Joan M. Burda, Attorney at Law, will present a series of workshops that addresses legal issues that affect the LGBT community.  DOWNLOAD A FLYER

Joan is the author of the award-winning book, Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples, (Second Edition) ABA 2012 as well as Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Clients: A Lawyers Guide (ABA 2008) and An Overview of Federal Consumer Law (ABA 1998). See her website -  LGBT LAW
 
All workshops are on Tuesday.  No registration is required.
A $5.00 fee for materials is requested.

January 29, 6:30-8:00 pm: LGBT Partner Relationships
Topics covered include estate planning, marriage and divorce, taxes, domestic partnership agreements and other issues that relate to partner relationships. (DOWNLOAD Workshop Handouts)

March 26, 6:30-8:00 pm: Transgender Focus
Learn about options and solutions for social security, passports, gender reassignment, family, and other legal and social hurdles in a binary gendered world. (DOWNLOAD Workshop Handouts)

May 14, 6:30-8:00 pm: Youth Focus
Schools and bullying, potential issues in foster homes, and the juvenile justice system. (DOWNLOAD Workshop Handouts) (OH Student Rights) (How the Law Protects LGBTQ Youth) (Quick Guide for LGBT High School Students) (Fact Sheet: Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Youth in Schools) (Know Your Rights: A Guide for Trans and Gender Nonconforming Youth in Schools)

October 15, 6:30-8:00 pm: Parenting Focus
The joys and pitfalls of artificial reproduction, joint custody agreements, adoption, and parenting rights in Ohio.

November 19, 6:30-8:00 pm: Elder Focus
How best to secure hospital visitation rights and advance directives, protect joint property, negotiate home health care and evaluate nursing homes.

Joan M. Burda is a lawyer with a solo practice in Lakewood, Ohio. She limits her practice to estate planning and small business law. www.lgbtlaw.com

She is nationally recognized for her work in addressing legal issues affecting the LGBT community. She is the author of the Award-winning book, Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples, (ABA 2012, 2004) and the author of Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Clients: A Lawyer’s Guide (ABA 2008). She has written numerous articles on LGBT legal issues and writes regularly for various publications and websites.

Joan is a frequent speaker on LGBT legal issues to bar associations and other organizations around the country. She is a regular panelist at Lavender Law, the annual law conference sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Bar Association.

Joan is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she teaches Sexual Orientation and the Law. She also teaches Civil Procedure, Contracts and Administrative Law in the Legal Studies Program at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, OH

Joan is a member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, the National LGBT Bar Association and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

She lives with her partner, Betsy, in Lakewood, OH.