Rachel Levy

Rachel Levy has a passion for meeting the legal needs of the LGBTQ+ community and ensuring skillful and knowledgeable representation for transgender and gender non-conforming clients. She is a supervising attorney with Penn Carey Law’s Trans Empowerment & Advocacy Project (TEA) and its name change clinic, supervising law students and assisting transgender and gender non-conforming people seeking legal name changes in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. She also currently serves as the Co-Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association LGBTQ+ Rights Committee and as a member of the Committee’s Name Change Task Force.

Prior to joining the firm, Rachel clerked for the Honorable Terrence R. Nealon in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Practice Areas

• Adoptions
• Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) Law
• Name Changes
• LGBTQ+ Legal Issues
• Amending Vital Records

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• District of Columbia

Education

• Juris Doctor, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
• Bachelor of Arts, Binghamton University

Honors and Accolades

Rachel currently volunteers as an attorney advisor for the Dunmore High School mock trial team in Dunmore, PA, and often judges mock trial competitions in the Philadelphia area. She competed in mock trial for over a decade before she began coaching and promoting civic education initiatives for high school and college students. As a law student, Rachel won several awards in both mock trial and moot court, including Best Advocate and Best Oralist, and was a finalist in the American Association for Justice 2021 Student Trial Advocacy Competition.

Speaking Engagements

Navigating the Current Landscape for LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians – Pennsylvania Commission for Fairness & Justice (January 2026)

Trans Topics: Travel Documents & Passports – Eastern PA Trans Equity Project (December 2025)

Concerns for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Travelers – Charlene Arcila Trans Wellness Collective (June 2025)

Legal Options for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (November 2024)

Legal Affirmation Services for Medical Providers – Jefferson Health (August 2024)