
At least one big name is expected to argue for those in favor of same-sex marriage: Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Alphonse A. Gerhardstein is a longtime civil rights lawyer in Cincinnati.

Carole M. Stanyar, an attorney in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has already spent a long time working on the gay marriage case.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier spent five years at the Solicitor General's office.

Mary Bonauto is the civil rights project director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

James Esseks is director of the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project.


