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Shilling v. Trump

Status:

Open

Court:

U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington

Issues:

Transgender and Nonbinary Rights, Employment and Rights in the Workplace

Clients:
  • Commander Emily “Hawking” Shilling
  • Commander Blake Dremann
  • Lieutenant Commander Geirid Morgan
  • Sergeant First Class Cathrine “Katie” Schmid
  • Sergeant First Class Jane Doe
  • Staff Sergeant Videl Leins
  • Mr. Matthew Medina
  • Gender Justice League
Attorneys:

Lambda Legal 

  • Sasha Buchert, Counsel and Director of the Non-Binary and Transgender Rights Project
  • Jenny Pizer, Chief Legal Officer and Eden/Rushing Chair
  • Camilla Taylor, Deputy Legal Director for Litigation
  • Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Senior Counsel and Health Care Strategist
  • Ken Upton, Senior Counsel & First Amendment Strategist
  • Kell Olson, Counsel and F. Curt Kirschner, Jr. Strategist for LGBTQ+ Seniors
  • Alexis Paige, Paralegal

Human Rights Campaign 

  • Sarah Warbelow
  • Cynthia Weaver
  • Ami Patel

Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender people.