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Contact GAYLAWGAYLAW If you encounter any problems using this website, please email us. About UsFounded in 1990, GAYLAW is an independent, non-partisan bar association serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lawyers, law students, and legal professionals in the national capital area. GAYLAW works to advance the interests of the GLBT community, to be their voice within the legal community, and to improve their professional lives. An affiliate to the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, GAYLAW acts in coalition with other local and national groups dedicated to GLBT concerns. GAYLAW's advocacy and activities on behalf of the GLBT community include:
Our MissionThe mission of GAYLAW is to advance the rights of persons in the GLBT community, to be their voice within the legal community, and to improve their professional lives. FundingGAYLAW, Inc., is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) tax-exempt corporation supported entirely by its members and other private contributors. Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes, but membership dues may be deductible as a business expense to the extent permitted by law. Board of DirectorsCO-PRESIDENTS:GLEN H. ACKERMAN is the managing partner of ACKERMAN BROWN PLLC (formerly known as Ackerman Legal PLLC). Ackerman has served on the board of GAYLAW since 2008. He served as co-president in 2010. In addition to serving on the board of GAYLAW, Ackerman is the President of the Regional Board of Trustees for POINT FOUNDATION, the nation’s largest scholarship granting organization for students of merit who have been marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression and on the National Board of Regents for POINT FOUNDATION. Ackerman is also an active member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. He was the recipient of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Award in 2011. Ackerman Legal earned the GAYLAW Distinguished Service Award in 2009. Ackerman is the benefactor of the ACKERMAN-GEMETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, which provides financial assistance to law students interested in advancing the rights of LGBT Americans. ACKERMAN BROWN PLLC is the sponsor of the GAYLAW Student Writing Competition. Ackerman earned his Juris Doctor degree from Capital University School of Law. TAMI A. MARTIN is a recent graduate of American University Washington College of Law, where she served as a student attorney in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic and as Senior Articles Editor of The Modern American, a student-run publication dedicated to diversity and the law. She received her B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College. SECRETARY:MEAGHAN E. HEARN is an associate attorney at Ackerman Brown, PLLC, an eight-member general practice law firm committed to equality. Meaghan focuses her practice on criminal defense and family law. Meaghan earned her B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York College at Cortland in 2005, and her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 2008. TREASURER:JAMES SHOWEN is a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP. His practice is focused primarily on advising and representing public and private companies on a variety of corporate, securities, and partnership transactions, including public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He also counsels public companies in connection with their obligations under the federal securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and stock exchange rules, and advises boards and board committees as to fiduciary duties and corporate governance matters generally. He received an A.B. from Duke University, and a J.D. from West Virginia College of Law. MEMBERS:CHRIS HAMMOND is an attorney with the Office of the General Counsel in the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to joining HHS, Chris was a litigation associate at Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP. Chris earned his B.A. in International Studies from the University of South Florida and his J.D. from the College of William and Mary. JAIME WOJDOWSKI recently joined the D.C. Office of Human Rights as an Equal Opportunity Specialist, investigating claims of discrimination under the D.C. Human Rights Act and managing inquiries made by the Director of OHR into discriminatory practices within the District. Before joining the Office of Human Rights, Jaime served as a law clerk for the Senior Judges Chambers at the D.C. Superior Court and completed a post-graduate fellowship at the Alliance for Justice, where she researched and drafted reports on the civil rights records of judicial nominees to the federal appellate bench. Jaime currently serves as a member of Burgundy Crescent Volunteers, volunteering for various GLBT organizations in D.C. Before moving to D.C., she spent two years serving as a Student Board Member for the Georgia Stonewall Bar Association. Jaime graduated magna cum laude from the Georgia State University College of Law in 2007, and received her B.A. as the valedictorian of the class of 2003 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. PATRICK A. BROWNE is a Labor Relations Specialist at the United States Department of Labor. His practice focuses on representing management in negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and advising management on all aspects of the labor-management relationship. Prior to working at the Department of Labor, Patrick was an associate at Crowell & Moring LLP, where practice focused on discrimination claims, wage and hour matters, labor relation issues, employment counseling, restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements, and unemployment compensation claims. Patrick has helped multiple non-profit organizations incorporate and successfully apply for federal income tax exemptions. He received a B.A. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. ALISON SHARE is an associate at Crowell Moring, where she practices in the Public Policy, Product Risk Management, Environmental and Toxic Torts, and Trots groups.Alison's practice includes providing clients strategic counseling, policy advice, and litigation work in environmental and energy fields, with a particular interest in CERCLA-related issues. Alison received her J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2008. JACINTA ALVES is an associate at Crowell Moring, where she practices in the Health Care and Government Contracts groups. Jacinta's practice includes representing and counseling health care providers, managed care organizations, and a variety of government contractors in a wide array of civil litigation matters, regulatory and compliance matters, and bid protests. Jacinta received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2009. LAW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE:HARRY ANASTOPULOS is a second-year law student at the Georgetown University Law Center. At Georgetown, he serves on the Georgetown Law Journal of Legal Ethics, the Law Library Advisory Board, and was the recipient of an Equal Justice Fellowship in Summer 2011. In January of 2012, he served as a Teaching Fellow for Law in a Global Context, a one-week intensive course on transnational law, arbitration, and mediation. Harry earned a B.A. from Brown University in 2009, and will be employed as a 2012 Summer Associate at Ackerman Brown. |