who is attorney roberta kaplan

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How old is Roberta Kaplan?

Roberta (“Robbie”) Kaplan is the founding partner of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. In July 2017, Robbie left Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP after 25 years to found Kaplan Hecker & Fink, seeking to build what she calls a “new fashioned, old fashioned” law firm that combines a cutting-edge civil and criminal litigation practice with a groundbreaking commitment to using …

Who is Trump’s Lawyer Roberta Kaplan?

Aug 09, 2021 · Roberta Kaplan is an American attorney who specializes in commercial litigation and matters of public interest. She was a co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law. She was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before starting her own company in 2017.

Why did Roberta Kaplan resign from time’s up?

Aug 09, 2021 · Ms. Kaplan, the chairwoman of Time’s Up and the co-founder of its legal defense fund, was one of several prominent figures whom the report found to be involved in an effort to discredit one of Mr....

Who is Ms Kaplan?

Nov 22, 2020 · Roberta A. “Robbie” Kaplan (born 1966) is an American lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and public interest matters. She co-founded the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and is an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School.

Roberta A. Kaplan Height, Weight & Measurements

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Roberta A. Kaplan Net Worth

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Timeline of Roberta A. Kaplan

In 2018, Kaplan teamed up with Tina Tchen to found the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. The fund has raised more than $24 million to provide legal defense for sexual violence victims, especially those who experienced misconduct in the workplace and led 780 attorneys and 50 cases under way.

Overview

Career

Kaplan served as a law clerk for Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. While clerking for Judith Kaye, of the New York Court of Appeals, she assisted Kaye with a number of academic articles. Kaplan's scholarly articles include "Proof versus Prejudice" (2013).
Kaplan joined Paul Weiss in 1996 and was made partner in 1999. She has served on the board and as chair of the board of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, which created the Roberta Kaplan Legal Cen…

Early life and education

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Roberta Kaplan grew up in a Jewish household. She graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, in 1984. LGBT scholar and activist Aaron Belkin was Kaplan's high school friend and prom date. She earned an B.A. in Russian history and literature from Harvard Universityin 1988. While in college she spent a semester abroad in Moscow and "discovered a passion for political activism when she became active in the movement to free So…

Works

• Roberta A. Kaplan, with Lisa Dickey. Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA. New York: W. W. Norton, 2015. ISBN 9780393248678

Awards and recognition

• Forty Most Influential Lawyers under Forty, National Law Journal (2005)
• 100 Most Influential Lawyers, Above The Law (2013)
• Litigator of the Year, American Lawyer (2013)
• National Public Service Award, Stanford University (2013)

Personal life

In September 2005, Kaplan married her partner, Rachel Lavine, in Toronto, Canada. Kaplan is Jewish.

External links

• Website of Roberta A. Kaplan
• Profile at website of law firm
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• The People's Brief (Human Rights Campaign, 2015)