Janice Grubin, partner and Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Area co-chair, has joined the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI). The commission works to secure for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons full and equal access to and participation in the ABA, the legal profession, and the justice system.
Janice was a recipient of the ABA SOGI’s 2024 Stonewall Award, which recognizes those lawyers, members of the judiciary, and legal academia who have effected real change to remove barriers on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in the legal profession and the world, nation, state, and/or locale and to recognize those who have championed diversity for the LGBT community, both within the legal profession and impacting the greater human universe.
In addition to her legal practice at Barclay Damon, Janice is a founding member of the firm’s LGBTQIA+ Employee Affinity Network. She is the first vice president and a board member of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and has served as the chair and co-chair of the organization’s Judiciary Committee for more than 12 years.