Legal expert Professor Tanya Washington with Georgia State University is available to speak to media about the same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the denial of a motion by the Georgia Attorney General to dismiss a similar case regarding Georgia's ban on same-sex marriage.
Regarding the Georgia case, Washington says, "Though this is a decision on a procedural motion, the court's opinion denying the state's motion to dismiss the claims challenging Georgia's same-sex marriage ban foreshadows defeat for Sam Olens. It begs the question why are we spending taxpayer's money defending an indefensible law? The court expresses considerable ambivalence about whether there is sufficient recent and credible evidence supporting the state's position that marriage bans further legitimate state interests in promoting and preserving child welfare goals. It's a really good sign that the court does not find some of the states' arguments to be persuasive."
Washington has researched extensively on educational equity and issues arising at the intersection of domestic relations, race and children’s constitutional rights. Her scholarship has been published in numerous legal journals.
Prior to joining Georgia State Law, Washington was a toxic tort defense litigator at Piper & Marbury. She holds a B.A. degree from James Madison University and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. She completed the Albert M. Sacks Fellowship, the A. Leon Higginbotham Fellowship and earned her LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She also completed a visiting assistant professorship at the University of Maryland School of Law.
For more information, including links to her publications, visit http://law.gsu.edu/profile/tanya-monique-washington/.
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