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    Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40

    Best Lawyers Under 40 Awards

    Each year, the LGBT Bar recognizes LGBTQ+ legal professionals (practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary, politicians, etc.) under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality. Awardees are recognized each year at our Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair.

    The LGBT Bar has a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe that this critical value should infuse every aspect of our work, including our awardee selection processes. We recognize that the 40 Under 40 awards serve in significant part to identify truly excellent LGBTQ+ lawyers within and to the greater legal community, and in so doing, play an important part in building a pipeline for the future success of LGBTQ+ lawyers. There are far many more worthy candidates nominated each year than the available 40 award slots. The Bar is proud that the final full class of 2021 winners reflects our organizational commitment to supporting and lifting up nominees who, in addition to being excellent LGBTQ+ lawyers, fairly represent identities of our most marginalized populations, including transgender and nonbinary people, people of color, bisexual people, people with disabilities, and women.

    Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 – Class of 2021

    Charrise L. Alexander
    Senior Associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
    Washington, DC

    Charlie Arrowood
    Name Change Project Counsel, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
    South Huntington, NY

    Jordan Blisk
    Executive Director & Board Chair, Colorado Name Change Project
    Denver, CO

    Eric Bowers
    Director, Legal – GTM and APAC, Sonos, Inc.
    Santa Barbara, CA

    Meredith Taylor Brown
    Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT & HIV Project
    New York, NY

    Jennifer L. Bryant
    Associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson
    Los Angeles, CA

    Caitlin K. Cahow
    Associate, Jones Day
    Chicago, IL

    Carl Charles
    Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
    Atlanta, GA

    Craig Convissar
    Associate, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
    New York, NY

    Sara Deskins Tucker
    Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
    Atlanta, GA

    Abdiel Echevarria Caban
    Staff Attorney, RAICES
    Brownsville, TX

    Chris Erchull
    Staff Attorney, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
    Boston, MA

    Kaliko’onalani Fernandes
    Deputy Solicitor General, Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii
    Honolulu, HI

    Arleen Fernandez
    Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
    Los Angeles, CA

    Sarah Filcher
    Staff Attorney, LGBTQ+ Project and HIV/AIDS Project, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
    Newburgh, NY

    Aditi Fruitwala
    Staff Attorney, LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project, ACLU Foundation of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA

    J. Remy Green
    Partner, Cohen & Green, PLLC
    Ridgewood, NY

    Nadia Haghighatian
    Intellectual Property Associate, Thompson & Knight LLP
    Dallas, TX

    Tyrone Hanley
    Senior Policy Counsel, National Center for Lesbian Rights
    San Francisco, CA

    Samuel T. Harbourt
    Deputy Solicitor General, California Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General
    San Francisco, CA

    Anjelica Hendricks
    Policy Analyst, Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission
    Philadelphia, PA

    Erica Holzer
    Partner, Maslon LLP
    Minneapolis, MN

    Michael J. Hui
    Shareholder, Littler Mendelson
    San Francisco, CA

    Jeff Kosbie
    Associate, Gibbs Law Group
    Oakland, CA

    Rachel E. Maes
    Assistant City Attorney, City of Green Bay
    Green Bay, WI

    Lisa Nowlin
    Staff Attorney, ACLU of Washington
    Seattle, WA

    Jonathan Olinger
    VP & Senior Associate General Counsel, Global Payments Inc.
    Atlanta, GA

    Daniela Paez
    Partner, Ulmer & Berne LLP
    Cleveland, OH

    Amitesh Parikh
    Senior Staff Attorney, Immigration Equality
    Brooklyn, NY

    Logan Parker
    Associate, Clark Hill PLC
    Chicago, IL

    Milo Primeaux
    Principal Attorney, Law Office of Milo Primeaux, Esq.
    Dansville, NY

    Hillary Rightler
    Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
    Atlanta, GA

    Bianca Scherr
    Former Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
    New York, NY

    Harper S. Seldin
    Associate, Cozen O’Connor
    Philadelphia, PA

    Chanakya Sethi
    Associate, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP
    New York, NY

    Aaron J. Spencer
    Administrative Law Attorney, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps
    Washington, DC

    Dan Tavares Arriola
    Deputy District Attorney, San Joaquin County
    Stockton, CA

    Julie C. Webb
    Partner, Locke Lord LLP
    Chicago, IL

    Jordan Woods
    Associate Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Richard B. Atkinson LGBTQ Law & Policy Program, University of Arkansas School of Law – Fayetteville
    Fayetteville, AR

    Michael Younker
    Supervising Attorney, UnLocal
    New York, NY

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