Richard Blum

Richard Blum has been a staff attorney in the Civil Division of the Legal Aid Society since 1990, where he specializes in employment law, after many years of litigation and advocacy concerning government benefits, particularly welfare. From 2003-2009, Richard taught a seminar on welfare law at New York University School of Law. He is a member of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325, in which he served as the Bargaining Committee representative of the LGBT Caucus, helping to obtain domestic partner benefits for Legal Aid staff attorneys. He has also been a member of Pride at Work, the LGBT labor organization, since its inception. Richard was a founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice.