David Carliner (August 13, 1918 – September 19, 2007) was an immigration, civil liberties, and civil rights lawyer in Washington, D.C. Among the earliest practitioners of immigration and naturalization law, he was an early combatant of anti-miscegenation laws, challenged the segregation of public accommodations, and fought for the rights of sexual minorities to enter the country and have full employment rights in the Federal government. Carliner was chair of the District of Columbia Home Rule Committee and was responsible for the first home rule reforms in 1967. He served as the general counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union (1976–79); helped to found the ACLU’s National Capital Area chapter and Global Rights (then called the International Human Rights Law Group); and served on the