Leslie I. Jennings-Lax has been admitted to practice before the Connecticut Bar (2004) and the United States Supreme Court (2010). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College in Hartford (1998), her Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University (2000) and her Juris Doctorate (magna cum laude) from Quinnipiac University School of Law (2004)...

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About Leslie I. Jennings-Lax

Practice Areas

Family Law
Appellate Law

Litigation

100%

Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Year Joined Firm

2013

Languages

English

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

Connecticut, 2004
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2010

Other Affiliations

Board of Editors, Connecticut Bar Journal (2009 – present)
Board of Editors, Connecticut Family Lawyer (2006 – present)
Co-Chair, Planning Committee for Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Foundation (2013)
American Bar Association, Family Law Section (2006 – present)
Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Committee Member, Amicus Committee Member (2006 – present)
Connecticut Bar Association, LGBT Section, Executive Committee Member (2012 – present), Education Liaison to CBA (2015 – present)
Triangle Community Center, Board of Directors (2014 – Present)
Fairfield County Bar Association (2013)
New Haven County Bar Association, Family Law Section (2006 – 2013)
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund, Policy Board (2008 – 2013)
National LGBT Bar Association (2004 – present)
Connecticut Bar Association, 2006 - Present
American Bar Association, 2006 - Present
The National LGBT Bar Association, 2004 - Present
Fairfield County Bar Association, 2013 - Present

Education

Quinnipiac University School of Law, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2004
Juris Doctorate
Honors: magna cum laude
Law Journal: Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, Articles Editor, 2002 - 2004
Trinity College, 1998
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Master of Arts in Teaching

Past Positions

Rubin & Eldrich, Associate, 2006 - 2013
Lax & Truax, Associate, 2013 - 2017

Pro Bono Activities

Triangle Community Center, Board of Directors, 2014 - Present
Connecticut Wornen's Education and Legal Fund, Policy Board, 2008 - 2013

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, Recent Developments in Marriage Equality and Some Practical Implications.for Practitioners, sponsored by The Connecticut Bar Association's LGBT Section, April 30, 2015
Speaker, Crossing State Lines With A Same Sex Marriage Post-Windsor (Webinar), sponsored by the American Bar Association, January 21, 201 5
Speaker, Crossing State Lines with A Same Sex Marriage Post-Windsor, sponsored by the American Bar Association, October 16, 2014
Co-presenter, Human Sexuality Workshop: The Affordable Care Act and the LGBT Family, sponsored by Quinnipiac University's Center for Inter professional Education, May 2, 2014
Panelist, In The Wake of United States v. Windsor, Some Nuts and Bolts: Practical Advice About What we Should Be Advising Our Clients And Why, sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association's Family Law and Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections, February 11, 2014
Presenter, Same Sex Marriage In A New Federal Landscape: How Windsor v. United States Affects the Practice of Connecticut Family Law, sponsored by the Fairfield County Bar Association's Family Law Committee, January 15, 2014
Panelist, Supreme Change: The Legal Landscape After Windsor, Sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association and UCONN School of Law's Lambda Society, November, 22, 2013
Panelist, Nuts & Bolts: Family law, sponsored by the New Haven Country Bar Association, April 16, 2013
Panelist, Tux Implications of Divorce, sponsored by Quinnipiac University Family and Juvenile Law Society , April 2, 2012
Speaker, Navigating Issues in Same Sex Marriages, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, sponsored by the American Bar Association, August 5, 2011
Panelist on the issues of legislative advances and case law, as well as the issues of adoption and surrogacy, Successfully Representing Non-Traditional Families, sponsored by the National Business Institute, March 24, 2010,
Panelist, Representing Families in Pro Bono Custody Cases, Connecticut Pro Bono Network, Connecticut Bar Association, October 20, 2009
Invited speaker, Issues Regarding Domestic Partners and Spouses in Civil Unions and Some Sex Marriages, Estate Planning Council of Lower Fairfield County, Breakfast Meeting, February 26,2009
Panelist on Tax Issues Arising for Intact Couple,s and Upon Dissolution, Navigating the Tax Code: Tax Problems and Possible Solutions for Same Sex Couples in the Era of Emerging Marriage Equality, Sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association's Lavender Law Conference, October 28, 2005
Invited speaker, Civil Unions in Connecticut, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, October 17, 2005
Panelist on Adoption, Surrogacy and In Vitro Fertilization/Artificial Insemination; Panelist on Custody and Visitation, Civil Anions: Making and Breaking Them, Sponsored by Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, September 30, 2005
Adjunct professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Law and Gender

Achievements

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Honors

Rising Star in Connecticut Magazine
New England Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010 - 2016

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Office Information

Address

2507 Post RoadSuite PH Southport, CT 06890

Phone

203-254-9877

Fax

203-255-6991

Email

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Office Hours

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Websites

https://www.reichandtruax.com

http://www.reichandtruax.com

Publication

Articles

Earning Capacity in Light of Tanzman v. Meurer,3 Connecticut Family Lawyer 1 (2013)
Lexis Nexis Connecticut Family Law Practice Guide, authored chapters on Marriage, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy, and Same Sex Dissolution Issues (2013)
Issue Edition Connecticut Family Lawyer, Premarital Agreements Issue, Summer 2012
Navigating Issues in Same Sex Marriages, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, created for and distributed by the American Bar Association for August 5, 2011
Successfully Representing Non-Traditional Families: Where the Courts and the Legislature Stand, created for and distributed by the National Business Institute for March 24,2010
Kerrigan v. Department of Public Health: A Synopsis, Connecticut Lawyer, Volume 19,/Ìllumber 6, February 2009
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health: A Synopsis and Effects, New Haven County Bar Association Marble Columns, Vol XIV, No. 2 January/February 2009
Parentage in a Post-Civil Union State, T Connecticut Family Lawyer 3 (2006)
Co-Editor, Connecticut Family Lawyer, Issue l, December, 2006
Surrogacy: The Law in Connecticut,T9 Connecticut Bar journal 59 (2005)
Extraterritorial Effect of Civil Unions and the Dissolution of Them, co-authored by Louise Truax, created for and distributed in conjunction with Civil Unions: Making and Breaking Them, sponsored by the Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. September 30, 2005
Is the United States Falling Behind?: The Legal Recognition of Post-Operative Transsexual' Acquired Sex in the United States and Abroad, T Quinnipiac Health LJ. 123 (2003) (published as Leslie I. Lax)
Together But Not As The Internal Revenue Code Envisions" Part II: Tux and Estate Planning.for Same Sex and Transgender Couples ìn the Age of DOMA, Sponsored by the Domestic Relations Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation. October 1,2004, Panelist on Constitutional Implication of the Defense of Marriage Act
Recognizing Same Sex Couples: Should Connecticut Change the Law?, Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association and UNITY, Quinnipiac University School of Law's Gay/Straight Alliance. March 16, 2004, Moderator and Planning Committee Member

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