TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 9, 2020

Nashville attorney Abby Rubenfeld, who initiated the Tennessee marriage equality case Tanco v. Haslam in 2013, is being honored by the National LGBT Bar with the Leading Family Law Practitioner Award. That award is given each year to an individual who is in the private practice of law and has improved the lives of members of LGBTQ+ families, parents or children through outstanding legal work, demonstrated by a longstanding commitment to providing legal services of a high quality to the LGBTQ+ community. Rubenfeld started the Rubenfeld Law Office PC in 1979 and has been widely praised for her work in LGBTQ+ and AIDS-related issues and civil rights cases, all including an emphasis on family law. She was a founding member of the National LGBT Bar Association, known then as the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, and was previously honored by them in 1997 with the Dan Bradley Award for furthering LGBTQ+ equality under the law. Rubenfeld will be honored during the virtual awards program on Aug. 12 during the 2020 Lavendar Law Conference and Career Fair.