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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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
Roberts v. Clark County School District
Lambda Legal has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a transgender police officer in Nevada who was banned from...
Case Filed: 02/03/2016
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Smith v. Avanti
Lambda Legal filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against a Boulder County property owner who violated the federal Fair Housing Act...
Case Filed: 01/12/2016
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Decision: Victory
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
Weiss v. Brajer
Federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of Melissa and Meredith Weiss,...
Case Filed: 12/17/2015
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Decision: Victory
G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board
Case on behalf of a student who was denied access to the male restroom at his Virginia high school because...
Case Filed: 11/23/2015
Court:
Powers v. Lippens
Case in which a Florida trial court entered an injunction prohibiting a non-biological mom, now separated from her former same-sex...
Case Filed: 11/10/2015
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decision: Victory
Zzyym v. Blinkin (formerly Zzyym v. Pompeo, Zzyym v. Tillerson & Zzyym v. Kerry)
A federal discrimination lawsuit was filed against the U.S. State Department on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym. Dana...
Case Filed: 10/26/2015
Court: United States Federal Court for the District of Colorado
Decision: Victory
Hamm v. City of New York et al
Federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Thomas Hamm against...
Case Filed: 10/22/2015
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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
Lawrence v. Office of Personnel Management
Case on behalf of a transgender man discriminated against by his federal employer because it denied health care coverage.
Case Filed: 09/15/2015
Court:
King v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of nine national HIV advocacy organizations in King v. Burwell, the latest...
Case Filed: 05/21/2015
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Torres v. Seemeyer
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, seeking a birth certificate...
Case Filed: 05/13/2015
Court: United States Federal Court for the District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
Williams v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Dave Williams,...
Case Filed: 11/06/2014
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Murphy v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Kathy Murphy, a Texas widow denied spousal...
Case Filed: 10/28/2014
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia