About Us

Founded 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:

Raising issues of concern with officers and directors of the American Bar Association, the D.C. Bar and other state and voluntary bars.
Sponsoring a Mentor-Mentee Program.
Recruiting and training volunteers to provide pro bono legal services for people living with HIV/AIDS through Whitman-Walker Clinic.
Responding to discrimination against GLBT attorneys and litigants in the legal system by authoring briefs, joining coalitions, lobbying legislators, etc.
Sponsoring the D.C. Bar Candidates Forum and endorsing candidates for local bar offices and the judiciary.
Operating an attorney referral service that annually matches hundreds of individuals with lawyers who are sensitive to and knowledgeable about the legal issues affecting GLBT people.
Hosting continuing legal education programs, social activities and other membership networking events.
Sponsoring public forums on legal issues of concern to the GLBT community.
Drafting, analyzing, and advocating legislation to advance the legal rights of GLBT people.

Our Mission

The 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.

Funding

GAYLAW, 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 Directors

Co-Presidents:

JEREMY S. BRUMBELOW is an attorney at the U.S. Justice Department, defending tort suits brought against the United States and its employees.

LAUREN SCHWARTZREICH is an associate at the law firm of Woodley & McGillivary, where she practices labor and employment law on behalf of employees and specializes in wage and hour litigation. Ms. Schwartzreich received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, GA.

Secretary:

NINA CHERNOFF works on systemic criminal justice issues as a staff attorney in the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

Treasurer:

ALLEN ORR, JR. is an associate in the International Practice Group at Baker & McKenzie LLP specializing in immigration law

Members:

HOPE ADAMS

PATRICK BROWNE

JASON FORMAN is an attorney for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of General Counsel, focusing on environmental law. Jason works in NOAA's natural resource damages program which restores coastal and marine resources injured by oil spills and hazardous waste sites. Jason is a graduate of Tulane Law School in New Orleans, La.

AUSTIN FULK is a government contracts associate with Dickstein Shapiro LLP.

LESLIE M. HILLis trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice.

JOSEPH KAKESH is an environmental associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.

PAUL LEE the Georgetown/Howrey Pro Bono Fellow at Howrey LLP, working full-time on a variety of pro bono matters and administration of the firm's pro bono program.

KRISTIN MUENZEN is an attorney with the Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division.

MATTHEW R. RUDOLPHI is an associate with Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C. His practice areas include energy law and economic regulation, environmental law, administrative law and litigation.

JEFFREY SCHIMELFENIG is Regional Director of Project Managment for Kelly Law Registry a division of Kelly Services. Jeff is a graduate of American University Washington College of Law and University of Scranton.

STACEY YOUNG

Contact GAYLAW

GAYLAW
P.O. Box 34072
Washington, DC 20043
Voicemail: (202) 842-7723
E-mail: gaylaw@gaylaw.org

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