience representing corporations, financial institutions and service providers, investment funds, and individuals in responding to regulatory enquiries and investigating self-identified issues. She has represented clients before a variety of domestic and international authorities, including the U.S. DOJ, SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and the UK SFO and FCA. She also provides crisis management advice to companies and individuals faced with complex legal and reputational issues.
Prior to joining Cooley, Melissa was an associate in Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s DC and London offices. She was also seconded to HSBC Holdings plc in London in 2017, where she worked in the Litigation and Regulatory Investigations team of HSBC Group Legal. Melissa earned her JD from Georgetown University Law Center and graduated from Texas Christian University magna cum laude. She is a member of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the National LGBT Bar Association, and the Hispanic National Bar Association of DC.
Jacob Puhl
Jacob is a Manager of Tax Policy at Meta, formerly Facebook. He leads Tax Policy for the Middle East, Africa, and the US States. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as a liaison between policymakers, business lines, and tax functions to remove friction and anticipate challenges. His portfolio spans the globe, with a focus on promoting workable and consistent tax policy.
Before Meta, Jacob was a Manager at Deloitte’s Washington National Tax practice focusing primarily on US Federal tax policy. He contributed to legislative updates for clients as well as advised foreign entities and embassies on US policy matters. Prior to Deloitte, Jacob served as a legal intern at the US Treasury Department, in the Office of the International Tax Counsel. Jacob also served as a law clerk with the tax team for the Senate Finance Committee.
Jacob received his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, his J.D. from Ohio State University, and his B.A. in Economics from University of Maryland – Baltimore County.

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Webinar: Career Paths for LGBTQ+ Law Students and Young Attorneys
2023-09-29 14:00 - 15:00
This webinar will feature a diverse group of legal practitioners, including members of the Board of the LGBTQ+ Law Section, who will discuss their backgrounds, career paths, and their current roles. The panel will provide perspectives on what it means to be a LGBTQ+ legal practitioner and will also discuss their involvement with and in the LGBTQ+ community. Panelists will provide perspectives from an array of practices areas, including public interest, civil litigation, tax law, and more.

Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section

About the Presenters
Anthony May, Associate, Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP (Moderator)
Anthony May is an associate at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP. He has represented clients in a variety of complex litigation matters including assisting employees with disabilities in obtaining accessible technology and accommodations in the workplace, representing individuals who have been wrongfully convicted, commercial litigation disputes, and fighting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Prior to joining the firm, Anthony was the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at The Public Justice Center, where he represented indigent clients, authored amicus briefs, and argued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Maryland appellate courts on various anti-poverty and civil rights cases. He clerked on the Appellate Court of Maryland (formerly known as the Maryland Court of Special Appeals) for the Honorable Deborah Sweet Eyler (Ret.). While attending law school, Anthony worked as a law clerk at Brown Goldstein & Levy, was the Executive Symposium Editor of the Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class, a semi-finalist in the ABA Labor & Employment Law Trial Competition, and a Legal Writing Fellow. Anthony is a graduate of the University of Akron and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.
Mario Choi, Partner, Donahue Fitzgerald LLP
Mario Choi is a Partner at Donahue Fitzgerald LLP, where he advises and represents clients in complex commercial litigation and other matters. Prior to Donahue Fitzgerald, Mario was an attorney at a plaintiff class action firm. He began his legal career in New York, first serving as a law clerk in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, and then as an associate at a mid-size law firm. Mario is active in the community, serving as a Judge Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior Court, a lecturer at Berkeley Law, and as a director on the boards of several non-profit and legal organizations.

Kevin Griffiths, Managing Partner, Scanlan Griffiths + Aldridge
Kevin is one of the founders of Scanlan Griffiths + Aldridge, a boutique civil-litigation firm Boise, Idaho. He currently serves as the managing partner. He is a civil litigator with a practice focused on medical malpractice and professional liability defense, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, products liability, and complex commercial litigation. He is an active member of the FBA and currently serves as Treasurer of the LBGTQ+ Section.
Prior to entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Jim Jones of the Idaho Supreme Court. Kevin has also served as a visiting lecturer on a variety of topics for the University of Idaho College of Law, including insurance law and civil discovery practice. Kevin earned his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law and has a B.A. in History from the College of Idaho.
Jacob Puhl, Tax Policy Manager, AMET & The Americas, Meta
Jacob is a Manager of Tax Policy at Meta, formerly Facebook. He leads Tax Policy for the Middle East, Africa, and the US States. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as a liaison between policymakers, business lines, and tax functions to remove friction and anticipate challenges. His portfolio spans the globe, with a focus on promoting workable and consistent tax policy.
Before Meta, Jacob was a Manager at Deloitte’s Washington National Tax practice focusing primarily on US Federal tax policy. He contributed to legislative updates for clients as well as advised foreign entities and embassies on US policy matters. Prior to Deloitte, Jacob served as a legal intern at the US Treasury Department, in the Office of the International Tax Counsel. Jacob also served as a law clerk with the tax team for the Senate Finance Committee.
Jacob received his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, his J.D. from Ohio State University, and his B.A. in Economics from University of Maryland – Baltimore County.

