Jon Davidson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

I am based in Los Angeles. I litigate lawsuits on behalf of the ACLU regarding LGBTQ rights and rights of people living with HIV. These presently include lawsuits regarding:* the rights of transgender students to access restrooms at their schools that are consistent with their gender identity, * the rights of transgender prisoners to necessary.

Freedom For All Americans Is A National organization; I Am Based In Los Angeles.

As Chief Counsel for Freedom for All Americans Education Fund, I:* Oversaw Freedom for All Americans Education Fund's work to advance long-term strategic thinking that achieves proactive court victories; * Provided free advice, mentoring, and assistance to private attorneys working on key cases related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Provide legal research and analysis to nonprofit organizations and write legal columns.
• Clients have included Freedom for All Americans, the National Immigration Law Center, the Advancement Project, DRI, Dentons, and Sullivan & Triggs LLC.
• Analyzed legislation; organized convening regarding Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colo. Civil Rights Comm’n messaging and religious exemption issues; provided legal research, analysis and advice regarding pending and.
• Analyzed legislation; organized convening regarding Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colo. Civil Rights Comm’n messaging and religious exemption issues; provided legal research, analysis and advice regarding pending and.

Based In Lambda Legal's Western Regional Office In Los Angeles

• Leader of the Legal Department of the nation's largest and oldest legal organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people living.
• Architect of Lambda’s national litigation strategy: coordinated work with allied organizations; represented the organization in interactions with government officials and foundations. Extensive media… Show more Leader.
• Architect of Lambda’s national litigation strategy: coordinated work with allied organizations; represented the organization in interactions with government officials and foundations. Extensive media, messaging, and.
• Supervised legal team of 31 attorneys and 16 support staff (including policy advocates, trainers, legal help desk analysts, and legal assistants) across Lambda Legal’s six offices nationwide. Developed and managed.
• Lead or co-counsel in more than 30 precedent-setting cases resulting in published decisions in all areas of LGBT and HIV law, including:
• Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2071 (2015) (establishing constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry);

Greater Los Angeles Area

Assisted Legal Director in running of the Legal Department at Lambda Legal; handled major public interest litigation advancing or defending the rights of LGBT people and people living with HIV across the U.S.; supervised staff attorneys and cooperating attorneys nationally.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Handled major public interest litigation and supervised legal work in organization’s Western Regional Office (covering 11 states in the Western United States).

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Lead or co-counsel in litigation brought on behalf of lesbians and gay men, women, and people living with HIV and other disabilities challenging deprivation of constitutional and civil rights in employment, housing.
• Oversaw sexual orientation litigation and coordinated work and positions with national ACLU and California affiliates
• Won victories in more than a dozen path-breaking cases… Show more Lead or co-counsel in litigation brought on behalf of lesbians and gay men, women, and people living with HIV and other disabilities challenging.
• Won victories in more than a dozen path-breaking cases resulting in published decisions. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

Lead or co-counsel in litigation brought on behalf of lesbians and gay men, women, and people living with HIV and other disabilities challenging deprivation of constitutional and civil rights in employment, housing, insurance, public accommodations, health care, the criminal justice system, and family law.

Los Angeles, California

Los Angelels, Calfiornia

Central District Of California

Assisted the late U.S. District Court Judge William Matthew Byrne, Jr. with legal research, analysis, and drafting.

J.D., Law

B.A, English, Psychology