Independent Women’s Law Center is expanding the fight to stand with women.
Friend,
We are thrilled to announce that Senior Legal Fellow May Mailman has joined IW full time as Director of Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC). In her new role, May will work with IWLC founder Jennifer C. Braceras to expand IW’s legal presence. Braceras, who has directed IWLC since 2019, becomes IW’s new Vice President for Legal Affairs.
May comes to the Director position with tremendous experience and success. She spent four years as a White House legal advisor to President Donald J. Trump, where she advised on a wide range of policies including health care, immigration, and social issues. More recently, she served as vice president at Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) and as the Deputy Solicitor General for the State of Ohio.
As a senior fellow for IWLC, May wrote extensively on a variety of legal and cultural issues, provided valuable legal advice, and offered testimony before state legislatures and the U.S. House of Representatives. May is lead counsel in Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma, a landmark case that seeks to preserve female-only sororities. In December, May filed the sorority women’s opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
MAY MAILMAN: NEW DIRECTOR OF INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S LAW CENTER
As Director of IWLC, May will expand IW’s work to protect single-sex spaces. She will litigate, provide testimony, engage with the media, and advocate for the continued legal relevance of biological sex.
“I have been impressed with the women of IWF since I first met them during my time in the White House, and I have been honored to be part of this organization for the past several years. It has been a pleasure working with Jennifer Braceras, and I look forward to building on the foundation she has laid to protect women's sports, women's associations, single-sex housing, and, of course, our right to own gas stoves.” - May Mailman