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Pride in ADR
2024-06-17 17:00 - 21:00
The FBA Alternative Dispute Resolution and LGBTQ+ Law Sections, in collaboration with the FBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and the District of Columbia Chapter, present the first-ever, “Pride in ADR” event on Monday, June 17th from 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET, generously hosted by the law firm Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C. and available in hybrid format, remotely, anywhere in the world.

Pride in ADR is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ communities’ availability, visibility, and selection as professionals in the field of alternative dispute resolution and a conversation about some of the challenges which persist as well as those which lay ahead. The Hon. Ana C. Reyes, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the first Hispanic woman and the first open LGBTQIA+ judge to be appointed to the D.C. federal district court, will keynote. A panel discussion will follow, featuring leading alternative dispute resolution practitioners who will share their experiences of coming to the ADR profession as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities including some of the risks, rewards and considerations weighed at the intersection of privacy, personal and professional concerns. Cocktails and conversations will follow the panel presentation both in-person and online.
The event is in honor of Pride, celebrated annually in June, which commemorates the Stonewall Riots, but which also demonstrates, raises consciousness, and develops courage, dignity, and feelings of self-worth for a population which continues to face open hostility and discrimination in today’s society despite advancements in civil rights.
Pride in ADR is proud to have received the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Diversity Grant as well as financial support from the FBA ADR Section.
No matter your practice, no matter your location, no matter your sexual orientation, come “out” in-person or online, Monday, June 17th, and join us. Show your Pride in ADR!
In-person registration will be available on-site the day of the event, but advance registration is welcome and appreciated. On-line registration is open until Monday, June 17 at Noon ET.
Registration is CLOSED.
June 17 Hybrid Event
In-Person: Sidley Austin’s D.C. Office, 1501 K Street, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20005
Time: 5-9 p.m. ET
Networking Cocktail Reception to follow
Hybrid Component: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. ET
Presenters
Keynote:
Hon. Ana Reyes, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the first Hispanic woman and first open-LGBTQIA+ judge to be appointed to the D.C. Federal District Court
In-Person Panelists (alphabetical):
Bryan J. Branon, J.D., Principal, Branon’s ADR and Vice-Chair, FBA D&I Committee (Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Kabir A.N. Duggal, Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Arnold & Porter (New York, NY)
Genesis Fisher, Esq., JAMS Mediator, Arbitrator & Trainer (New York, NY)
Anthony J. May, Partner, Brown Goldstein & Levy (Baltimore, MD)
Patrick Pearsall, Partner, A & O Shearman (Washington, D.C.)
Richard Perque, Arbitrator & Mediator, MAPS Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. (New Orleans, LA)
Event Hosts
Tiffany Delery Davis, Arbitrator & Mediator, American Arbitration Association & MAPS Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. (New Orleans, LA)
Jo Colbert Stanley, JD, LLM, FCIArb, Managing Shareholder, Stanley Legal Services LLC and Chair, ADR Section, Federal Bar Association (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
On-Line Correspondents:
Amy Boyle, Partner, MSB Employment Justice, (Minneapolis, MN)
Mario Choi, Administrative Law Judge, Oakland regional office of the Office of Administrative Hearings (Oakland, CA)
José C. Camacho Vázquez, Esq. – Corporate Associate – Toro Colón Mullet, P.S.C. (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
About the Presenters
Keynote: Hon. Ana Reyes, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the first Hispanic woman and first open LGBTQIA+ judge at the D.C. federal district court in history
Judge Reyes was appointed as a United States District Judge in February of 2023, assuming the seat previously held by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.
Judge Reyes served as a law clerk to Judge Amalya L. Kearse on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2001). After clerking, Judge Reyes became a litigation attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP, where she spent her legal career from 2001 to 2023. While there, she served as the co-chair of the firm’s International Disputes practice group and on its Executive Committee. Her practice focused on international litigation, representing foreign governments, foreign government officials, and multinational companies. Judge Reyes also worked on patent, legal malpractice, and other complex civil litigation matters.
Judge Reyes devoted substantial pro bono time to assisting refugees and organizations that assist refugees in obtaining asylum, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Human Rights First. In 2016, she received the Legacy Award from Unlikely Heroes for her successful representation of young women escaping persecution by a regional terrorist organization. The Legal Times has recognized her as a “Champion” for her pro bono efforts (2009).
In 2023, the Hispanic National Bar Foundation presented Judge Reyes with its “Judicial Leadership Award,” which recognizes excellence in the legal profession. While in private practice, Judge Reyes earned accolades from The Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” (2023) and “Next Generation Lawyer” (2020-2022) in International Litigation and from Benchmark Litigation as a “Local Litigation Star” (2019-2023). The National Law Journal recognized her multiple times, including on its Outstanding Women Lawyers list recognizing “the 75 most accomplished female attorneys working in the legal profession today” (2015); as an “Immigration Trailblazer” (2018); a Washington D.C. “Rising Star” (2014); and as a Minority 40 Under 40 (2011). In 2017, the Women’s Bar Association of D.C. named her as its “Woman Lawyer of the Year.”
Judge Reyes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School (2000), her M.I.P.P., with honors, from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (2014), and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Transylvania University (1996). Along with her admissions to bars of the United States, Judge Reyes was listed on the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales. Judge Reyes co-taught Advocacy in International Arbitration as a Clinical Visiting Co-Lecturer at Yale Law School (2018, 2019) and co-taught Trial Practice, Experts at Georgetown University Law School (2017).
Judge Reyes is often joined in Chambers by her golden retriever, Scout, who obtained his own Juris Dogtor, summa cum laude.
Bryan J. Branon, J.D., Principal, Branon’s ADR and Vice-Chair, FBA D&I Committee, Bryan J. Branon is an international arbitrator, mediator and business development strategist whose career has focused on the intersection of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and public policy. A former law clerk on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Court of International Trade, and intern in the Irish Parliament, Bryan has worked for several leading ADR provider organizations where he helped establish the Afghanistan Centre for Commercial Dispute Resolution, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution and the International Mediation Institute. He is a founding member of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre “45” Steering Committee and previously served as the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) Regional Relationship Manager for the Americas where he led efforts to establish the first native Spanish-speaking branch in Ciarb history, Peru.
Bryan serves by FBA Presidential Appointment as Vice Chair of the FBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee after being nationally elected Chair of the FBA ADR Section. Bryan frequently lectures, publishes and consults on diversity, equity and inclusion, international ADR systems design, neutral appointments, ADR strategy, procedure and contract clause considerations. He welcomes arbitrator and mediator appointments, consultancy, speaking and publishing inquiries both in the U.S.A. and abroad. Bryan can be reached at Brvan@BranonsADR.com.

