The Orange County Lavender Bar Association was launched during a gathering on the rooftop of Gibson Dunn’s Irvine, Calif., office. James Moloney, the Gibson Dunn partner who helped found the organization, is co-chairman of the securities regulation and corporate governance practice group.
The timing was no accident. Moloney, who is forming the group pro bono along with associate Andreas Meyer, spoke with The National Law Journal earlier this week about how the same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, prompted him to begin discussions six months ago about forming an LGBT bar association in his community.
