Washington, DC (September 7, 2011) – The National LGBT Bar Association is proud to announce the recipients of its second annual Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 award. The LGBT Bar established this award to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal professionals under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBT equality.
Mark V. Purpura, a director of Richards, Layton & Finger in Wilmington, DE, is one of the 40 award recipients. Mr. Purpura’s diverse legal practice focuses on complex transactions involving Delaware entities, as well as banking, trust and insurance matters. Earlier this year, he was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples in Delaware.
The Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Class of 2011 will be recognized at the Lavender Law Conference being held September 8-10 in Hollywood, California. The National LGBT Bar Association’s congratulations go out to all of this year’s winners:
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• Paul Ainsworth
Covington & Burling LLP
• Tico Almeida
Freedom to Work
• Tara Borelli
Lambda Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, Inc.
• Jonathan J. Boyles
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Mark W. Brennan
Hogan Lovells US LLP
• Dena M. Castricone
Murtha Cullina LLP
• Patience Crozier
Law Office of Joyce Kauffman
• William T. Eveland
Arnstein & Lehr LLP
• Deborah M. Golden
Washington Lawyers, Committee
for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs
• Jordan Heinz
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Elizabeth Hodges-Williams
Hodges-Williams LLC
• Lousene M. Hoppe
Fredrikson & Byron, PA
• Donald P. Howerton
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Law Department
• Courtney Joslin
UC Davis School of Law
• Eva N. Juncker
Zavos Juncker Law Group, PLLC
• David Knight
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
• Matthew P. Krupnick
Krupnick & Krupnick, APLC
• M. Dru Levasseur
Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
• John L. Litchfield
Foley & Lardner LLP
• Joseph A. Loy
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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• Laura Maechtlen
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Thomas A. Magnani
Howard Rice
• Neal Minahan
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Benjamin C. Mizer
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel
• Enrique Monagas
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Lisa Mottet
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Matthew B. Murphy
Equality Employment Opportunity Commission
• Amie Needham
Thompson Coburn LLP
• Tiffany Palmer
Jerner & Palmer, P.C.
• Sarah Piepmeier
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Mark Purpura
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
• Joshua Rafsky
Jenner & Block LLP
• Aimee E. Saginaw
McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
• Rose Saxe
American Civil Liberties Union
• David Tsai
Perkins Coie LLP
• Jennifer K.T. Warner
Con-Way Enterprise Services
• Brian Winterfeldt
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
• Daniel Winterfeldt
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
• Samuel Wolfe
Southern Poverty Law Center
• Janson Wu
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) |
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The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legal organizations. The LGBT Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.