Elizabeth F. Schwartz is an American lawyer, author and advocate for the legal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
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Life and career
Schwartz served as a legal adviser in a case against a Florida-type marriage ban filed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry (Pareto v. Ruvin). This lawsuit resulted in the decision of Miami Dade Judge Dade Sarah Zabel that same-sex marriage ban prohibits same-sex couples due to the same process and protection under the law, and in ordering Miami-Dade County to issue marriage certificates for same-sex. couple.
Schwartz has also filed a lawsuit in Florida for the issuance of a fair birth certificate to the same married couple and handles the first case for divorce of same-sex couples.
In addition to his legal work, Elizabeth F. Schwartz has supported the LGBT community through local and national lectures on the importance of LGBT couples protecting their families through adoption of second parents and housing planning. He writes on issues about the LGBT community for the Huffington Post.
Schwartz is featured in The Day It Snowed In Miami (2014) documentary of the 2014 Emmy documentary that traces political activism behind the same rights law in Miami.
Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 and Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1997. She started practicing law in 1997.
Elizabeth Schwartz was born in Miami Beach and currently lives with his wife, writer Lydia Martin, in Miami, FL.
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Publications
- "LGBT Issues in the Substitute in the Handbook of Gestational Mediation , ed.E. Scott Sills (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
- Before I Do: Legal Guidelines for Marriage, Gay and Others (The New Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-62097-154-3)
- Transgender Discrimination , Trial Magazine (American Association for Justice, October 2016)
- Out and About: LGBT Experience in the Profession , Advocacy Trailblazing (American Bar Association, 2015)
Membership
- National Council of SAGE (Service & Advocacy for Elders GLBT) (co-chair)
- NCLR National Family Legal Counsel (National Lesbian Rights Center)
- National Leadership Council National Family Legal Advisory Council NCLR (National Lesbian Rights Center)
- Board of Directors, GLBT Project, Miami Foundation Fund
Awards
- Community Prize, Miami-Dade Gay & amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, 2005
- Sookie Williams Award, Dade County Bar Association, 2007
- Best LGBT Lawyers under 40, National LGBT Bar Association, 2010
- Women's Needed to Know, Miami Beach City Commission, 2010
- Voice for Equality Award, Equality Florida, LGBT rights group across the state, 2011
- Membership of Ironbowons, University of Miami 2012 (their highest honor)
- Eddy McIntyre Community Service Award, National LGBTQ Task Force, 2012
- C. Clyde Atkins Award, ACLU Florida, 2015
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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