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WBA SALUTESWOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVECLASS OF 2020

LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES

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CHRONICLE 2020President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Gala Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Thank You to Our Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Meet the WBA Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

WBA Emeritus Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

President-Elect Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

List of Past WBA Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The WBA Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Why Join the WBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Thank you to our Firm Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Walk to the Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Legislative Update and FGM Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Women’s Suffrage Trivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Parent’s Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Women in Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Women of Color Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Government Lawyers Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Women in the Courtroom Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Past Recipients of the Lelia J . Robinson Award . . . . . . . . . 30

Pioneering Women of Color Past Honorees . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Walk in Solidarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Safe Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rosa Parks Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

In-House Counsel Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Middlesex County Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

African-American Women’s History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

New Lawyers Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Changing the Perception of Motherhood in the Workplace

WBA and MWPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Women Who Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Lifetime Members and Patrons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENTI am pleased to welcome

you to our first, completely virtual gala event, “All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Gala”! While our Gala will be very different this year, our message is the same – to celebrate women lawyers and promote our mission of the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society.

This has been a year unlike any other. After the quarantine was implemented due to COVID-19, WBA leadership quickly transitioned from our standard in-person networking events, substantive programs, and advocacy to operating our organization remotely and ensuring its financial stability through the economic downturn. We spent time reflecting on who we are as an organization, and what we are doing to work towards the achievement of our mission. With the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black lives who have died and suffered because of systemic racism, injustice, and violence, we are reminded starkly that we do not live in a just society. As lawyers and as community members, we have an obligation to become better allies and advocates, examine and address white privilege and bias, and hold ourselves and each other accountable to making our society just. We will continue to do this work

and work in coalition with other affinity bar associations.

2020 also brought us the loss of two great leaders in the legal profession, SJC Chief Justice Ralph Gants and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Justice Gants left a profound impact on all those who knew him and on our court systems in Massachusetts. He was a brilliant and thoughtful jurist and relentless in his pursuit of access to justice and legal services. For so many of us, Justice Ginsberg was our hero, an icon; she was the trailblazer in the legal fight for women’s rights. Her work, both as a litigator and as a judge, changed the way the law viewed women. These losses were devasting – both were tireless in their advocacy for justice – and we must now take up the torch and carry on their work.

Despite the losses and challenges of 2020, the

WBA accomplished much to celebrate. It has been incredible to see our members come together as a community to support one another, develop dynamic virtual programs, promote diversity on the bench, address the role of lawyers in advancing racial justice, and continue our legislative and amicus advocacy. In January we kicked off our sixth Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), a program that brings together senior women attorneys and up and coming stars of the legal profession for leadership development and mentoring. I am thrilled that we are honoring and recognizing the WLI class participants at this year’s Gala. They are a phenomenal group of women with impressive accomplishments and truly are the next generation of leaders in our profession.

The WBA held a number of exciting programs this year including: Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights: Legal, Medical and Political Perspectives Shaping the National Conversation; Financial Literacy for New Nonprofit Board Members; Managing Litigation as an In-House Lawyer; Race, Incarceration & Clemency; and Women in Finance: Insights from Industry Leaders. We also celebrated an incredible legislative achievement with the passage

and enactment into law of An Act Relative to the Penalties for the Crime of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The WBA’s FGM taskforce played an instrumental role its passage. It is our hope that this bill will change the lives of girls in Massachusetts, helping to ensure their physical and mental health.

As I reflect on the year, it is also important to note we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Recognizing that the 19th amendment did not give all women the right to vote, it is critical to remember that our power to vote, the power of our collective voices, and our ability to engage in making our communities more just are essential to our democracy. As Justice Ginsberg said, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” If you are looking for ways to get involved, I invite you to join us. There are ample opportunities to get involved. The WBA cannot do its work without the support of our staff, volunteer leaders, members, firm members, Gala sponsors, and corporate partners. Together, we will get through 2020 and build a better future for all.

Nicole Forbes2020-2021 WBA President

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Nicole ForbesNicole is a Deputy General Counsel

at Globalization Partners. She focuses on international employment law and legal compliance issues for Globalization Partners’ international entities. Before joining Globalization Partners, Nicole was in private practice in a number of law firms in Boston focusing on employment law and litigation and business/commercial litigation.

