Tina B. Solis

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• The American Lawyer

  Lateral partners and ethics landmines

  This contributed article covering the various duties and ethical obligations lateral partners have when they are considering a move includes commentary from Chicago Complex Disputes partner Tina Solis. Tina notes that the client’s best interest is the first priority and discusses the best time to engage an ethics counsel.

  Sep 20, 2024
• New York Law Journal

  Lockstep compensation isn't just for the most elite law firms

  This article covers how lockstep partner pay compensation is increasingly under pressure in Big Law, as firms are turning away from the traditional compensation model to attract and retain high-performing partners. Chicago Complex Disputes partner Tina Solis is quoted in the coverage, questioning how firms differentiate their top performers if compensation is only based on seniority level.

  July 7, 2024
• The American Lawyer

  ‘More extensive’ vetting: How law firms are picking laterals

  This article covers how law firms are spending more time vetting candidates amid talent wars in the legal profession. Chicago Complex Disputes partner Tina Solis discusses how laterals often go through a drawn-out hiring process with two or three law firms at a time to partly hedge their bets and because the processes are similar between firms. Tina also discusses how firms often use the universal lateral questionnaire to get the vast majority of a candidate’s information before issuing their own version later in the vetting process.

  July 3, 2024
• Daily Montanan

  ACLU Montana: Stop health department, DOJ from harm to transgender people

  This article covers a request for a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of a rule preventing people who are transgender from amending their birth certificates and driver’s licenses without interference from the state of Montana. NP is mentioned in the coverage for working with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of New York to represent the plaintiffs in the case. The NP team includes partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis, and Tom Hecht, and counsel Christie Kurow, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  May 18, 2024
• The Hill

  Montana sued over refusal to amend transgender people’s identity documents

  The following article covers a class-action lawsuit filed by two transgender women who sued Montana and several state agencies over a policy that prohibits transgender people from amending the sex designation on their birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identities. NP is mentioned in the coverage for working with the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Montana to represent the two plaintiffs. The NP team includes partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis, and Tom Hecht, and counsel Christie Kurow, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  April 18, 2024
• Missoula Current

  Transgender women file class-action suit against Montana

  The following article covers a class-action lawsuit filed by two transgender women who sued Montana and several state agencies over a policy that prohibits transgender people from amending the sex designation on their birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identities. NP is mentioned in the coverage for working with the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Montana to represent the two plaintiffs. The NP team includes partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis, and Tom Hecht, and counsel Christie Kurow, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  April 18, 2024
• Iowa Public Radio

  River to River

  This radio segment features an interview with Chicago Complex Disputes partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, who discuss recent rulings in several states related to bans on gender affirming care, the implications those rulings may have in Iowa, and the overall climate surrounding gender affirming care for transgender youth.

  June 29, 2023
• Bloomberg Law

  Iowa top court tosses attempt to revive Medicaid trans care ban

  This article covers the Iowa Supreme Court dismissing the state’s appeal of a ruling in Vasquez v. Iowa Department of Human Services which found the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery to be unconstitutional. The article mentions NP for representing the plaintiffs, two transgender Iowans, in the case. The NP team included Chicago partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis of the Complex Disputes practice and Chicago partner Tom Hecht.

  May 15, 2023
• Des Moines Register

  Iowa Supreme Court to decide if Medicaid must cover gender transition surgery

  The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  Jan 19, 2023
• Courthouse News Service

  Iowa seeks to reinstate ban on Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgery

  The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  Jan 18, 2023
• Iowa Capital Dispatch

  Iowa Supreme Court weighs transgender issue and civil rights protection

  The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.

  Jan 18, 2023
• NBC Montana

  Montana Supreme Court ruling upholds right for transgender birth certificate changes

  This article covers a Montana State Supreme Court ruling in the ongoing Marquez v. State of Montana case, which restores a 2017 rule allowing transgender people to change their sex designation on their birth certificates without requiring a court order stating they have received some undefined surgical treatment. The article mentions NP for bringing the initial suit alongside the ACLU Foundation and the ACLU of Montana. The NP team involved in the case includes Complex Disputes partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, and partner Tom Hecht, all of the Chicago office.

