Puneet Cheema is a Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT+ people and people with HIV. Puneet is a member of the LGBT/HIV Criminal Justice Workgroup, and Lambda Legal’s representative in DC’s Sex Worker Advocacy Coalition. Puneet has extensive litigation experience and works to expand and protect the rights of LGBTQ people through litigation, policy, and advocacy in all areas, including access to health care and accurate identity documents, workplace discrimination, and discrimination in schools. She has been lead counsel for Lambda Legal in Family Equality v. Azar, and Equality Arizona v. Hoffman, and counsel in Zzyym v. Pompeo, County of Santa Clara v. Azar, and Eller v. Prince George’s County Public Schools.Prior to joining Lambda, Puneet served as a Trial Attorney in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice (DOJ) where she played a leading role in the DOJ’s investigation of the Baltimore Police Department and was part of the team that litigated the DOJ’s case against Sheriff Joseph Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona.