2013女性影响力十大巅峰时刻

    罗比•卡普兰与伊蒂丝•温莎起诉《捍卫婚姻法案》获胜

    宝维斯律师事务所（Paul, Weiss）合伙人卡普兰在84岁老妇温莎上诉至美国最高法院的案件中担任代理人。今年7月，经过卡普兰的努力，法院最终裁定，《捍卫婚姻法案》（Defense Against Marriage Act）中的部分条款违宪，如否定同性婚姻与异性婚姻享有同等税务、健康和退休金福利等。目前，美国许多州仍未实现婚姻平等，依然在执行缩水版的《捍卫婚姻法案》，但卡普兰和温莎的成功却向削弱这些法律迈出了一大步。

    Robbie Kaplan and Edith Windsor strike down DOMA

    Paul, Weiss partner Kaplan represented 84-year-old Windsor in a case brought to the Supreme Court. In July, Kaplan's work led the justices to strike down a significant portion of the Defense Against Marriage Act, which denied same-sex marriages the same tax, health, and pension benefits as heterosexual marriages, in July. There are still plenty of states without marriage equality and their own mini-DOMAs, but Kaplan and Windsor's success was a huge step toward diminishing such laws.