Dr. Kabir A.N. Duggal, Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Arnold & Porter. Dr. Kabir Duggal is an attorney in Arnold and Porter’s New York office focusing on international arbitration and public international law matters, serving both as arbitrator and mediator. He is recognized as a “Chartered Arbitrator” (the highest ranking for arbitrators) by both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He also frequently serves as an expert on international arbitration and public international law matters. Dr. Duggal is also a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, and a Course Director and a Faculty Member for the Columbia Law School-Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration. He also acts as a Consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel “Investment Support Program.” Dr. Duggal works closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) as an expert. He has also conducted training and capacity-building sessions for several Governments on public international law and dispute resolution matters. He also serves on the Federal Republic of Somalia’s New York Convention Task Force as well as the WTO Negotiating Team (International Board). He has published over 60 articles and has spoken at over 300 arbitration events all over the world. He currently serves as the President of the Bucharest International Arbitration Center. He is also a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion issues and frequently writes and speaks on these issues. He is the Co-Founder of REAL (Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers), a non-profit seeking to create greater representation in international arbitration. He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai, University of Oxford (DHL-Times of India Scholar), NYU School of Law (Hauser Global Scholar), Leiden Law School (2019 CEPANI Academic Prize), and is currently pursuing an SJD Degree from Harvard Law School. Dr. Duggal is admitted to practice law in New York, District of Columbia, England & Wales (as a Barrister), and in India. His LinkedIn profile is available here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duggalkabir/
Genesis Fisher, Esq., JAMS Mediator, Arbitrator & Trainer. Genesis Fisher is a mediator, facilitator, and trainer at JAMS who is highly adept at helping companies and families deal with tough issues. Through mediation, one-on-one coaching and conflict resolution training, she gets people talking so they can share their frustrations, address differences, and repair trust. She has led or supervised over 250 mediations. Her trainings and workshops have helped over 2,000 people in six countries communicate better and create effective solutions.
Ms. Fisher is the former director of the Mediation Clinic at New York Law School and has been an adjunct professor since 2014, having taught more than a dozen courses at NYLS, John Jay College, and Rutgers Law School. She also trains attorneys, former judges, and other professionals to mediate for the New York State court system.
Ms. Fisher is a certified mediator, a lead neutral for JAMS Pathways, a member of the Eastern District of New York Mediation Panel, and serves on the inaugural Advisory Committee for the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution, which provides conflict resolution services for over 70 New York City agencies. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Association for Conflict Resolution in Greater New York.
Prior to focusing on dispute resolution, Ms. Fisher spent eight years fighting for the rights of indigent clients as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society. She started her legal career at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where she worked on national civil rights issues and Alabama jail and women’s prison reform. She became interested in public interest law when she was the coordinator of volunteers at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless in D.C.

Anthony J. May, Partner, Brown Goldstein & Levy. Anthony May has represented clients in a variety of complex litigation matters including assisting employees with disabilities in obtaining accessible technology and accommodations in the workplace, representing individuals who have been wrongfully convicted, commercial litigation disputes, and fighting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Prior to joining the firm, Anthony was the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at The Public Justice Center, where he represented indigent clients, authored amicus briefs, and argued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Maryland appellate courts on various anti-poverty and civil rights cases. He clerked on the Appellate Court of Maryland (formerly known as the Maryland Court of Special Appeals) for the Honorable Deborah Sweet Eyler (Ret.).
While attending law school, Anthony worked as a law clerk at Brown Goldstein & Levy, was the Executive Symposium Editor of the Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class, a semi-finalist in the ABA Labor & Employment Law Trial Competition, and a Legal Writing Fellow.

