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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Shilling v. Trump
Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban...
Case Filed: 02/06/2025
Court: U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington
John Doe v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Lambda Legal, with partners McDermott Will & Emery and Merchant Gould P.C., filed a federal lawsuit against Metropolitan Government of...
Case Filed: 07/24/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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
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
Hobby Lobby v. Sommerville
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Meggan Sommerville, a transgender woman, in her almost decade-long fight with...
Case Filed: 12/22/2020
Court: Second District Appellate Court of Illinois
Wade v. Starbucks Corp.
Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) led a coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations and legal aid...
Case Filed: 08/21/2020
Court: Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fifth Appellate District
Roe and Voe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper and at filing v. Shanahan)
Lambda Legal, Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), with partner law firm Winston & Strawn, filed a lawsuit on behalf...
Case Filed: 12/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Eller v. Prince George’s County Public Schools
Lambda Legal joined Arnold & Porter in a lawsuit filed against the Prince George’s County Public Schools and Board of...
Case Filed: 12/10/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Horton v. Midwest Geriatric Management
Lambda Legal and co-counsel Mark Schuver and Natalie Lorenz filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Case Filed: 03/02/2018
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Lambda Legal, joined by the Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National LGBTQ Task Force, and PFLAG, filed...
Case Filed: 01/19/2018
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Pierce v. Ackal
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William...
Case Filed: 10/24/2017
Court: United States District Court Western District of Louisiana Lafayette Division
Bostock v. Clayton County, GA / Zarda v. Altitude Express / RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes Inc v. EEOC
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision approving the analysis Lambda Legal has been advancing for...
Case Filed: 06/26/2017
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Lively v. Fletcher Hospital d/b/a Park Ridge Health
Lawsuit seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of...
Case Filed: 02/11/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital
Lambda Legal asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was...
Case Filed: 01/06/2016
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College
In groundbreaking 8-3 decision, the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates...
Case Filed: 10/19/2015
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decision: Landmark Case