Disability Law United signed on as a partner in the Equity for All of Me. All the Time. campaign earlier this fall. A national public education campaign Equity for All of Me. All the Time. was launched by the National…
Disability Law United mourns the passing of pathbreaking disability rights lawyer and advocate Carrie Ann Lucas.
As we vow to do our best to kick as many asses as thoroughly as Carrie did. The world has lost a fierce advocate, brilliant lawyer, and talented photographer. Carrie Ann Lucas, a disability rights attorney who pioneered representation for…
Disability Law United, Disability Rights Organizations File Cake Amicus!
Disability Law United joined nine other disability rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in support of the gay couple turned away from a Colorado bakery based…
Disability Law United to receive a Visionaries in Action Award from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado
Disability Law United is thrilled and honored to receive a 2017 Visionaries in Action Award from The GLBT Community Center of Colorado (The Center)! In notifying us of the award, The Center’s Board Chairman, J. Ryann Peyton wrote that The…
LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting
From the Arcus Foundation: Collective resolve across national, racial and political lines will be required to turn the tide against anti-LGBTQ violence. We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) movement…
Disability Law United Helps Client Obtain Reimbursement for Gender-Affirming Surgery
Today, Disability Law United announced a resolution for client Kendrick W., a transgender employee of a Bay Area start-up company who was denied insurance coverage for transition-related surgery due to an exclusion in his employer’s health insurance plan. Kendrick contacted Disability…
HB 2: It’s Much More than Bathrooms
By Julie Wilensky, Director of the California Office of the Disability Law United and member, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) On March 26, the North Carolina General Assembly convened a special legislative session to preempt a local ordinance passed by the…
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…
Disability Law United resolves CCRD charge alleging harassment based on sexual orientation and religion.
Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges Reach Agreement College Reaffirms Importance of Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Religion GRAND JUNCTION, CO – Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges have reached an agreement that will continue to ensure that IntelliTec students receive…
Disability Law Unitedster Julie Wilensky Presents at PELA Brown Bag
Julie Wilensky, Director of Disability Law United’s California office, and Jacob Richards of Keller Rohrback, LLP presented at a brown bag sponsored by Colorado’s Plaintiff Employment Lawyer Association on the subject of Advocating for the Rights of LGBT Employees. The…