WA Attorney General’s Office Appoints Outside Law Firm to Defend Transgender Sports Ban
The move comes as a lawsuit seeks to block the voter-approved ban, which passed with 56% support and is set to take effect Dec. 3.
- On Thursday, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown appointed Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to defend Initiative 638, the voter-approved ban on transgender girls in K-12 school sports that passed with 56% support on Nov. 3.
- Conflicts of interest prompted Brown to appoint outside counsel, as his office previously opposed similar bans and his former law firm, Pacifica Law Group, represents the plaintiffs challenging the measure.
- The American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Voice, and Pacifica Law Group sued in King County Superior Court to block the ban before its Dec. 3 effective date, alleging the sex-verification requirements are discriminatory and violate privacy rights.
- Conservative critics questioned Brown's impartiality, while Darren Littell, executive director of Let's Go Washington, stated he "trusts the Attorney General's Office will vigorously defend the initiative" and dismissed privacy concerns as "false assumptions."
- Students have participated on teams aligning with their gender identity for nearly 20 years, a policy the ban would end; the court must now decide whether to enjoin enforcement before the Dec. 3 implementation deadline.
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Washington’s attorney general has declined to have his office defend a new ban on school sports participation for transgender girls after parents and educators sued to block the policy earlier this week. An outside law firm will defend the state instead.This month, Washington residents voted to adopt Initiative 638, which prohibits trans girls from competing with cisgender girls in school sports and requires female students to verify their sex t…
Washington Democrat AG hands girls’ sports law defense to outside firm amid conflict of interest concerns - NEW YORK TIMES POST
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has appointed an outside law firm to defend a voter-approved measure barring biological males from girls’ school sports, while his office continues its work defending transgender rights. Brown announced Thursday that Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner will represent Washington in defending Initiative 638, which voters approved in the Nov. 3 election. [...]
Washington AG hires outside firm to defend ban on transgender girls in girls’ school sports
Attorney General Nick Brown said he has hired a national firm to defend Initiative 638 “on behalf of Washington state." He described the move as a common step his office takes to address conflicts of interest or workload issues.
Washington Democrat AG hands girls’ sports law defense to outside firm amid conflict of interest concerns – Democratic Accent
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Washington Democrat AG hands girls’ sports law defense to outside firm amid conflict of interest concerns
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown appointed an outside law firm to defend Initiative 638, the voter-approved measure barring biological males from girls' school sports.
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