Women at the Helm 2015
RACHEL EINBUND
Principal Attorney at the Law Office of Rachel Einbund, Esq.
The passage of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 marked the end of one battle, and the beginning of many others. Rachel Einbund understood that from the start, and it's what led her to create her own legal practice, focusing on marriage-based green cards, work visas, domestic abuse victims and family-based immigration, to name but a few of her many specialties. Einbund, a graduate of NYU and New York Law School, prides herself on taking clients from all over, and on her belief in religious, political, gender and sexual freedom. In addition to running her own firm, she mentors law students; holds free workshops on the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration policy; writes about immigration issues on her firm's blog, The LORE Review; and does pro-bono work for minors and unique cases. (She’s registered as a marriage officiant, too, as if all that weren't enough to keep her busy.) For her dedication to the law and our community, Einbund has received numerous honors: Just this year, the National LGBT Bar Association named her one of America's best LGBT lawyers under 40 and The International Women's Leadership Association called her a Woman of Outstanding Leadership. We here at GO simply call her "amazing."
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GIOIA GRABOS
Creator and Founder, Same Love, Better Wedding
Gioia means joy in Italian, and that’s exactly what Gioia Grabos strives to provide with Same Love, Better Wedding, a wedding planning business catering to the LGBT community. It was inspired, in part, by the wedding of her friend, Davide, and his partner, Chad. “I wanted to celebrate their love, pride and right to have a wedding just like everyone else; actually, I wanted them to have a better wedding than everyone else!” she writes on the company’s website. Before organizing unforgettable LGBT weddings, Grabos also enjoyed a successful career in the fashion industry, working for Max Mara, Loro Piana and Brioni. “I strongly believe in luxury, specifically the luxury of being ourselves and expressing our unique sense of style. From my perspective, luxury is any jolt of beauty or wonder that reminds us to love the life we are living, not simply to live it. After all, my motto is: ‘Life must be celebrated, life must be danced!’’’
