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Sharon Malheiro to be honored at 2009 Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner

Davis Brown Law Firm attorney Sharon Malheiro and Lambda Legal Senior Staff attorney Camilla Taylor will be honored at the 2009 Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner on June 5, 2009. Sharon Malheiro was co-counsel in defending Judge Jeffrey Neary in the Alons v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County civil union dissolution case, an expert witness in Varnum v. Brien marriage equality case, and was instrumental in encouraging Lambda Legal to successfully lead both cases, which resulted in victorious Iowa Supreme Court decisions. Taylor led Lambda Legal’s successful effort in litigating Varnum v. Brien in District Court and before the Iowa Supreme Court.

The Awards Dinner is Friday, June 5, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. at the Hy-Vee Conference Center in West Des Moines. Tickets are on sale now at http://mssdinner.eyechanerfoundation.org.