Julie Wilensky, Director of Disability Law United’s California Office, has been named to the Daily Journal‘s list of Top Women Lawyers in California for 2016. The Journal highlighted Julie’s successful work on behalf of same-sex spouses wrongfully denied spousal pension…
Welcome, Moe!
Disability Law United is very excited to welcome Moe Leneweaver as our new Office Manager! Moe brings important community organizing and multiple-hat-wearing experience to the job. She worked most recently at IMPACT Charlottesville, engaging in grassroots organizing, planning an annual…
CREEC-Colorado visits CREEC-California
Earlier this week, Tim and I got the chance to check out Disability Law United’s California office. Come along for a quick tour! Julie Wilensky, Director of our California office, and Executive Director Tim Fox in front of the building…
Disability Law United mourns the passing of Bruce Sattler
Disability Law United joins the ACLU of Colorado in mourning the passing of longtime civil liberties advocate Bruce Sattler. Bruce was Tim and my first opposing counsel when we started Fox & Robertson in 1996. He was smart, professional, and…
Alan Chen Joins Disability Law United Board
We are very excited to welcome Prof. Alan Chen as a new member of Disability Law United’s board of directors. Our newest board member is a distinguished professor of law and a nationally-recognized expert in constitutional law and civil rights…
Big Disability Law United News: Bill Lann Lee and Julie Wilensky open Disability Law United’s California Office
We are very excited to announce that we are opening a CALIFORNIA OFFICE and that we will by joined by the amazing and talented Bill Lann Lee and Julie Wilensky. Bill was the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights from 1997–2001…
Welcome, Lauren!
We are very happy to announce that Lauren Fontana is joining Disability Law United as a staff attorney. Lauren spent the last two years teaching in the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic, representing incarcerated individuals. Prior to joining…
Disability Law United Receives Grant in Honor of Eleanor Crow, Colorado Civil Rights Advocate
Late last year, Disability Law United was honored to have received a grant allocated by the heirs of Eleanor Elizabeth Gish Crow. Based on Eleanor’s lifelong commitment to civil rights in general and fair housing specifically, her family and heirs…