After five decades of work, Lambda Legal is confronting a conservative-leaning Supreme Court and legislative threats to hard-fought LGBTQ rights. The LGBTQ legal advocacy organization believes it’s in solid hands for the future with veteran LGBTQ legal eagle Jennifer C. Pizer heading up its caseload.
Pizer, 63, took over as chief legal counsel of Lambda Legal in October after serving as interim CLO since June. She oversees the department of 26 attorneys and 11 paraprofessionals with offices in Los Angeles (where she is based), Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Washington, DC. She works with legal advocacy and law firms working on more than six dozen impact cases. The cases address discrimination in employment, healthcare, and HIV, as well as the foster care system, identification documents, bathroom access, criminal justice, conversion therapy, and more, affecting many aspects of LGBTQ people’s lives.
