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Abby R. Rubenfeld is an attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Her general practice includes an emphasis on family law , LGBT and AIDS-related issues, and civil rights cases. She was the founding Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Section on LGBT Rights in 2015-2016.
Abby Rubenfeld (born 1953) is an American civil rights attorney who practices in Nashville, Tennessee. Rubenfeld received an A.B. with honors from Princeton University, where she was class president, and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1979, where she helped create the Boston University Law Association.
- The Fight For Equality
- Building A Case
- A Small Win
- Taking It to The Supreme Court
- A Big Victory
- Continuing The Fight For Civil Rights
As an out lesbian attorney with a family law practice here in Nashville, Rubenfeld is sought out by the LGBT+ community when issues of family law arise. This notoriety naturally led her toward becoming the champion of the marriage equality movement. After the decision in United States v. Windsor, the Tennessean wanted to interview Rubenfeld about t...
The first couple with standing was an Afghanistan veteran and his husband who lived on a navy base in Memphis. After Windsor, the law at that time deemed them married on Base (where federal law applied) and unmarried as soon as they left the base (where state law applied). Then there was a gay couple who relocated from San Francisco because one hus...
Rubenfeld and the team of attorneys brought all of their cases to the Federal District Court in Nashville. They won all of the cases. However, with decisions that were contrary to Tennessee law, the state immediately asked the judge to stay the orders while they appealed the decision to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio. The judge declined...
This loss at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was significant, not only to the plaintiffs but the rest of the country. Until the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals made their decision, all of the other U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals had ruled in favor of marriage equality. While this is great in those circuits’ jurisdictions, it did nothing for the r...
The arguments for both questions in the Obergefell v. Hodges decision were heard on April 28, 2015. Because of the nature of questions that the Supreme Court must answer, decisions are never handed down the day the case is argued. The plaintiffs and attorneys had to wait for two seemingly long months until June 26 — the eve of PRIDE in Nashville — ...
With all that has been accomplished, Rubenfeld is looking at the future of LGBT+ civil rights. With the judges that are currently being appointed to the federal courts, progress could slow down, stop completely, or even reverse. She said, “There is still a series of bills that the Tennessee Equality Project has dubbed ‘Slate of Hate’ that state leg...
An interview with Abby Rubenfeld on receiving a Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented on December 10, 2019 at the Tennessee Celebration of International Human Rights Day in...
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9 lug 2015 · Abby Rubenfeld's lifetime work advocating for LGBT populations led to a historic Supreme Court win.
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16 set 2020 · 268 views 3 years ago. The National LGBT Bar Leading Family Law Practitioner Award is awarded to recognize lawyers whose work supports LGBTQ+ families, in all of their configurations. Family law...
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14 mar 2023 · Abby Rubenfeld ’75 is a top attorney in the field of LGBTQ family law and civil rights issues who worked on the cases that legalized same-sex marriage. This year she has rallied against lawmakers’ plans in her state, Tennessee, to ban drag shows, and testified before the state legislature on behalf of the Tennessee Pride Chamber ...
