Nearly 20 years ago, as a gay immigration attorney and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), Daniel L. Weiss wondered why New Jersey did not have the kind of professional associations for gay and lesbian attorneys that he saw in metropolitan areas in the Northeast.
Weiss, now a sitting superior court judge in Monmouth County, said although he didn’t know of many attorneys like him at the Association, he believed the time was right to form a group for professional networking, camaraderie and advocacy. In 2003, with the help of Laraine E. Schwartz, a lesbian immigration attorney, they approached Karol Corbin Walker, the first African American president of the NJSBA, with the idea of starting a committee for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
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