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• GAY FRIENDLY LAWYERS
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

GAY FRIENDLY LAWYERS

Morse, D’Arcy Kemnz, and Melv Whe Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) issu created no ncern for Helene B. Firms for “Bt Diversy wh Rpect to LGBT” issu by Vlt 2007, and received the 2000 Ally for Jtice Award om the Gay and Lbian Attorneys Associatn of Washgton (GAYLAW) for s efforts to implement the remendatns of the District of Columbia's Task Force on Sexual Orientatn and the Legal Workplace.

Arnold & Porter is the only law firm ever honored by GAYLAW. “Today you see a lot of big-name law firms vyg to sponsor galas for natnal gay and lbian anizatns, eager to get their nam ont of the muny.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

It’s the natnal standard, and ’s what mak firms foc on issu important to the gay muny about which they would otherwise be cluels, ” says Morse.

Supreme Court’s landmark lg overturng Texas’ law agast “homosexual nduct” and overlg the U. ” “More than anythg, that cisn helped to drive home jt how very mastream gay and lbian people really are, ” explas Hohengarten. ” “After our succs Lawrence, the number of top-ranked openly gay and lbian associat who were knockg down our door to work for was remarkable, ” says Hohengarten.

After wng a difficult battle to be regnized by the Amerin Bar Associatn 1992, the Natnal Lbian and Gay Law Associatn has grown to a ferated stcture wh 24 affiliat natnwi.

May, a newly mted, openly gay partner at the Chigo office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, is very fortable beg at a place that accepts and promot LGBT cln. A huge firm wh more than 1, 500 lawyers operatg 14 major ci worldwi, Mayer Brown monstrat a mment to diversy the workplace while beg active the gay muny through natnal sponsorship of Lambda Legal and several other LGBT Chigo, cludg the AIDS Legal Council, the About Face Theatre, and Equaly Illois, as well as the Center on Halsted, a nearly pleted fol pot for Chigo’s LGBT populatn that serv the muny’s diverse social, recreatnal, cultural, and muny service needs. 5 As that tally creas, and as dified policy and evolved firm culture reach throughout the profsn, the lot of the gay attorney ntu to improve.