The LGBTQI+ legal community has been deeply affected by the loss on March 31, 2021 of the first openly gay jurist to serve on the New York Court of Appeals, Judge Paul G. Feinman. Judge Feinman previously served as a president of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) and he was deeply committed to LeGaL's mission of advancing LGBTQ+ excellence in and through the legal profession.