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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County of Santa Clara v. HHS
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging...
Case Filed: 05/28/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information...
Case Filed: 05/22/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Gore v. Lee
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of four transgender Tennesseeans seeking to allow transgender individuals to correct the...
Case Filed: 04/22/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction, et al.
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm WilmerHale filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of...
Case Filed: 04/11/2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Kadel v. Folwell
Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials for discrimination...
Case Filed: 03/08/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Colosimo v. Berryhill
Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...
Case Filed: 01/16/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Lucas v. Chalk
Lambda Legal, Just Detention International (JDI), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of...
Case Filed: 01/14/2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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
Deese & Doe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper)
Lambda Legal and Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kevin Deese and John Doe...
Case Filed: 12/12/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division
Gonzales v. Berryhill
Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...
Case Filed: 12/12/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
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
Ely v. Saul (formerly Ely v. Berryhill)
A lawsuit against the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a 65-year-old gay man seeking spousal survivor’s benefits...
Case Filed: 11/20/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Decision: Landmark Case
Southern Poverty Law Center and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons
Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of...
Case Filed: 11/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al.
On November 12, 2018, Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit...
Case Filed: 10/31/2018
Court: Western District of Michigan
Foster v. Andersen
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas’ refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals....
Case Filed: 10/11/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas