Member News
NJWLA is happy to announce a baby girl, Lyla Grace, to Board Member, Natalie Richer, a baby boy, Mason William Carroll, to Board Member, Jessica Carroll and a baby girl, Maya Rose Hicks, to Board Member, Jenn Borek!
Congratulations to All!
NJWLA congratulates Board Member, Michellene Davis, for being listed in NJBIZ’s List of
New Jersey’s Power 100!
Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member, Nicole Bearce, who recently began a new position as Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel at Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Have you recently …
Won a summary judgment motion?
Closed a big deal?
Tried your first case?
Started a new job?
Had a baby?
Earned a promotion?
Returned to the workforce?
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Been named a Rising Star or SuperLawyer in your field?
Whatever your good news is, we want you to share your success! Please email cskinner@njwla.org with any details you would like to be included in our next NJWLA newsletter
Event Photos
The In House Committee presented an intensive look at attorney compensation
with a program led by Princeton Legal Search Group and hosted by Barnes & Noble College.
A Look Inside the Black Box: the Compensation Conversation
January, 2018
NJWLA and HBA-NJ co-hosted its annual panel discussion:
How To Become a Judge, Commissioner or Board Member: The Nuts and Bolts of the Judicial and New Jersey State Appointments Process with Panelists, Michellene Davis (RWJBarnabas), Susan Feeney (McCarter & English), Matt Platkin (State of NJ), Ricardo Solano (Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman LLP) and Debbie Walsh (CAWP). The program was sponsored by McCarter & English, RWJBarnabas Health, Hudson Court Reporting, Law Office of Kirsten Scheurer Branigan and DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Giblin. APALA-NJ, SABA-NJ, GSBA and NJMLA co-sponsored the event.
How To Become a Judge, Commissioner or Board Member
February, 2018
NJWLA’s Women’s Leadership Committee hosted a panel discussion surrounding the different pathways to leadership. The panelists included Lynn Feldman (Clear Channel Outdoor), Randi Kochman (Cole Schotz), Jody Carbone (Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office) and Jessica Allen (Keefe Law Firm). The event was sponsored and hosted by
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik.
Getting Your Seat at the Table: The Different Paths to Leadership
April, 2018
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May 2018
In This Issue
Member News
Event Photos
Upcoming Events
NJWLA’s 11th Annual
WILL Platinum Gala
The New Jersey Women Lawyers Association (NJWLA) held its 11th Annual Women’s Initiative and Leaders in the Law (WILL) Platinum Gala on March 20, at The Grove in Cedar Grove, NJ. More than 600 people were in attendance.
NJWLA proudly recognized six extraordinary women, awarding five WILL Platinum Awards and one Trailblazer award, for their outstanding achievements in the legal profession. This year’s WILL award recipients were the Honorable Kathryn C. Ferguson, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of NJ; the Honorable Harriet Farber Klein, (Retired), of counsel at Wilson Elser; Galit Kierkut, Member, Sills Cummis & Gross PC and Past President of NJWLA; Dean Kathleen Boozang, Dean and Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law; and the Honorable Esther Suarez, Prosecutor, Hudson County. This year’s Trailblazer Award was given to Lorraine Gerson, Assistant United States Attorney.
Representing members of the judiciary and the public and private sectors, the award recipients were individually lauded for contributing to the advancement of women in the legal profession and for serving as role models for women lawyers of all ages and backgrounds. The Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, served as the Mistress of Ceremonies.
Annmarie Simeone, NJWLA’s President and Member at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., provided opening remarks to a sold-out room and noted the association’s continued commitment to recognizing women lawyers and judges who have made groundbreaking contributions in their respective areas of the law.
In addition, she acknowledged NJWLA’s law student scholarship program as well as the grants awarded to worthwhile organizations aligned with the NJWLA mission. The NJWLA awarded $25,000 in grants to its 2018 Grant Recipients:
NJ LEEP, Alice Paul Institute, Rutgers Center for Gender, Sexuality, Law and Policy – Women’s Mentorship Program, Rutgers Law School Negotiation Workshops for Women Lawyers and Law Students, People’s Preparatory Charter School and Seton Hall University School of Law’s Women’s Law Forum. This is the sixth consecutive year that NJWLA has awarded grant monies, bringing the total amount of grants awarded to the recognized not-for-profit programs to almost $175,000.
NJWLA also continued its scholarship program and awarded $15,000 in scholarships to three law students in 2018: Cassandra Tribastone of Rutgers Law School – Newark: Sara Gray of Rutgers Law School – Camden and Sandy DeSousa of Seton Hall University School of Law.
 
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