Amelia Audrey Craig

Background

Craig, Amelia Audrey was born on April 30, 1960 in San Rafael, California, United States. Daughter of Stephen Wright Craig and Margaret May (Baker) Chrisman.

Education

Student, University California, Berkeley, 1981; student, University College, London, 1981-1982; Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1982; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1986.

Career

Research assistant, Arizona State Legislature, Phoenix, 1979; intern reporter, The Bulletin, Philadelphia, 1980; special assignment reporter, The Times, London, 1981; paralegal, Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile, Boston, 1982-1983; reporter, The Business Journal, San Jose, California, 1984; legal extern, Amnesty International, Washington, 1985; associate, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, 1986-1988; associate in litigation, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, 1988-1993; managing attorney western regional office, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Los Angeles, 1993-1994; managing attorney, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Los Angeles, 1995; executive director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Boston, since 1995. Committee crime victims and corrections California Bar, 1992-1994, Executive Committee onlegal services, 1994-1995. Member Massachusetts advising committee United States Commision on Civil Rights, since 1995, Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, since 1995.

Achievements

• Amelia Audrey Craig has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Washington Area Association for Children of Alcoholism and Other Addictions, 1988. Member California Bar Commision on Corrections, 1990-1991. Volunteer San Francisco Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome panel, 1990-1992.

Board directors Dartmouth GALA, since 1994, Bay Area Career Women. Member Glide Memorial United Methodist Church. Member American Bar Association, American Civil Liberties Union, National Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association, California Women Lawyers, Bar Association San Francisco (commission on gay and lesbian issues 1993-1995), Los Angeles County Bar Association (secretary 1993-1995, commission on sexual orientation bias 1993-1994), Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (board directors 1993-1995, gay legal referral service co-chair board directors 1993-1995), Lawyers for Human Rights (board directors 1994, chair judicial committee 1994, advising committee Human Immunodeficiency Virus legal services delivery project for Greater Los Angeles, 1994-1995), Dartmouth Lawyers Association, Amnesty International, Barristers Club San Francisco (vice chaircriminal law committee 1992-1993), Harvey Milk Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club.

Connections

Father:

Stephen Wright Craig Chrisman

Mother:

Margaret May (Baker) Chrisman