Kimberly DonlonKim is a Director in the Partner Practice

Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa, a global legal search firm where she helps lawyers navigate their next career move and help law firms recruit and retain top talent. Before joining MLA, Kim practiced law in California and Massachusetts defending clients in complex product liability actions around the world.

Margaret CaulfieldMargaret is an attorney at Alkermes,

Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. Margaret supports pre-clinical and clinical research and development transactions for the organization. Margaret is an alumna of Suffolk University Law School and Bridgewater State University, where she serves on the Bridgewater State University Board of Trustees.

Jennifer SaubermannJennifer is General Counsel and Director

of Government Affairs at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, an economic development state public authority. Previously, she served as the General Counsel in the Massachusetts State House of both the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means. Jennifer taught as an adjunct lecturer at Northeastern Law School, teaching legal research and writing. She is the immediate past president of the WBA.

Heather GamacheHeather is a Director in the litigation

department at Rackemann, Sawyer &

Brewster. Before joining Rackemann, she

was a partner in the litigation department at

Prince Lobel Tye LLP. Heather has worked at

several law firms and served as a pro se staff

attorney in the United States District Court

for the District of Hawaii.

Kristy LavigneKristy is an Assistant Bar Counsel with

the Office of Bar Counsel. Before joining the Office of Bar Counsel in August 2020, Kristy was an Assistant Attorney General prosecuting insurance and unemployment fraud at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for seven years and an Assistant District Attorney at the Cape and Islands’ District Attorney’s Office for nine years.

Alexandra Mitropoulos

Alexandra is an Attorney at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein. She defends colleges and universities in an array of litigation matters in both state and federal court and conducts investigations regarding policy violations and harassment based on sex, race, and disability.

2020 GALA COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Nicole Forbes

Kimberly Donlon

Margaret Caulfield

Jennifer Saubermann

Heather Gamache

Kristy Lavigne


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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORSGOLD SPONSORSGlobalization Partners**Latham & Watkins LLP**

SILVER SPONSORSBiogenHirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP**

BRONZE SPONSORSAnderson & Kreiger LLP**Arent Fox LLPArrowood LLPBarrett & Singal**Beacon HillBowditch & Dewey LLP**Burns & Levinson LLP**Casner & Edwards LLPChoate Hall & Stewart LLPConn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP**Cooley LLPEMK Consulting Group LLCFoley Hoag LLP**Gesmer Updegrove LLP**Goulston & Storrs PCHolland & Knight LLPLaw Offices of Michael P. Joyce PCMelick & Porter LLPMintzMorgan Brown & Joy LLP**National Grid PLCNutter**O’Brien & Levine Court Reporting Solutions*Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP**Peabody & Arnold LLP**Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster**Robins Kaplan LLP**State Street Sugarman & Sugarman PC**

Sunstein LLP**Thornton Law Firm LLPTodd & Weld LLP**WilmerHaleWolf Greenfield & Sacks PC

SUPER SUPPORTERSBello Welsh LLPBoston Bar AssociationClark Lau LLCCornerstone ResearchDavis Malm & D’Agostine PC**DGC (DiCicco, Gulman & Company)Freeman Mathis & Gary LLPIandoli Desai & Cronin PC**Keches Law GroupKJC Law Firm LLCKlibaner & SabinoMorgan Lewis & Bockius LLPNorth Shore Patents PC**Pontikes Law LLC**Prince Lobel Tye LLP**Sunderland Fleming LLCTang & Maravelis PCJane E. TewksburyZalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP

LAW SCHOOL SUPPORTERSNortheastern University School of LawRoger Williams University School of LawSuffolk University Law School

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MEET THE WBA LEADERSHIPOFFICERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jessica Caamano Goulston & Storrs

PC

Sarah Gagan Vice President,

Operations Latham & Watkins,

LLP

Nancy Rothstein Office of the Attorney

General

Jamie Ann Sabino Massachusetts Law

Reform Institute

Jennifer Saubermann

Massachusetts Technology

Collaborative

Sarah Sousa Arrowood LLP

Victoria Spetter The Law Firm of

Victoria C. Spetter

Brianna Sullivan Tang & Maravelis,

P.C.

Jenna Ventorino WilmerHale

Raquel Webster National Grid

Jessica Babine Secretary

Cornetta Babine LLP

Gwen King Sugarman, Rogers,

Barshak & Cohen,P.C.

Lesley A. Leonessa Dell EMC

Emily Robey-Phillips

Jones Day

Melissa Garlick Vera Institute of

Justice

Margaret Caulfield Akermes, Inc.

Julie Dick Community Legal

Aid


Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

Kristen Grannis Latham & Watkins

LLP

Kate Isley Office of the Attorney

General

Kim Donlon Vice President,

Membership and Statewide Outreach Major, Lindsey, &

Africa, LLC

Nicole Forbes President

Globalization Partners

Heather Gamache President-Elect

Rackemann Sawyer & Brewster

Kristy Lavigne Treasurer

Office of Bar Counsel

Krina Patel Biogen

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WBA EMERITUS BOARDPamela E. Berman, Robins Kaplan LLP

Beth I.Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP

Lisa Brodeur-McGan, Brodeur-McGan, P.C.

Martha Coakley, Juul

Kathy Jo Cook, KJC Law Firm LLC

Honorable Judith Nelson Dilday (Ret.)

Deborah Hesford DosSantos, Lahey Health System, Inc.

Leigh-Ann Durant, EMD Serono, Inc.

Elaine Epstein, Todd & Weld LLP

Honorable Wendie Gershengorn (Ret.)

Honorable Nancy Gertner (Ret.)

Monica Halas, Greater Boston Legal Services

Julia Huston

Ellen Kearns, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP

Honorable Carol Kenner (Ret.)

Karen Kepler, Sulllivan & Worcester

Andrea Kramer, Kramer Law LLC

Sarah McClean, Law Offi ce of Sarah McClean

Patricia McGovern

Joan Meschino, State Representative

Judith Olans Brown

Mary K. Ryan, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Sandra Shapiro, Foley Hoag LLP

Jayne Tyrrell, Massachusetts IOLTA Committee

Dorothy Varon, MassMutual Financial Group

Kimberly Winter, White, Freeman & Winter, LLP

Toni Wolfman

Conn Kavanaugh is proud to support the Women’s Bar Association and their mission

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The WBA has been a formative organization throughout the advancement of Heather Gamache’s career, and she is honored to support its work and mission in the role of President-Elect. Heather has been an active WBA member for over 10 years and has served on the Board of

Directors since 2017.Heather initially became involved

with the WBA upon returning to Boston after practicing out-of-state for several years and was immediately struck by the generosity of the leaders and members of the organization, especially with their time and commitment to advancing the mission of the WBA. Her involvement increased after she was selected to participate in the 2015/16 Women’s Leadership Initiative class. Heather became involved with the Law Firm Advancement Committee, which she later co-chaired for four years, and also the Women in the Courtroom Committee. As a co-chair of the Law Firm Advancement Committee, Heather is particularly proud of the Committee’s involvement with a comprehensive workplace conduct study at Massachusetts law firms with the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership, which shined a light on challenges related to women’s

advancement and was covered by the Boston Globe, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Law 360, Bloomberg, and other news outlets.

As part of the WBA’s Executive Board, Heather has worked to increase the organization’s membership base, strengthen its relationship with law firms, and support programming and networking opportunities for its members and women attorneys.

Heather is a Director at Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster where she practices in the firm’s litigation group. Prior to joining Rackemann, Heather was a partner at Prince Lobel Tye. She also previously worked at several law firms practicing general civil litigation and served as a pro se law clerk in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Heather is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst and Suffolk University Law School.

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WBA PAST PRESIDENTSThank you to our past presidents for 40+ years of dynamic leadership!

Honorable Wendie GershengornPresident Pro Tem ...................................................... 1978-1979Elaine Epstein ............................................................. 1979-1980Maureen M. Phillips ................................................... 1980-1981Terry Jean Seligmann ................................................. 1981-1982Melinda Milberg ......................................................... 1982-1983Sarah Wald ................................................................. 1983-1984Mary K. Ryan .............................................................. 1984-1985Sandra Shapiro ........................................................... 1985-1986Martha Coakley .......................................................... 1986-1988S. Beville May ............................................................. 1988-1989Karen J. Kepler ........................................................... 1989-1990Honorable Judith Nelson Dilday ................................. 1990-1991Honorable Patricia E. Bernstein .................................. 1991-1992Jamie Ann Sabino ...................................................... 1992-1993Jane Tewksbury .......................................................... 1993-1994Sally J. Greenberg ....................................................... 1994-1995Jane E. Sender ............................................................ 1995-1996Sarah McClean ........................................................... 1996-1997Ellen C. Kearns ............................................................ 1997-1998Beth I.Z. Boland ......................................................... 1998-1999Honorable Antoinette E.M. Leoney ............................. 1999-2000Lisa Brodeur-McGan ................................................... 2000-2001Leigh-Ann Durant ...................................................... 2001-2002Gretchen Van Ness ...................................................... 2002-2003Patricia Rapinchuk ..................................................... 2003-2004Marianne C. LeBlanc ................................................... 2004-2005Pamela E. Berman ...................................................... 2005-2006Kathleen O’Connor ..................................................... 2006-2007Julia Huston ............................................................... 2007-2008Kathy Jo Cook ............................................................. 2008-2009Michelle R. Peirce ....................................................... 2009-2010Deborah DosSantos .................................................... 2010-2011Nancy M. Cremins ...................................................... 2011-2012Andrea Kramer .......................................................... 2012-2013Lurleen Gannon.......................................................... 2013-2014Kara DelTufo ............................................................... 2014-2015Kimberly Dougherty ................................................... 2015-2016Kristin Shirahama....................................................... 2016-2017Michelle Liu Baillie ..................................................... 2017-2018Meredith Ainbinder .................................................... 2018-2019 Jennifer Saubermann ................................................. 2019-2020

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WBA STAFFMargaret E. Talmers

Margaret Talmers is the Executive Director of the Women’s Bar Association. She most recently served as the Director of Judicial

Clerkships and J.D. Advising at Suff olk University Law School, where she played a key role in building a highly successful program, established important relationships within the legal community for the school, and prioritized the incorporation of diversity and inclusion eff orts. Talmers also taught legal research and writing and worked in private practice. She began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable A. David Mazzone in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She has leadership experience in the nonprofi t sector, serving as President of the Board of Directors for the Brookline Education Foundation and as co-chair of the Brookline Special Education Parent Advisory Council. Talmers is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law and the University of Michigan.

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Together, We Make Things HappenBy Kimberly DonlonRuth Bader Ginsberg once said, “So

often in life, the things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune.”

2020 was a Sisyphean impediment for us all. COVID. Politics. Job losses. Racial and social injustice. Death and violence. Fires and floods. Toilet paper shortages. It is really hard to find the fortune in this mess of a year.

But it is there.We have learned that if we work

together, we can make things happen. We wear masks to protect others. We donate food. We order take-out to support local restaurants. We march. We vote. We stand up for what is decent and right. We care for each other, even if we can’t give hugs right now.

In 2020, the WBA has embodied

RBG’s quote. We are a professional organization for women attorneys who rely on us for leadership opportunities, for rewarding work in our communities and as a networking forum for business development. We worried about how we could ever morph that personal experience into the cyber world? But we did it. Our committees created great virtual programming: Women in Finance, Women who Run for Office, Homebuying 101. We held Sip and Network evening events, and Supermom Lunch meetings. And our members came, making many of these Zooms as well attended as our pre-COVID in person events.

We also learned our members and the legal community care about us. The WBA’s primary sources of revenue are membership dues and our in-person

annual Gala. And with the financial hardships facing the legal and business community, we expected to see mass attrition and a steep loss of revenue. But we did not. And so, I thank our individual members, our firm members, our corporate partners, our virtual Gala sponsors, and every person who bought at ticket to tonight’s amazing event for supporting us this year. We truly could not do this without you.

And there is our great good fortune.

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Thank You to our Firm Members!

Anderson & Kreiger LLP

Andrus Wagstaff, P.C.

Barrett & Singal

Baskin Kershner & Thorp, LLC

Bowditch & Dewey

Burns & Levinson LLP

City of Boston

Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch

& Ford, LLP

Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C.

Duane Morris LLP

Emerson College

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Foley Hoag LLP

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

Globalization Partners

Hartley Michon Robb LLP

Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

Law firm membership allows women attorneys to access a significant and varied professional network, targeted programming, and leadership opportunities. WBA member attorneys value the opportunity to increase their profile, as well as the firm’s, within the legal and business community.

WBA firm membership makes a powerful difference for women attorneys.

Hogan Lovells

Iandoli Desai & Cronin P.C.

Kimball Brousseau LLP

Krokidas & Bluestein LLP

Laredo & Smith LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Law Office of Rebecca G. Neale

Levitt Law Group

Middlesex District Attorney’s

Office

Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP

Nadeau Harkavy LLC

Nelson Mullins Riley &

Scarborough LLP

Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP

North Shore Patents P.C.

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Office of the Attorney General

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &

Stewart, P.C.

Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP

Peabody & Arnold, LLP

Pontikes Law, LLC

Prince Lobel Tye LLP

Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster

Riemer & Braunstein LLP

Robins Kaplan LLP

Sherin and Lodgen LLP

Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C.

Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak &

Cohen, P.C.

Sunstein LLP

Tanowitz Law Office, P.C.

Todd & Weld LLP

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Women’s Leadership InitiativeLaunched in 2009, the WBA’s

Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) brings together senior women attorneys and rising stars of the legal profession for leadership development and mentoring. This year’s WLI chairs are Meredith Ainbinder, Deputy General Counsel of Emerson College, and Erin Higgins, Partner at Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP, along with Mary Ryan, Partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, as Senior Chair.

The WBA is thrilled to recognize this year’s exciting and diverse WLI class, which includes women practicing in firms, government, and in-house, and touches a wide variety of sectors/industries including the criminal justice system, higher education, legal services, and the financial services and biotechnology industries.

Each WLI event, including large-scale networking, group mentoring and one-on-one meetings, leverages the experiences of accomplished women attorneys in Massachusetts interested in cultivating the next generation of women leaders. The twenty-one

members of this year’s mentor class reflect a cross section of the legal community, offering insights and advice through no-holds barred Q&A sessions. The WLI mentees also have the opportunity to work directly with their mentors and with one another, to build their networks and further their careers.

The year began with a large networking reception, allowing mentors and mentees to meet and mingle. Class members also enjoyed small group events, allowing mentees to develop strong relationships with other mentees. Although the pandemic interfered with some scheduled in-person events, the WLI has continued with dynamic virtual programming that has presented mentees with unique opportunities to discuss career advancement, business development, and professional and personal fulfillment, and to hear from keynote speakers about ways to lead in these challenging times. Our programming and mentorship continue to set the WLI apart as a highly sought-after program for up-and-coming women attorneys.

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Co-Chairs- L to R: Mary Ryan, Senior Chair; Meredith Ainbinder, Co-Chair; Jennifer Saubermann, 2019-2020 WBA President; Erin Higgins, Co-Chair

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WLI Class of 2020Azure Aronsson, Counsel

with Hogan Lovells, represents clients in all phases of white-collar criminal and civil prosecution matters, government and internal investigations, and complex civil litigation. Her work with companies, executives, and licensed professionals spans many industries, with a focus on the healthcare, medical

device, pharmaceutical, and fi nancial services sectors. Azure is experienced in handling internal and government investigations relating to false claims, wire fraud, government contract fraud, off -label marketing, and public corruption. Her civil litigation practice focuses on product liability litigation including individual, mass tort, and multi-district litigation, as well as employment discrimination matters. Azure devotes her pro bono work to representing individuals seeking special immigrant juvenile status or asylum in the United States as a volunteer attorney for Kids in Need of Defense.

Saraa Basaria is a commercial litigation attorney at Todd & Weld LLP in Boston, concentrating her practice on commercial disputes, employment law, medical malpractice, and criminal defense. She also works on pro bono and civil rights matters. Prior to joining Todd & Weld, Ms. Basaria was a civil litigation attorney at a

national law fi rm where she represented clients in a variety of matters, including commercial litigation, construction litigation, professional liability, land use/zoning litigation, and employment disputes and counseling. She began her career as a public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services, representing indigent defendants in District Court proceedings in Brockton, Roxbury, and Dorchester. Ms. Basaria served as president of the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (2016-2017), and on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Bar Association of North America (2016-2017). She currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the South Asian Bar Association of North America Foundation. She is a 2017 graduate of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Leadership Academy, and serves as Secretary of the MBA’s Young Lawyers Division’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Diversity Task Force. Ms. Basaria also serves on her fi rm’s Diversity Committee.

