LGN was proud to sponsor the inaugural Gender Justice Brunch as a Justice Defender. The Q&A between Gender Justice’s legal director Jess Braverman and featured speaker Professor Melissa Murray explored the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on race- and gender-based discrimination around the country. LGN partners Kristen Marttila and Rachel Kitze Collins currently serve as co-counsel with Gender Justice attorneys representing a woman in greater Minnesota whose pharmacist refused to fill her emergency contraception prescription because of his personal beliefs. Kristen and Rachel were joined at the event by LGN colleagues Charlie Nauen, Derek Waller, and Jessica Lindeen.

LGN represents Minnesota tenants who rent single-family homes from Home Partners in Hennepin County District Court. Those tenants have been litigating consumer protection, housing, contract, and other claims against Home Partners and Pathlight Property Management since 2022. LGN recently achieved a critical milestone in the litigation, as the Court (the Honorable Christian M. Sande) certified the class of Home Partners tenants in Minnesota, allowing the claims to proceed on a classwide basis. The Court also appointed LGN and their co-counsel at Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC and Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, LLC, as class counsel. LGN looks forward to continuing to litigate the class’s claims as the case continues.