Lambda Legal’s Case Work
For five decades and counting, Lambda Legal has proudly served as attorneys for the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV. Find out what’s on our docket right now—and go in depth on each of our current cases below.




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van Garderen v. State of Montana
In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and Perkins Coie, two...
Case Filed: 05/09/2023
Court: Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County
Poe et.al. v. Drummond et.al.
In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and the law firm...
Case Filed: 05/02/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a petition seeking...
Case Filed: 04/24/2023
Court: St. Louis County Court
L.W. et al v. Skrmetti et al
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are...
Case Filed: 04/21/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
John Doe v. Delaware County, et al.
On June 24, 2022, Lambda Legal, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and attorney Scott A. Schoettes, Esq. filed an amended...
Case Filed: 12/05/2022
Court: Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Wilkins v. Austin
Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Military policy that prevents people living with HIV from enlisting in...
Case Filed: 11/10/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Dekker, et al., v. Weida, et al.
LGBTQ+ and health advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule denying coverage for transgender...
Case Filed: 09/07/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.
Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Legal Counsel, and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging...
Case Filed: 07/25/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
PFLAG v. Abbott
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas, along with Texas-based law firm Baker Botts LLP,...
Case Filed: 06/08/2022
Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas
Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Southern California, the Transgender Law Center, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a request to...
Case Filed: 05/09/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Fowler et al. v. Stitt et al.
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit seeking to allow transgender people to correct the gender marker on their Oklahoma birth...
Case Filed: 03/14/2022
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Doe v. Abbott
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and the law firm Baker Botts LLP asked a Texas...
Case Filed: 03/01/2022
Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas
In re Dallas Arboretum
Lambda Legal has filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical...
Case Filed: 02/04/2022
Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Campos v. Cohen
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of North Carolina’s discriminatory policy requiring transgender people to have undergone...
Case Filed: 11/15/2021
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Decision: Victory
L.E. v. Lee
In November 2021, Lambda Legal along with co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of 14-year-old Luc Esquivel who is banned...
Case Filed: 11/04/2021
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee