Ty Cobb
Senior Legislative Counsel
Ty Cobb serves as Senior Legislative Counsel at the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the United States. Ty focuses on advocacy related to a portfolio of federal issues and coordinates HRC's international engagement efforts. He was the lead attorney on HRC’s efforts to pass an LGBT-inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013 and to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010. He was also responsible for working with the Department of Justice to efficiently and effectively implement the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.
Ty joined HRC after serving as counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the U.S. Senate. As counsel to Sen. Kennedy, he did extensive work to pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. He was an associate attorney at Bracewell & Giuliani and then Sidley Austin from 2006 to 2009. Ty received his bachelor’s degree in business and American studies from the University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He is a member of the Victory Fund’s Campaign Board and serves as a mentor with the Point Foundation.
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State Advocacy
President Clinton Urges Illinois House to Pass Marriage Equality Legislation
May 21, 2013
