Morgan Jada Walker (she/her) is Counsel at Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.

Morgan is a seasoned trial lawyer, appellate attorney, and public advocate, with more than two decades of experience in federal, state, and territorial courts, and the court of public opinion. Morgan has completed more than 50 jury and bench trials, six appellate court oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Alaska Court of Appeals, and resolved dozens of cases by negotiation.

Morgan’s first case at Lambda was in 2025, when she joined a trial team that successfully fought for the Constitutional rights of an incarcerated transgender woman in Alaska who needed gender-affirming surgery.

Before joining Lambda, Morgan served longer than eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Alaska, where she investigated and prosecuted a wide variety of cases, including civil rights, environmental, national security, white-collar and transnational crimes, and child exploitation. Morgan’s special projects include serving as coordinator of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee, Civil Rights Coordinator, and mentor for other attorneys. Among her standout achievements were securing the forfeiture of $7 million in funds belonging to a state-sponsor of terrorism to benefit U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund; and overseeing the investigation and indictment of a doctor and her husband for deceiving patients regarding the type and volume of medication injected into their bodies in a case that ultimately yielded over $18 million in forfeiture, restitution, and civil penalties.

In 2022, Morgan was detailed to the American Embassy in Sri Lanka and U.S. Mission to Maldives, where she designed and delivered capacity-building programs for prosecutors and judges regarding international narcotics and financial crimes, digital evidence, and trauma-informed victim engagement. In her capacity as Justice Department leader at the mission, she served on the Embassy’s emergency-action committee during a political and economic crisis. In 2024, in a case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Morgan became (perhaps) the first lawyer to conduct a jury trial before transition and, later, after socially transitioning, to successfully defend the verdict on appeal.

Earlier, Morgan served as a state prosecutor for eight years, when she handled cases in urban and rural communities, including Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. Morgan focused on special-victim cases, involving minors and adults, and empowered dozens of survivors to testify. Morgan served as the deputy director of the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, during which time she secured one of the largest contested restitution judgments in state history.

Morgan’s prior legal work took her to American Samoa, where she served as both prosecutor and public defender, and to private practice in Seattle. Morgan earned her Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was on the Dean’s List and participated in immigration and prosecution clinics. Morgan studied philosophy in politics at Earlham College.

Morgan holds active law licenses in Alaska and Texas, and inactive licenses in California and Washington State. Morgan’s federal admissions include the Supreme Court of the United States and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Morgan has delivered presentations and trainings to attorneys, community members, law student, law enforcement, and others regarding, or at events titled, (inter alia):

-Do I Have a Right To Be Me? (Current Challenges in Trans Rights)

-All Rise: A Transgender Lawyer’s Call to Courage

-Litigation in the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement (Digital Evidence Management in Civil Rights Litigation)

-Human Rights Campaign (Austin) Summer Lecture Series: “Let’s Talk”.

-Criminalizing Dissent: A Symposium on Crackdowns, Capitulation, and Control

-Resistance, Resilience, and Reality: The Fight for Trans Equality

-Barriers to Care: Access to Health Care (Gender Affirming Care)

-Analyzing data regarding hate crimes to identify opportunities to improve relationships among marginalized communities and law enforcement

-Jury Selection