Patrick W. Pearsall, Partner, A & O Shearman. Patrick Pearsall has decades of experience representing Fortune 500 companies and sovereign states in complex commercial contract and investment disputes. In addition to his commercial work, Patrick is often also called upon to assist companies and executives struggling with exposure from a geopolitical crisis. Patrick is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts in the world on investment protection and dispute avoidance. He has successfully resolved claims involving billions of dollars for clients in dozens of industries.
For nearly a decade, Patrick served in the U.S. State Department working on economic diplomacy. He departed in 2017 as the Chief of Investment Arbitration. In addition to his representations, Patrick was on a drafting committee for revision of the ICC Rules, was advisor on the revision of the AAA Rules, and led the negotiations of several bilateral and multilateral treaties on behalf of the United States.
Patrick has received several awards and serves on multiple boards. He is band ranked in Chambers, recommended in the Legal 500, listed in Latinvex as a “Top 100 Lawyer” in 2024, and the youngest person ever listed as a “Global Thought Leader” the highest designation in the peer ranked Who’ s Who Legal: Arbitration, where he is recognized as “an incredible advocate,” “whose razor-sharp mind is unmatched” and who is a “leader in public international law.”
He is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and Georgetown University Law Center where he teaches two courses on arbitration. He has also taught at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School.
Patrick sits on the panel of arbitrators for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as well as for the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB).

Richard Perque, Arbitrator & Mediator, MAPS Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. Richard Perque began his legal career with his grandfather Risley “Pappy” Triche, and mother, Jane Triche-Milazzo. Following his grandfather’s retirement and mother’s election to the District Court in the 23rd Judicial District, and her subsequent appointment to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Richard opened his private practice to serve in the areas of family law, wills and estates, personal injury, civil rights, and general civil litigation. In 2014, Richard was nominated by New Orleans City Council Member Jason Williams and unanimously confirmed by the New Orleans City Council to serve on the Human Relations Commission for the City of New Orleans, where he served until 2016.
In 2016, Governor John Bel Edwards nominated, and the Louisiana State Senate confirmed Richard to serve as a Commissioner to the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights, representing the 2nd District, where he served until 2022. In 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court appointed Richard to serve as Judge Pro Tempore of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, where he served until 2023. In 2023, Richard co-founded DivorcePlus, a technology platform that provides individuals with on-demand direct access to a range of divorce services, including online legal services and divorce coaching.
Event Hosts

Tiffany Delery Davis, Arbitrator & Mediator, American Arbitration Association & MAPS Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. Tiffany Davis has almost 20 years of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court. She has been entrusted with complex and challenging legal matters for a variety of corporate and individual clients throughout her career. Tiffany has focused her litigation practice on matters concerning maritime and oilfield torts and contracts, personal injury, insurance and indemnity, environmental cleanup, property damage, and coastal erosion. She also has experience handling e-discovery, toxic tort litigation and regulatory and transactional matters.
Tiffany has always strived to promote civility and professionalism among members of the bar and to emphasize the importance of respect for the rule of law. She is also a founding member of the New Orleans Legal Diversity Collaborative and works with other organizations to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in legal and other institutions. Tiffany knows that diverse perspectives produce better outcomes, and she is dedicated to promoting diversity in all aspects of the legal profession.
Tiffany is active in many professional and community organizations, often serving in Board positions. She has spoken on issues relating to the nuances of Louisiana law, environmental litigation, insurance and indemnity, electronic discovery, the Medicare Secondary Payor Act, offshore drilling, and DE&I.
Tiffany graduated from Tulane Law School in 2005. Prior to beginning her legal career, Tiffany served for 8 years as an Intelligence Analyst in the United States Marine Corps Reserve with over three years of decorated active-duty service at home and abroad. Tiffany is married to Brandon Davis, a Partner at Phelps Dunbar, LLP. Tiffany and Brandon are the proud parents of three children.

Jo Colbert Stanley, JD, LLM, FCIArb, Managing Shareholder, Stanley Legal Services LLC and Chair, ADR Section, Federal Bar Association. An independent neutral and legal consultant, Jo Colbert Stanley is a Florida Supreme Court qualified arbitrator and certified mediator and holds a Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators where she is a Fellow. Jo is an arbitrator with the AAA on their consumer panel and serves as a Chair-qualified Public Arbitrator, hearing financial services-related matters for FINRA, and is a Registered Mediator for Florida’s Department of Financial Services where she handles a heavy case load of property insurance disputes. During her 20-plus years as a litigator in private practice, Jo focused on commercial litigation, employment, and insurance law. In that continued capacity, Jo offers legal consultant services and is Of Counsel at Colodny Fass, a leading insurance defense firm in Florida, working with their litigation and employment departments. Rostered on the International Yacht Arbitration Council, Jo was recently appointed by the Broward County Government Commissioners to serve on the county’s Marine Advisory Committee. In 2023, Jo was also honored by being selected as an Associate of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
Jo is active in numerous national and local volunteer Bar associations, currently serving on the Admiralty Law Committee of The Florida Bar and as Chair of the Broward County Bar Association’s Admiralty/Maritime Law Section. Jo is also heading up the FBA’s Admiralty Law Section’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Jo notes she is a proud member of the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Port Everglades Association, the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (where she serves as secretary on the Yachting Committee), and the Fort Lauderdale Mariners Club.
In addition to her other professional engagements, Jo regularly presents continuing legal education seminars, accepts invitations to present at conferences, and submits articles on dispute resolution and maritime topics. Jo is also currently working on her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. In her “spare” time, Jo co-owns and operates Stanley Yacht Services (a yacht management and maintenance company based in Fort Lauderdale). She also endlessly practices her golf swing, to no avail.
On-Line Correspondents
Amy Boyle, Partner, MSB Employment Justice. Amy Boyle is a partner at MSB Employment Justice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She handles all types of employment matters, with a particular focus on representing women who have experienced sex discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and retaliation at work and whistleblower clients who have reported illegal workplace practices or companies engaged in deceitful conduct. Amy also represents clients who have found themselves in an untenable work situation, advising and negotiating severance agreements for executive-level employees often leaving long-term employment.
Boyle is the Chair Elect and Programming Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the Immediate Past Chair of the Younger Lawyers Division. A frequent speaker on the topics of employment law, discovery, trial, and diversity and inclusion, Boyle has organized and presented at many FBA events. Aside from her work with the FBA, Boyle is active with the Minnesota Women Lawyers, serving as a Board Member and the Co-Chair of its Judicial Initiative, and Minnesota NELA.
Mario Choi, Administrative Law Judge, Oakland regional office of the Office of Administrative Hearings. Judge Mario Choi is an administrative law judge with the California Office of Administrative Hearings. Prior to serving the people of California, Judge Choi was a Partner at Donahue Fitzgerald LLP, where he advised and represented clients in complex commercial litigation and other matters. Judge Choi was also an attorney at a plaintiff side class action law firm, handling securities, consumer protection, and antitrust class actions. He began his legal career in New York, first as a law clerk to Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and then as a litigation associate at a mid-size law firm located in Midtown Manhattan.
Judge Choi is active in the community, serving as a Judge Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior Court, a lecturer at Berkeley Law, and as a leader on the boards of several non-profit and legal organizations, including currently serving as Chair of LGBTQ+ Law Section of the Federal Bar Association. Judge Choi is a graduate of Boston University, Columbia University, and Northeastern University.
José C. Camacho Vázquez, Esq. – Corporate Associate – Toro Colón Mullet, P.S.C. José C. Camacho Vázquez is an Attorney at Law admitted to the bar and practice of law in Puerto Rico. Practices as a transactional attorney and offers clients legal services in corporate and commercial law, real estate transactions and commercial litigation. Admitted to the bar for the Federal District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the bar for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the bar of the United States Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. Camacho-Vazquez is Member of the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Rico, the Federal Bar Association and the Puerto Rico Manufacturer’s Association.

Event Partner
Paul Thaler, Esq., Co-Interim Executive Director, National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. Paul Thaler is the co-Interim Executive Director of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association & Foundation alongside his longtime colleague Judi O’Kelley. Paul’s permanent role with the organization is the Chief Development Officer, in which he is responsible for all of the LGBTQ+ Bar’s fundraising initiatives. Under Paul’s leadership, the LGBTQ+ Bar has significantly increased its conference fundraising as well as expanded its individual and institutional giving programs. Paul has substantial experience in fundraising, LGBTQ+ non-profit leadership, and law.

Presented by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the LGBTQ+ Law Section, in collaboration with the FBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and the District of Columbia Chapter
Thank you for support from the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, the Federal Litigation Section, the Federal Career Service Division, the Law Student Division, the Senior Lawyers Division, the Younger Lawyers Division, the American Arbitration Association, Williams & Connolly LLP, maps Mediation & Arbitration, and the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. Thanks also to Champion Sponsor JAMS.

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FBA’s LGBTQ+ Law Section: Virtual “Brown Bag” Lunch and Roundtable
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
Please join the FBA’s LGBTQ+ Law Section for a “Brown Bag” Lunch and Roundtable via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 12:00 pm (ET). Grab your favorite lunch and join the LGBTQ+ Law Section officers, members, and law student members for discussions about the practice of law and success in law school and other endeavors.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section
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Pride in ADR (New York)
2025-06-17 17:00 - 21:00 | Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Pride in ADR (New York)
Hosted by:
FBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee
FBA ADR and LGBTQ+ Law Sections
FBA Southern District of New York Chapter, and
New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section
You are cordially invited to join the Federal Bar Association for the Second Pride in ADR (New York) Tuesday, June 17, from 5:00–9:00 p.m. ET, hosted in person at Cardozo Law in New York City and available remotely, virtually anywhere in the world. This year’s event will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act, the 25th Anniversary of Baker v. Vermont and a decade since Obergefell v. Hodges.
Pride in ADR is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ communities’ availability, visibility, and selection as professionals in the field of alternative dispute resolution and a conversation about some of the challenges which persist as well as those which lay ahead. The Hon. Beth Robinson, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the first lesbian appellate court judge in our Nation’s history, a former Vermont Supreme Court Justice and co-lead counsel in Baker v. Vermont which saw Vermont become the first state to sustain civil unions will keynote this year’s Pride in ADR focused on “Public Policy and Consensus Building as a Form of ADR.” Judge Robinson’s keynote will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic of the existence of an LGBTQIA+ ADR Ecosystem as conducive to the accessibility and selection of LGBTQIA+ arbitrators and mediators.
Presented by the FBA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ADR and LGBTQ+ Law Sections, the Southern District of New York Chapter, and the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, this event honors Pride Month by recognizing and celebrating the contributions of LGBTQIA+ professionals in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
The panel will be followed by cocktails and conversation.
No matter your practice, no matter your location, no matter your sexual orientation, no matter your gender identity, come “out” in-person or online, Tuesday, June 17th, and join us. Show your Pride in ADR!

Venue
The June 17 event will be held in-person at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (55 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10003). Virtual participation is also available.
Please also join the event hosts for a casual evening with a cash bar at The Stonewall Inn from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025, in advance of Pride in ADR (New York)!

Registration
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Registration is free, but space is limited.
For questions about registration, please email the Southern District of New York Chapter at secretary@fbasdny.org or FBA Sections and Divisions at sections@fedbar.org.

About the Presenters
Keynote:

Hon. Beth Robinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Beth Robinson has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since November 2021, and served on the Vermont Supreme Court for the preceding decade. Before she was a judge, Robinson was a partner at Langrock Sperry & Wool in Middlebury and Burlington Vermont, with a focus on workers’ compensation, personal injury, family law, employment, and LGBTQ rights, and then served briefly as Counsel to Governor Peter Shumlin. Robinson is best known for her role as co-counsel in Baker v. State, representing three same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses, and as a leader in the Vermont Freedom to Marry movement from 1994-2010.

Welcome: Christie McGuinness, J.D., Master of Ceremonies
Christie McGuinness is a Litigation Associate in the New York Office of Saul Ewing LLP. Christie focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation with a particular focus on False Claims Act matters. Christie also serves as the President of the Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and as the Secretary of the Younger Lawyer’s Division of the Federal Bar Association.

Marty Rouse
Marty Rouse was recently Vice President for Outreach and Engagement for the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. He served as National Field Director for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) from 2004-2020. He was recruited to HRC after heading MassEquality, the group that led the political fight to protect the marriage equality decision in Massachusetts. Marty spearheaded HRC’s efforts to build and flex the political muscle of the LGBTQ community across the US, playing pivotal roles in winning marriage equality in Hawaii, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Washington states before marriage equality was secured nationwide by the US Supreme Court in 2015. He also led HRC’s successful effort to build grassroots support to repeal the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ military policy.
Marty was born and raised on Long Island. He was the State LGBT Director of Bill Clinton for President, worked on LGBTQ issues under NYC Mayor David Dinkins and Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger. In 1996, the White House sent Marty to Vermont to run President Clinton’s re-election there. Over several years Marty helped elect dozens of fair-minded state legislators in the Green Mountain State.
In the Clinton Administration, Marty worked for Fair Housing Assistant Secretary Roberta Achtenberg (our nation’s first openly LGBTQ+ Senate confirmed political appointee). At the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Marty worked under Cabinet Secretary Donna E. Shalala where he helped bring attention to the health disparities experienced by LGBT people.
Marty graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook which included one year at Tübingen University, Germany. He currently runs his own political consulting firm, Catamount Consulting. Clients have included the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).
Marty resides in the DC suburb of North Bethesda, Maryland and is always in search of the perfect frozen margarita.
Seth Rosen, Chief Development Officer, The American LGBTQ+ Museum
Seth Rosen (he/him) is an attorney and seasoned fundraiser with over 20 years of experience raising funds for progressive human and civil rights nonprofits.
As a senior at Brandeis University, Seth spent a year at GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) as an intake volunteer. Answering countless questions from members of the LGBTQ+ community, Seth saw how a small, dedicated staff tackled enormous problems and helped thousands of people obtain the equality they deserved. The experience was life-changing. It opened his eyes to the effectiveness of strategic advocacy and the power of perseverance. Seth’s commitment to social justice and public service led him to law school and civil rights litigation. Since then, Seth has gained considerable expertise in nonprofit law and fundraising. He’s held leadership positions at major national and international organizations, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Amnesty International USA, GMHC, Lambda Legal, and the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association.
Seth received his JD from New York Law School and his MPA. from New York University. Seth and his husband, Dr. Jacob Goertz, reside in New York City with their two sons. Seth is an avid marathon and ultra-marathon runner and can often be found in Central Park, running miles or enjoying time with his family.
William (Bill) Crosby, Jr., J.D., Featured Panelist
William (Bill) Crosby, Jr. is Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney at Interpublic Group, a New York based advertising and marketing company with over 50,000 employees worldwide. At Interpublic, where he has been since 2002, Bill oversees global litigation, manages the Latin American legal operations, and serves as the chief of staff for the global legal department. He was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1993 until 1995, and at Kay, Collyer & Boose (now defunct) from 1995 until 2002. He started serving as a commercial arbitrator in 2009 and has since presided over hundreds of domestic and international disputes involving a variety of contractual and intellectual property issues. Bill is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a Director of the AAA-ICDR, a Director of NYIAC, Chair of the AAA-ICDR Council, Incoming Chair of the NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section for the 2025-26 term, and is a former Director of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York. He speaks regularly on arbitration related issues (from the in-house and the arbitrator perspectives), as well as on litigation and compliance issues. Bill is a 1990 graduate of Yale College and a 1993 graduate of Stanford Law School.
Dr. Kabir Duggal, Featured Panelist
Dr. Kabir Duggal is a Senior Fellow and Advisor at the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration at Columbia Law School (CICIA) and an attorney in Arnold and Porter’s New York office, focusing on international arbitration and public international law matters, serving both as arbitrator and mediator. He is recognized as a “Chartered Arbitrator” (the highest ranking for arbitrators) by both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He also frequently serves as an expert on international arbitration and public international law matters. Dr. Duggal is also a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, and a Course Director and a Faculty Member for the Columbia Law School-Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration. He also acts as a Consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel “Investment Support Program.” Dr. Duggal works closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) as an expert. He has also conducted training and capacity-building sessions for several Governments on public international law and dispute resolution matters. He has published over 60 articles and has spoken at over 400 arbitration events all over the world. He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai, University of Oxford (DHL-Times of India Scholar), NYU School of Law (Hauser Global Scholar), Leiden Law School (2019 CEPANI Academic Prize), and is currently pursuing an SJD Degree from Harvard Law School. Dr. Duggal is admitted to practice law in New York, District of Columbia, England & Wales (as a Barrister), and in India. His LinkedIn profile is available here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duggalkabir/
Yasmine Lahlou, J.D., Featured Panelist
Yasmine Lahlou, J.D., is a Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey in New York. Fluent in English, French and Italian, Yasmine Lahlou has over 25 years of experience in international arbitration and litigation and has been with Chaffetz Lindsey since 2009. Initially trained in Paris and admitted in New York, Yasmine is experienced in civil and common law systems. Yasmine has represented clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc rules. She has acted as a presiding, sole and co‐arbitrator in ICC, SCC, ICDR/AAA, CRCICA and LCIA arbitrations.
Yasmine is a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC and co-chair of the ICC’s Working Group on Expedited Procedure Provisions. For the third year in a row, Yasmine has been named one of 23 “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in North America— a title reserved for the top 2.5% of ranked practitioners considered the “very best by peers and clients, achieving the highest number of recommendations in the research”— by Who’s Who Legal 2025 Arbitration report.
Yasmine was just ranked Band 1 in Award Enforcement by Chambers USA and has been continuously recognized in Chambers, Legal 500 and Latinvex. Yasmine is past co-editor-in-chief of the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Bulletin Editorial Board. Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, member of the Advisory Council of Africa Arbitration, and retiring member of the board of directors of ArbitralWomen, she is also a Peer Review Board member of the American Review of International Arbitration (ARIA) at Columbia Law School.
Robyn Weinstein, J.D., Featured Panelist
Robyn Weinstein is the Director of the Cardozo Mediation Clinic and the Associate Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution. Previously, Robyn was the Alternative Dispute Resolution Administrator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), where she was a mediator and directed the court’s mediation, arbitration and mediation advocacy programs. Robyn has mediated a wide range of civil disputes including insurance and commercial matters, employment discrimination and labor cases, and civil rights matters involving the police and various corrections facilities. While at the EDNY, she developed a Pilot Mediator Incubator to recruit, mentor and train junior attorneys from diverse backgrounds to serve as mediators on the court’s roster. She also implemented a Trial Ready Rapid Mediation Pilot for civil cases in which trials were delayed due to the pandemic.
Prior to her role at the court, Robyn was the director for the Los Angeles office of Arts Arbitration & Mediation Services of California Lawyers for the Arts and an adjunct clinical professor of mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. During her time in California, Robyn was elected president of the Southern California Mediation Association in 2015. More recently, Robyn served as the co-chair of the DEI Subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association ADR Committee, where she worked to develop the New York DEI Neutral Directory. Robyn is now chair of the ADR Inclusion Network and is the co-chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Legal Education in Dispute Resolution Committee. Robyn has also written about the hurricane response mediation program developed at the Eastern District of New York, and on the subject of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the field of dispute resolution.
Robyn received her B.A. from George Washington University, and her J.D. from Cardozo Law School where she was a member of the mediation clinic and a fellow for the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution. She is a member of the Bar in New York and California and is approved as a Part 146 mediation trainer by the New York State Unified Court System.
Jess Waltman, J.D., Panel Moderator
Jess Waltman joined Gordon Arata in 2023 and represents clients in commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Gordon Arata, Jess litigated complex pharmaceutical and medical device cases across the country. Jess is admitted to practice in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas; before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and before the Supreme Court of the United States.
In 2013, Jess graduated from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi after being inducted into Phi Kappa Phi and the University of Mississippi Hall of Fame. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2016 and was awarded the “Robert C. Khayat Award for Outstanding Service to the Mississippi Law Journal” by his peers and the 2016 “Outstanding Law Student Award” by the faculty.
Jess served as president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar from 2022 to 2023, and he was honored as the Mississippi Association for Justice’s 2023 “New Lawyer of the Year”. Jess is a director of the Younger Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and he is an active member of Federal Bar Association’s Diversity Committee and LGBTQ+ Law Section.
Jess is a governor on the Human Rights Campaign’s Board of Governors, and he is active with the New Orleans Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Krewe of Armeinius, the Krewe of King Arthur, and the Krewe of Tucks.
Amy Boyle, J.D., Lead Organizer and Event Host
Amy Boyle is the Managing Partner at MSB Employment Justice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Within the Federal Bar Association, Amy is the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is a Past Chair of the Younger Lawyers Division and Past Member of the Sections and Divisions Council. A frequent speaker on the topics of employment law, discovery, trial, wellness and wellbeing, and diversity and inclusion, Boyle has organized and presented at many FBA events. Aside from her work with the FBA, Boyle is active with the Minnesota Women Lawyers, serving as a Board Member and the Co-Chair of its Equity Committee and Judicial Initiative, and Minnesota NELA.
Amy’s practice involves handling all types of employment matters, with a particular focus on representing women who have experienced sex discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and retaliation at work and whistleblower clients who have reported illegal workplace practices or companies engaged in deceitful conduct. Amy also represents clients who have found themselves in an untenable work situation, advising and negotiating severance agreements for executive-level employees often leaving long-term employment.
Bryan Branon, J.D., Lead Organizer and Event Host
Bryan J. Branon, J.D., Principal, Branon’s ADR, is an international arbitrator, mediator and business development strategist whose career has focused on the intersection of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and public policy. A former law clerk on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Court of International Trade, and intern in the Irish Parliament, Bryan has worked for several leading ADR provider organizations on four continents over 15 years where he helped establish the Afghanistan Centre for Commercial Dispute Resolution, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution and the International Mediation Institute. He is a founding member of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre “45” Steering Committee and previously served as the Ciarb Regional Relationship Manager for the Americas, the first Americas-based employee in its 107-year-history, where he established the Ciarb Americas headquarters and helped found the first Spanish-speaking branch in Ciarb history, Peru.
Bryan frequently lectures, publishes and consults on diversity, equity and inclusion, international ADR systems design, neutral appointments, and ADR strategy, procedure and contract clause considerations. He welcomes arbitrator and mediator appointments, consultancy, speaking, training and publishing inquiries both in the U.S.A. and abroad. Bryan can be reached at Bryan@BranonsADR.com.

Sponsors
Thank you to our Champion Sponsor, AAA-ICDR!

Thank you to our Advocate Sponsor, JAMS!

Thank you to our Ally Sponsors, Saul Ewing and the FBA Federal Litigation Section!

Thank you to our national partner, The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association!

Thank you to our local partner, the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section!

Thank you to the following supporting organizations for their contributions and support:

FBA DC Chapter
FBA International Law Section
FBA New Orleans Chapter
FBA Minnesota Chapter
FBA Younger Lawyers Division
International Association of LGBTQ Judges
New York International Arbitration Centre
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution “CPR”

Webinar: The Lavender Scare: Then and Now
2025-10-14 14:00 - 15:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Our panel will discuss and analyze the “Lavender Scare” from a historical context. In addition, the panel will explore the evolution of legal protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s to the present day. The discussion will highlight lessons from past challenges, examine how certain contemporary actions (or activities) may raise similar concerns, and consider how litigation has been, and can continue to be, a tool to safeguard the rights of the community.
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Presented by FBA LGBTQ+ Law Section

Presenters

Hannah Marler (she/her) Litigator, Riess LeMieux, LLC (Panel Chair)
Hannah is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on complex construction disputes. Through her practice, she provides legal guidance to clients across the construction industry, including contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and property owners.
With a keen understanding of the complexities involved in construction projects, Hannah is dedicated to protecting clients’ interests by examining every phase of a construction project from project inception and contract drafting to navigating disputes and litigation.
In litigation, Hannah brings a strategic and tenacious approach, effectively representing clients in mediation, arbitration, and courtroom settings. She has successfully handled cases involving breach of contract, lien enforcement, construction defects, and delay and inefficiency claims.
Hannah earned her Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she was an active participant in the trial advocacy program and served on the Trial Advocacy Board. She is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Federal Bar Association and actively participates in professional organizations such as the LGBT Bar Association.
With a keen understanding of the complexities involved in construction projects, Hannah is dedicated to protecting clients’ interests with an eye toward the details. She is known for her strategic approach and strong advocacy, helping clients achieve successful outcomes while minimizing risks.
Outside of the office, Hannah can be found watching women’s soccer, supporting the arts, and volunteering with Edible Schoolyard New Orleans.

Huey Fischer García (he/him) Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center New Orleans, LA
A 2020 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Huey is a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he serves on the board of directors of the Young Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Jess Waltman (he/him), Attorney, Gordon Arata McCollam.
Jess represents clients in banking, energy, and environmental litigation matters. Before joining Gordon Arata, Jess litigated complex pharmaceutical and medical device cases in mass tort proceedings across the country. He is admitted to practice in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, and Mississippi, in all federal courts in Louisiana and Mississippi, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and before the United States Supreme Court.
Jess graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law and was awarded the 2016 Outstanding Law Student Award by the faculty. He served as president of the Student Bar Association and as the executive online editor and alumni coordinator for the Mississippi Law Journal. A 2013 graduate of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi, Jess was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi and the University of Mississippi Hall of Fame during his senior year.
Jess served as the president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar for the 2022-2023 bar year, and he currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign and as a young lawyer fellow for the ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. In 2023, Jess was honored as the New Lawyer of the Year by the Mississippi Association for Justice, and, in 2025, he was honored as one of the “Top 40” by the Young Lawyers Division of the Louisiana Bar.
An avid fan of Mardi Gras, Jess is a member of the Krewe of Armeinius, the Krewe of King Arthur, and the Krewe of Tucks.

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Live Broadcast | FBA Member: $0
Live Broadcast | Nonmember: $95
On-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50
On-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95

CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
