Leslie Farber is an attorney at law practicing in Montclair, New Jersey in the areas of personal injury, workers compensation, employment law, LGBT rights, small estate planning, and general litigation. She has spoken often to attorneys and lay persons on LGBT issues and has published articles on the subject. Ms. Farber received her law degree in 1991 from Pace University School of Law where she was an editor of the Pace Law Review. Leslie is a past-chair of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Employment Lawyers - New Jersey (NELA-NJ). She is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the National LGBT Bar Association where she also served as the NLGBTBA liaison to the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. Outside of the practice of law, Leslie is member of the board of directors of Garden State Equality (a non-partisan LGBT continuing political committee) and is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.
On March 15 the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey held a “get acquainted” meeting with 15 LGBT attorneys and activists. During the one and a half hour meeting the U.S. Justice Department’s involvement in LGBT matters was discussed and the outreach was appreciated by the LGBT group. Our own Leslie Farber, attorney, activist and TG attended the meeting and outlines what happened.
Our legal adviser, Leslie Farber, brings us tales of entrapment, discrimination and abuse of authority. The article is not aimed directly at TGs but primarily against gay men and it’s no walk in the park. Wait, oh, yes, it is a walk in the park. But the walk isn’t very relaxing.