Margaret is Research and Development Counsel for Alkermes, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. In this position, Margaret directs legal counsel, transactional support and strategic guidance on matters related to clinical trials, medical aff airs activities, and pre-clinical research and development. Margaret is a member of her company’s

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Steering Committee. Margaret serves on the Women’s Bar Association’s (WBA) Board of Directors and previously co-chaired the WBA’s New Lawyers Committee and the WBA’s annual Gala. In addition, Margaret is a Trustee on the Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF) where she co-chairs the WBF’s auction for Comedy Night and serves on the Development and Stewardship Committee. Margaret is an alumna of Suff olk University Law School and Bridgewater State University (BSU), where she serves on the Bridgewater Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and the BSU Board of Trustees.

Attorney Babine is a partner at Cornetta Babine LLC. She actively practices law in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her experience includes representing individuals, towns, and businesses in civil litigation, real estate conveyancing, quiet title actions, takings, workers’ compensation, and personal injury. Immediately prior to

becoming a partner at Cornetta Babine LLC, Jessica served for three years as lead New Hampshire counsel at a national law fi rm’s Boston offi ce, focusing on commercial litigation. Attorney Babine has successfully represented clients before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, New Hampshire Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She is the co-chair of the Legislative Policy Committee and on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Bar Association, the Board of Directors for the Essex County Bar Association, the Board of Directors for North Shore Women in Business, the Board of Directors for her neighborhood association, and in the Real Estate Law Section Council for the Massachusetts Bar Association.

Azure Aronsson Saraa Basaria

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WLI Class of 2020 (cont .)Meghan is a senior litigation

associate at Peabody & Arnold LLP, where her practice focuses on employment law, defending, advising and counseling employers, and insurance coverage litigation. Prior to joining Peabody & Arnold, Meghan began her career as a litigator at a small fi rm

(Nolan | Perroni P.C.) representing unions and union members in labor disputes. She earned her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Loyola University Maryland before attending law school at New England Law | Boston, where she graduated as valedictorian,summa cum laude, in 2011. After graduation, Meghan served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Courtney Groh is a Boston corporate attorney and partner in Holland & Knight’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Team and the Mergers and Acquisitions Team. Courtney focuses her practice on healthcare entities and corporations. She advises a wide range of clients, including health plans, pharmacy benefi t managers, pharmaceutical

manufacturers, medical device companies, pharmacies, wholesale drug distributors, medical groups, home health agencies, disease management companies, and healthcare technology companies. In particular, Courtney regularly counsels clients in matters involving enforcement of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the federal False Claims Act (FCA). Courtney also represents clients in a variety of corporate and contractual transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, and services-related transactions. Prior to moving to Massachusetts in 2011, Courtney practiced in Virginia where she also attended college (James Madison University) and law school (William and Mary). Courtney currently lives in Needham with her husband and four year old daughter.

Amalia Jorns is a staff attorney with Northeast Legal Aid in Lowell, where she specializes in housing and family law. For two years, she represented low income tenants facing eviction as part of the Lawyer for the Day Program in Northeast Housing Court. She now represents domestic violence survivors in family court proceedings

in Middlesex and Essex County. Ms. Jorns is a member of the Middlesex County Committee of the Women’s Bar Association. Prior to joining Northeast Legal Aid, Ms. Jorns spent ten years as a commercial litigator with a focus on international investigations, complex commercial litigation, and white collar crime at Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in New York. Ms. Jorns also served a law clerk in the federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Illinois and her juris doctor from Columbia Law School.

Michele Detherage is a litigator at Robins Kaplan LLP. As a member of her fi rm’s insurance practice group, she handles large loss litigation matters from inception to resolution and acts as a coverage consultant to a number of insurers. Michele also has experience in the area of employment law, and has

assisted clients in navigating employment agreement and workplace discrimination disputes. Prior to joining Robins Kaplan, Michele spent fi ve years as in-house trial counsel for Travelers Indemnity Company. In addition to her professional work, Michele is a member of the Board of Trustees for a non-profi t organization dedicated to disrupting the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children. She also volunteers with various animal rescue organizations.

