Last Wednesday, Judge William Martínez granted final approval to the class action settlement in Decoteau v. Raemisch following a half-day hearing at which two named plaintiffs and several objectors spoke. (The Judge also indicated that a written opinion would be forthcoming.) This…
Lauren Fontana Named one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40
Disability Law United Staff Attorney Lauren Fontana was selected as one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 – Class of 2016 by the National LGBT Bar Association. The awardees will be recognized at a ceremony on Friday, August 5,…
Daily Journal Selects Julie Wilensky for 2016 Top 40 Under 40 List
Director of Disability Law United’s CA office Julie Wilensky was recently selected by the Daily Journal as one of 2016’s Top 40 Under 40 lawyers in California. In a profile published on May 18, the Daily Journal highlighted Julie’s litigation…
DU Civil Rights Clinic and Disability Law United receive Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Project.
We are very excited to announce that the Clinical Legal Education Association today presented the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Disability Law United with an award for the recent settlement in Decoteau…
Disability Law United receives DMFHC Fair Housing Leadership Award
We were honored last night to receive a Fair Housing Leadership Award from the Denver Metro Fair Housing Center at their 2016 Fair Housing Gala. DMFHC is Colorado’s only dedicated fair housing organization, and has done amazing things to promote…
Daily Journal Selects Julie Wilensky as a 2016 Top Woman Lawyer in California
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…
Disability Law United Comments on Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law in North Carolina
Disability Law United attorney Julie Wilensky was quoted in an article in Mother Jones and ProPublica on the far-reaching impact of the so-called “Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act,” North Carolina’s sweeping new anti-LGBT law that mandates discrimination against transgender…
Good Press Regarding the Decoteau Case
Our Decoteau case challenging the lack of outdoor exercise for inmates in solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary was the focus of an article on clinical legal education in The National Jurist. We love working with Civil Rights Clinic students…
Press Coverage of Pritchard v. IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan
A number of media outlets covered the filing of the complaint in Pritchard v. IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan, which Disability Law United is litigating with co-counsel National Center for Lesbian Rights and Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow…
Press Coverage of Disability Law United’s Same-Sex Spousal Benefit Case Against FedEx
A number of media outlets covered the recent favorable decision in Schuett v. FedEx, Disability Law United’s case challenging FedEx’s refusal to provide a spousal pension benefit to the surviving same-sex spouse of a longtime employee. Here is a partial…