In the months since the National Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Bar Association announced that Akerman associate Dale Noll would become the groups’ president, the political winds have shifted in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election.
Noll began his term this month, assuming the helm at a time when the White House has drawn ire from civil rights groups and the LGBT community. But the National LGBT Bar Association is primarily a professional networking group—not an advocacy group. How the political climate ultimately will affect the practice of law and legal professionals remains to be seen.
