Law Practice,
Civil Rights
Sep. 27, 2018
Strides for LGBT attorneys over the years: A personal perspective
In this column, and those to follow, I will explore these issues, along with interviews of LGBT judges, corporate in-house counsel and outside counsel, and attorneys at not-for-profits.
A couple of years ago, at a brunch at the new Hollywood condominium of a business colleague and his husband, I was met with incredulity when I told a young gay attorney about the homophobia I had faced while working in the Los Angeles office of a large firm during my initial two years of practice in the early 1980s. What surprised me about my interaction with that lawyer was not the contrast between the treatment then and now of LGBT lawyers in firms -- I have experie...
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