Amy Todd-Gher joined NCLR as a Senior Staff Attorney in our San Francisco National Office after over nine years of practicing employment litigation, most recently as a Senior Associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in its California and New York offices. While there, Amy assisted NCLR as pro bono counsel in a California state court lawsuit seeking redress for sexual orientation discrimination in Alan Lessik and John Manzon-Santos v. East Bay Iceland, et. al. Throughout her career, Amy has been actively involved in pro bono work on behalf of the LGBT community, with a specific focus on advocating on behalf of transgender clients and LGBT youth. Amy has also represented a variety of clients in high-profile litigation matters, including representing Google and securing review before the California Supreme Court in a significant case for California employers entitled Brian Reid v. Google Inc.

Amy began her legal career in Phoenix, Arizona, where she practiced with Streich Lang, LLP, and joined the Arizona Human Rights Fund and the State Bar Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Amy earned her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from the University of Richmond and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as the first openly lesbian President of the Student Bar Association.