Mary Bonauto set to argue for gay marriage before Supreme Court Bonauto, 53, who lives in Portland, Maine, grew up in Newburgh, N.Y., and graduated from Hamilton College and Northeastern University Law School. In 1990, she joined Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston. She represented clients who had been harassed or fired and helped the city of Cambridge draft its domestic partnership ordinance — […]
Meet the lawyers facing off on gay marriage The Supreme Court will first hear from civil-rights lawyer Mary Bonauto who is representing 16 gay and lesbian couples forbidden by states to marry. Ms. Bonauto, who is 53, has never argued a case before the Supreme Court, but few were surprised when last month gay rights groups announced her star role in Tuesday’s arguments. […]