Join us for a talk with Samantha B artosz\, Deputy Litigation Director at Children's Rights. Samantha will add ress the current state of case law\, regulations\, and legislation concerni ng LGBTQ+ children interacting with government systems\, both state and fed eral. Her presentation will focus on the recent onslaught of federal action impacting the rights of transgender children and youth\, including the pen ding United States Supreme Court case regarding gender affirming care\, U.S. v. Skrmetti\, and the Biden Administration’s Designated Placemen t rule promulgated in relation to LGBTQ+ children and youth in foster care. Samantha will be joined by Senior Staff Attorney Daniele Gerard. Dinner pr ovided. Sponsored by the Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab and Lambda.
Samantha Bartosz
Deputy Litigati on Director
Samantha Bartosz joined Children’s Rights follow ing 17 years as a litigation attorney in Chicago and as a government lawyer in Washington\, DC. She served within the Executive Office of the Presiden t during the second term of President William Jefferson Clinton\, where she provided counsel to senior White House officials on a variety of legislati ve\, policy\, and administrative matters. During this time\, she represente d the Executive Office of the President in a wide range of congressional\, independent counsel\, and Justice Department investigations. Prior to joini ng the Clinton Administration\, Samantha was a partner in a private law fir m practice where she addressed commercial\, environmental\, civil rights\, criminal\, product liability\, and shareholder disputes. She also served as Assistant Special State’s Attorney for DuPage County\, IL\, in a special g rand jury investigation and subsequent criminal trial against former prosec utors and police officers for obstruction of justice.
At Children’s R ights\, Samantha has conducted an extensive litigation practice and success fully obtained consent decrees or a court injunction on behalf of classes o f children in federal actions brought in Michigan\, Rhode Island\, Missouri \, and Texas. She earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and gra duated from the Loyola University School of Law in 1986. Samantha has prese nted as a featured speaker at multiple American Bar Association and Nationa l Association of Counsel for Children annual conferences.
Daniele
Gerard
Senior Staff At torney
Daniele Gerard joined Children’s Rights in 2016. She received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from Columbia Univ ersity School of Law\, where she was Notes Editor on the Journal of Environ mental Law\, and received awards for exceptional interest and proficiency i n advocacy and clinical offerings\, and best brief in first year moot court . A former litigation associate at Cravath\, Swaine & Moore and Staff Attor ney at North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services\, she was also a member of th e development staff at Food & Water Watch for three years.
Since join ing Children’s Rights\, Daniele has been responsible for organizing a team preparing for trial\, taken and defended depositions\, drafted expert repor ts\, monitored cases\, run two advocacy projects\, coordinated panels on me ntal health and child welfare\, and established the Interfaith Coalition fo r Children’s Rights. Outside her work with CR\, Daniele currently serves as an officer of Three Parks Independent Democrats\, and on the boards of Foo d & Water Action and the Voter Assistance Advisory Committee of the New Yor k City Campaign Finance Board.
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