The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) and GALLA (Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Association) invite you to join us for a free webinar to discuss the recent LGBTQ+ Workplace Ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Learn about the specifics of this ruling and it's impact on today's work environment.
Our guest speakers are attorneys Elizabeth Schwartz and Anthony Falzon. They will be sharing their knowledge on the subject matter as well as provide their insights on what is yet to come. There will be an opportunity for Q&A. Join us for this lively discussion and important conversation on the enormous impact of this ruling & beyond.
This free webinar is open to the community at large. We encourage you to share the information with others.
About Elizabeth Schwartz, Esq.
Elizabeth is board certified by the Florida Bar in Adoption Law, is a fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and the Florida Adoption Council, and serves as an adoption intermediary helping make forever families of all kinds. Elizabeth has handled surrogacy for almost 20 years, assisting intended parents, gestational carriers and egg and sperm donors with their legal needs. She is the author of "LGBT Issues in Surrogacy" in the Handbook of Gestational Surrogacy, ed. E. Scott Sills (Cambridge University Press, 2016).Elizabeth served as counsel on the victorious cases challenging Florida's marriage ban brought by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of six same-sex couples and members of the Equality Florida Institute seeking the right to marry (Pareto v. Ruvin) and suing Florida for fair issuance of birth certificates to same-sex married couples (Chin). She also served as counsel in several cases that helped overturn Florida's bigoted 1977 ban forbidding gays and lesbians from adopting children.
About Anthony Falzon, Esq.
Mr. Falzon was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1995. He originally qualified as a lawyer in England after obtaining a joint degree in English and French law from the University of Kent and the University of Paris. Mr. Falzon obtained a Master's in Law degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University and was awarded the Thomas Waraker postgraduate scholarship in law. After practicing in London and New York with a City of London firm of lawyers, Mr. Falzon obtained a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association Award for Trial Advocacy when he graduated in 1995. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the GALLA.
About Elizabeth Schwartz, Esq.
Elizabeth is board certified by the Florida Bar in Adoption Law, is a fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and the Florida Adoption Council, and serves as an adoption intermediary helping make forever families of all kinds. Elizabeth has handled surrogacy for almost 20 years, assisting intended parents, gestational carriers and egg and sperm donors with their legal needs. She is the author of "LGBT Issues in Surrogacy" in the Handbook of Gestational Surrogacy, ed. E. Scott Sills (Cambridge University Press, 2016).Elizabeth served as counsel on the victorious cases challenging Florida's marriage ban brought by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of six same-sex couples and members of the Equality Florida Institute seeking the right to marry (Pareto v. Ruvin) and suing Florida for fair issuance of birth certificates to same-sex married couples (Chin). She also served as counsel in several cases that helped overturn Florida's bigoted 1977 ban forbidding gays and lesbians from adopting children.
About Anthony Falzon, Esq.
Mr. Falzon was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1995. He originally qualified as a lawyer in England after obtaining a joint degree in English and French law from the University of Kent and the University of Paris. Mr. Falzon obtained a Master's in Law degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University and was awarded the Thomas Waraker postgraduate scholarship in law. After practicing in London and New York with a City of London firm of lawyers, Mr. Falzon obtained a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association Award for Trial Advocacy when he graduated in 1995. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the GALLA.
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Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Location
Via Zoom (access information will be provided after registration)
Fees/Admission
Free Admission
