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Colorado joins ten other states in banning the LGBTQ+ "panic" defense -- the third state this year! We have more work to do to ensure this heinous defense strategy is banned in courts across the country.

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Colorado joins ten other states in banning the LGBTQ+ "panic" defense -- the third state this year! We have more work to do to ensure this heinous defense strategy is banned in courts across the country. Learn more >

Colorado joins ten other states in banning the LGBTQ+ "panic" defense -- the third state this year! We have more work to do to ensure this heinous defense strategy is banned in courts across the country.
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2021 Annual Lavender Law®
Conference & Career Fair

Los Angeles, CA

July 28-30, 2021

We host the largest LGBTQ+ legal conference in the country,
with over 1700 attendees attending annually.

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Lavender LawTM 365 inclusion coaching and consulting program

Lavender Law 365™ is the only LGBTQ+ inclusion coaching and consulting program designed specifically to enable the implementation of best practice standards for LGBTQ+ equity across law firms, law schools, and companies.

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How We Support our Members:

Since 1989, we have been the legal voice of the LGBTQ+ community. With over 1700 members,
we are the largest LGBT Bar and Ally Lawyer association in the country.

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    Every working professional understands the need for a strong network of industry relationships.

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    We work to provide access to top talent and jobs within the LGBT and ally legal community.

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    Information sharing is an essential part of staying ahead in the legal profession.

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    All people within the legal profession should be equal, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity & expression.

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    Shared values are what brings us together as a community of legal practitioners.

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    Oftentimes our members seek pro bono work where they can advocate for causes that are important to them.

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Member Spotlight

Gary Gassman

Gary Gassman pursues his passions every day – as a shareholder at Cozen O’Connor; as the Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; as the co-leader of Cozen O’Connor’s LGBTQ+ attorney resource group; and as a devoted partner, son, brother, uncle, friend, and proud dog parent. A practicing attorney for […]

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Debra Zepeda

Sometimes, life doesn’t always go according to plan. Debra Zepeda can certainly attest to this, having grown up most of her early life imagining she would become an engineer. Today, she’s an attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner practicing patent law.  Throughout her life, Debra was always drawn to building and fixing things, figuring out […]

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