Enrique A. Monagas
Senior Counsel
Sklar Kirsh LLP
Enrique Monagas serves as senior counsel at the law firm, Sklar Kirsh LLP. Prior to joining Sklar Kirsh, he served as a deputy attorney general in the Government Law Section of the California Department of Justice and as an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Throughout his professional career, he has used his skills and experience as a trial and appellate lawyer to work on many of California’s most interesting and challenging cases, and has participated in the legal and policy decisions concerning important issues to California and the nation.
Monagas has successfully litigated several high-profile and landmark cases. He was a core member of the trial and appellate teams that secured the historic victories in the federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The case resulted in a landmark decision affirming the equal dignity of gay and lesbian Americans.