Docket
All currently open cases
Adar v. Smith
Case successfully representing gay fathers in Louisiana who were refused a birth certificate for their newly adopted son by the office of State Registrar.
Barros v. Riggall
Case arguing against a clinic's policy of refusing fertility services to gay men
Calhoun v. Pennington
Case brought against the City of Atlanta, chief of police and 48 officers for illegally searching, detaining and harassing staff and patrons of a gay bar.
Collins v. Brewer
Case representing Arizona lesbian and gay state employees facing elimination of their domestic partner benefits.
Conaway v. Deane & Polyak
(amicus)
(Amicus) Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in Maryland
Cook v. Rumsfeld
(amicus)
Case challenging the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
DeWolf and Watts v. Countrywide
Case challenging a mortgage company’s unlawful refusal to allow a lesbian couple to share a mortgage on a home.
Florida Family Policy Council v. Freeman
(amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing in favor of the "recusal canon" to maintain fair and impartial judges
Franke v. Parkstone Living Center, Inc.
Case brought against assisted living facility on behalf of retiree and his daughter, after the facility evicted the retiree because he has HIV
Glenn v. Brumby et. al.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers’ recommendations.
In re Joshua S.
Case arguing for a mother to be awarded attorney fees after winning her right to a second-parent adoption
In re Y.S.
(amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing for a gay man to receive asylum to avoid persecution in his native country because of his sexual orientation
In the Matter of J.D. Fairchild
Case seeking to maintain a joint custody agreement between two lesbian parents despite Ohio's antigay amendment
L.P. v. Philadelphia, et al.
Case representing a transgender girl subjected to verbal and physical abuse because of her sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and disability while in the custody of a secure youth detention facility in Philadelphia.
Logan v. Gary Community School Corporation
Case arguing in favor of a feminine male high school student's First Amendment right to wear a dress to his prom.
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the daughter she and her former partner had while in a Vermont civil union
Mitchell v. Bremen Community High School District No. 228 and Gleason, et al.
Case arguing against the termination of a school superintendent because he is gay
N.B. v. A.K.
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the child she and her former partner co-parented in California.
Newfield Central School District v. New York State Division of Human Rights (amicus)
Patino v. Birken Manufacturing Co.
(amicus)
Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.
