Abby Rubenfeld (born 1953) is an American civil rights attorney who practices in Nashville, Tennessee.
[3] In 2013, she organized a group of attorneys and plaintiffs to challenge Tennessee's ban on same-sex marriage.
She filed the lawsuit that led to Tennessee's inclusion in the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
[3] She was an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and chair of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities section of the American Bar Association.
[2][4][5][6] She has served as a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the Human Rights Campaign.