Roberta Kaplan | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
| Known for | United States v. Windsor Sines v. Kessler E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump |
| Spouse |
Rachel Lavine (m. 2005) |
| Children | 1 |
Roberta Ann Kaplan (born 1966), also known as Robbie Kaplan,[1] is an American lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and public interest matters. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor, in United States v. Windsor, a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. She was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before starting her own firm in 2017. In 2018, she co-founded the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.[2]
- ^ Heller, Karen (January 18, 2021). "Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump's life extremely difficult". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
Kaplan, known to all as Robbie
- ^ Walters, Joanna (October 21, 2018). "#MeToo a revolution that can't be stopped, says Time's Up co-founder". The Guardian. Retrieved October 21, 2018.