in 2009. She received the National LGBT Bar Association Dan Bradley award in 2011. Personal life Polikoff's father was lawyer Harry Polikoff. She is a lesbian and was married to filmmaker Cheryl Swannack until March 15, 2020, when Swannack died due to Parkinson's disease. Selected works Books Journal articles References External links Living people 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women writers Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni American LGBT rights activists University of Pennsylvania alumni Washington College of Law faculty American women legal scholars American lesbian writers LGBT lawyers Lesbian academics 1952 births American women non-fiction writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers George Washington University alumni Columbus School of Law faculty LGBT educators