Lawyer, argued Edie Windsor's case against DOMA.
Roberta Kaplan appears in the following:
How Attorney Roberta Kaplan Beat DOMA
Monday, October 05, 2015
Lawyer Roberta Kaplan took on the Defense of Marriage Act, and won. She opens up about her personal motivations and the anguishes that brought her to that triumphant Supreme Court case.
Windsor Lawyer: Marriage Ruling a Victory, "But Plenty of Work to Be Done"
Friday, June 26, 2015
Friday's Supreme Court decision will have far-reaching implications.
Why Marriage is the Ultimate Battle for Gays
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edie Windsor's challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act in front of the Supreme Court, talks about the current gay rights cases making their way through the legal system and why she thinks the next big Supreme Court decisions about same-sex marriage may come from cases in states like Ohio, Virginia and Utah. “Because being gay is about who you love, and being married in our legal system is the representation or manifestation of that, I think that in a lot of ways, marriage is the ultimate battle,” Kaplan said. Hear whether she thinks the Supreme Court will decide soon whether Americans have a Constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
