About me
Simone Chriss joined Southern Legal Counsel in August 2016 after graduating from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she received her J.D. with honors in May 2016. Ms. Chriss is a member of the Florida Bar. Ms. Chriss leads SLC's statewide Transgender Identification Initiative to assist transgender individuals in Florida with changing their names and gender markers on government-issued identification documents. Ms. Chriss has developed materials and presented on LGBT issues to lawyers and at community education events, including workshops for transgender individuals on changing names and gender markers on identification documents.
