Brian Moulton
Chief Legislative Counsel
Brian Moulton supports HRC's work through legislative drafting and legal analysis in a variety of areas, including education, employment, health care and transgender issues. He also coordinates HRC's advocacy efforts as amicus curiae ("friend of the court") in litigation affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Moulton is co-author of the HRC Foundation publication Transgender Americans: A Handbook for Understanding.
Prior to joining the HRC staff in 2004, Moulton served as a legal intern to the State Legislative Lawyering and Transgender Civil Rights projects at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and as an HRC McCleary Law Fellow. Under the auspices of the Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York's Dr. M.L. "Hank" Henry Jr. Fund, he was also a judicial intern to the Hon. Deborah A. Batts on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Moulton received his bachelor's degree in classics from the University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from The George Washington University Law School. He is admitted to the bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia.