Miami lawyer Elizabeth F. Schwartz to speak on LGBT legal rights on Sept. 11 in Clearwater

The presentation is set for Saturday, Sept. 11, 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 407 S. Saturn Ave., Clearwater. Admission is free, but people who plan on attending are asked to e-mail [email protected] in advance to let them know about how many people to expect. You don't have to give your name if you don't want to, though.  Refreshments will also be served.

The presentation is hosted by the Central Florida Chapter of Lutherans Concerned/North America.

Schwartz represents the LGBT community in family formation (including adoption, insemination and surrogacy), estate planning, probate matters and dissolutions. She lectures nationally on the importance of gay couples protecting their loved ones through estate planning and contract, and she is a member of the Collaborative Family Law Institute and National Family Law Council of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She co-chairs South Florida's Gay and Lesbian Lawyers association and this year was named by the National LGBT Bar Association as one of the nation's best LGBT Lawyers Under 40. She has been honored by the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Dade County Bar Association and City of Miami Beach Commission for Women, which named her a 2010 Woman Worth Knowing.