  Jan 10, 2023
• Montana Right Now

  Agencies file motion seeking clarification on preliminary injunction related to birth certificate law

  This article covers a motion filed by NP and the ACLU of Montana asking the court to clarify in simple terms its preliminary injunction against a Montana state law restricting transgender people’s ability to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The NP team involved in this matter includes Complex Disputes partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, partner Tom Hecht, and associate Christina Kurow, all of the Chicago office.
  June 8, 2022
• The Advocate

  ACLU blasts Montana's delay on trans birth certificate order

  This article highlights a claim by the ACLU of Montana and NP that the state of Montana is failing to comply with a recent court order blocking a state law that would restrict the ability of transgender people to change their gender designation on their birth certificates. The NP team involved in this matter includes Complex Dispute partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, partner Tom Hecht, and associate Christina Kurow, all of the Chicago office.
  May 23, 2022
• Washington Blade

  Montana state court blocks anti-trans birth certificate law

  The following article covers NP’s and the ACLU of Montana’s success in securing a preliminary injunction against a Montana state law restricting transgender people’s ability to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, including a quote from Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath on the positive impacts of the ruling. The NP team also includes Chicago Complex Disputes partner Tina Solis, partner Tom Hecht, and associate Christina Kurow.
  April 21, 2022
• NBC Montana

  Injunction granted in case challenging birth certificate law

  The following article covers NP’s and the ACLU of Montana’s success in securing a preliminary injunction against a Montana state law restricting transgender people’s ability to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, including a quote from Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath on the positive impacts of the ruling. The NP team also includes Chicago Complex Disputes partner Tina Solis, partner Tom Hecht, and associate Christina Kurow.
  April 21, 2022
• The Advocate

  Iowa Medicaid program must cover gender-affirming care, judge rules

  This article on a recent district court ruling in Iowa requiring the state to provide Medicaid coverage for gender-affirmation surgeries to two transgender individuals mentions the firm for the work by Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis and Tom Hecht as pro bono counsel. The court found that denial of coverage violates both the Iowa Civil Rights Act and the equal protection guarantee of the state’s constitution.
  Nov 24, 2021
• NBC News

  ACLU sues Montana over transgender ID law requiring proof of surgery

  This article covers a lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging Montana’s Senate Bill 280—a new law requiring transgender individuals to prove they have undergone gender affirming surgery in order to change the gender marker on their identifying documents. The story mentions the firm for the pro bono work by Chicago partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis and Tom Hecht, of the Complex Commercial Disputes group, who are representing the plaintiffs together with national ACLU and the ACLU of Montana.
  July 16, 2021
• Courthouse News Service

  Iowa sued over denial of Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment

  This story, focusing on ACLU-Iowa’s lawsuit to strike down as unconstitutional the state’s practice of denying Medicaid coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming surgery to transgender Iowans, mentions Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tina Solis, and Tom Hecht for serving as pro bono counsel.
  April 22, 2021
• Chicago Lawyer

  Ready for a fight: Trio of Nixon Peabody attorneys honored by ACLU of Iowa for work representing transgender clients

  This story profiles Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tom Hecht and Tina Solis, who received an honor from the ACLU of Iowa for their years-long representation of two transgender clients who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries.
  Nov 20, 2019
• The American Lawyer

  Slideshow: Pro bono brought Big Law out in force

  Nixon Peabody is mentioned in this roundup of notable pro bono cases. The article highlights the victory that Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath, and Tina Solis, with assistance from associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter, won in Iowa Supreme Court in a matter involving Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgery for transgender individuals.
  June 26, 2019
• American Lawyer

  And the LOTW runners up...

  Chicago Complex Commercial Disputes partners Seth Horvath, Tom Hecht and Tina Solis are mentioned in this article as runners-up for AmLaw’s Litigators of the Week award for their win at the Iowa Supreme Court in a matter involving Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgery for transgender people.
  March 15, 2019
• Courthouse News Service

  Iowa justices say Medicaid covers sex-change surgery

  In the following coverage, Chicago partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath, and Tina Solis are mentioned in a series of articles covering the Iowa Supreme Court decision in favor of their clients, two transgender women who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries, in violation of the Iowa Constitution and civil rights statutes. Chicago associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter were also on the team.
  March 8, 2019
• Bloomberg Law

  Transgender Medicaid patients notch big win in Iowa

  In the following coverage, Chicago partners Tom Hecht, Seth Horvath, and Tina Solis are mentioned in a series of articles covering the Iowa Supreme Court decision in favor of their clients, two transgender women who were denied Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries, in violation of the Iowa Constitution and civil rights statutes. Chicago associate Bill Kirby and eDiscovery specialist Anders van Marter were also on the team.
  March 8, 2019