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WLI Class of 2020 (cont .)Nita Klunder is an attorney

in the Division of Enforcement at the SEC’s Boston Regional Offi ce. Having recently transitioned after fi ve years as an Assistant Attorney General in the Medicaid Fraud Division, Nita looks forward to continuing to investigate and hold accountable those

committing complex fraud. Prior to her work at the Attorney General’s offi ce, Nita practiced commercial litigation in Boston and New York, and clerked for the Honorable Stanley R. Chesler in the District of New Jersey.

Nita lives in Needham with her husband, two young children, and parents. Nita received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Elizabeth J. McEvoy is a partner in Barrett & Singal’s Litigation practice and Co-Chair of the fi rm’s Research Misconduct Department. Her practice focuses on healthcare litigation, corporate and commercial civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, scientifi c research misconduct cases, and professional licensing matters.

Elizabeth’s civil practice focuses on complex business disputes, and specifi cally, those disputes arising in Massachusetts’ growing healthcare industry. She represents individuals, LLCs, PLLCs, and other entities in navigating a host of business disputes, including partnership disputes, corporate buy-outs, and related claims for breach of contract and violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act. Elizabeth’s criminal work focuses on white-collar criminal defense and government investigations. She represents individuals under government scrutiny for possible conspiracy and substantive mail/wire fraud charges as well as individuals and entities charged with violations of a variety of federal fraud statutes. Elizabeth also spends a signifi cant portion of her practice representing individuals and institutions involved in research misconduct matters. She represents individual scientists accused of fabricating and/or falsifying data from the pre-inquiry stage through the inquiry, investigation, and administrative disciplinary stages as well as before the Offi ce of Research Integrity (ORI). She also counsels institutions at all stages of the institutional investigation of reported research misconduct.

Elizabeth Monnin-Browder (“Liz”) is a partner at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP. She is an experienced employment attorney who focuses her practice on litigation, training, and counseling. She represents companies and non-profi ts in employment and business disputes across a broad range of industries. Liz understands the business implications and human impact of litigation

and works hand-in-hand with her clients to craft strategies that are consistent with their priorities and advance their goals. Liz also provides thoughtful, practical guidance to help her clients avoid litigation so that they can focus on their business. Clients rely on Liz to advise them regarding compliance with employment laws and to help them design and implement new policies. Liz is also an MCAD-certifi ed trainer, and her practice includes training employers about preventing and addressing discrimination and harassment in the workplace and their other legal obligations. Liz has a passion for civil rights, and, in particular, transgender rights, and has written and presented extensively on the topic.

Stephanie Lin is a senior associate at WilmerHale who focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation. She works on patent, copyright and trade secrets litigation in federal district court, appeals before the Federal Circuit, inter partes review proceedings in front of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and patent litigation cases before

the International Trade Commission. In addition, Stephanie has represented pro bono clients in federal court and at administrative hearings. Her pro bono clients include several artists, such as the creator of the Pepe the Frog character in his high-profi le copyright enforcement actions against alt- right entities. Stephanie is currently active on the WBA’s Women of Color Committee, and she is on her fi rm’s Community Service Committee and the Women’s Leadership Initiative Planning Committee. She is on the board of the Hyde Square Task Force and a Partner at Social Venture Partners, a network of more than 3,200 engaged donors in 40 cities that helps individuals amplify their giving, fund and strengthen nonprofi ts, and equip their communities to tackle social challenges.

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WLI Class of 2020 (cont .)Maggie Morgan is an

attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services specializing in immigration law. Ms. Morgan represents primarily asylum seekers and others seeking humanitarian protection. Before coming to GBLS, Maggie Morgan practiced immigration law for three years

at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. Prior to working in immigration law, Maggie was a clinical fellow in the Health Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where she worked on national and state-based health law and policy initiatives to increase access to healthcare for low-income citizens. Maggie clerked for the Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey of the Western District of Missouri. Maggie is a 2011 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Rebecca Neale is an attorney and owner of Bedford Family Lawyer, a solo law fi rm focused on divorce litigation and mediation, and estate planning. She is an Assessor for the Town of Bedford and President of the Board of the Domestic Violence Services Network. Rebecca also provides pro bono representation to survivors

of domestic violence in restraining order and domestic relations proceedings, and represented a church that successfully appealed a denial of its application to install solar panels on its historic building. She earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. At UC Hastings, she was a Co-Editor in Chief of the Hastings Women’s Law Journal, and after graduation she clerked for the New York State Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, Rebecca was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan.

Amy Sennett is General Counsel at Catalant Technologies, Inc., a Boston-based, venture-backed SaaS company. In this role, Amy leads the legal and compliance functions with responsibility for board governance, corporate fi nance, equity compensation, customer contracting, information security and data privacy matters. Amy

previously worked as an associate at WilmerHale and served as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the Boston bid to secure the 2024 Olympic Games. Amy began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Anita B. Brody on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Amy earned her MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was President of the Harvard Women’s Law Association. A cum laude graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Amy has served since graduation as the Class of 2006 Alumni Class Secretary. Amy is also a Boston board member of Strong Women, Strong Girls. Amy and her husband Dan have run more than 35 marathons together, including fi ve consecutive Boston Marathon fi nishes as team members of the Martin Richard Foundation, for which they have raised more than $25,000.

Emily is a partner in Mintz’s Litigation Section. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation across a variety of areas, including contract disputes, securities litigation and government investigations. She is the Co-Chair of the fi rm’s Appellate Practice Group, and maintains

a robust pro bono practice focused on providing legal assistance to asylum seekers and survivors of domestic violence, among others. Emily previously worked as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County. Before joining Mintz, Emily served as a law clerk for the Honorable Margot Botsford of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and for the Honorable Leo T. Sorokin, then a Magistrate Judge, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Maggie Morgan Rebecca G. Neale

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WLI Class of 2020 (cont .)Naomi is an attorney at

Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP, where she represents individuals involved in university discipline, education discrimination, and employment matters. She represents students from elementary school through graduate school, as well as employees and professors involved in discrimination cases and disciplinary

proceedings regarding claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and academic misconduct. Naomi frequently writes, speaks to the media, and provides legislative testimony about Title IX and student sexual misconduct processes, and was invited to the U.S. Department of Education as an expert on Title IX to speak about how to improve the effi cacy of Title IX proceedings. Naomi also advises and represents employees in harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, and other employment matters. Naomi is a graduate of the Yale Law School and Barnard College, and prior to joining Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein she served as a clerk on the Supreme Judicial Court and as a Skadden Fellow at the New York Civil Liberties Union. Naomi has been selected to the Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers each year since 2016, and in 2018 was named an Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Law Weekly.

Allison (Ally) Lukas Turner is a senior associate in the Boston offi ce of Latham & Watkins LLP and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Ms. Turner focuses her practice on products liability litigation, and has experience advising clients on a diverse array of business disputes, including consumer protection, trade secrets, and white collar investigations. Ms. Turner

is proud to serve Latham’s diversity and inclusion initiatives as a member of the Recruiting Committee and one of three global co-chairs of the fi rm’s Parent Lawyers Group. Ms. Turner earned a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University and graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was named a Dean’s Scholar in White Collar Criminal Procedure. While in law school, Ms. Turner served as an intern in the Appeals Division of the Essex County District Attorney’s Offi ce and in the Child Protection Unit of the Suff olk County District Attorney’s Offi ce. After law school, Ms. Turner clerked for Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Ms. Turner sits on the Board of Directors of Families First, a non-profi t organization working to bring early childhood parenting education to the communities of Boston and beyond.

Destinee Waiters is Associate General Counsel at Suff olk University. Prior to joining Suff olk, she served as the Associate Vice President of Compliance and General Counsel at Texas Woman’s University, and has been a member Bar since 2008 and has primarily worked in the higher education arena. Prior to her university work, she

served as Legislative Staff for Texas State Representative Yvonne Davis. Destinee served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), Class of FY 2015-2018, and has served on various NACUA committees, as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Strategic Planning, as a member of the NACUANOTES Editorial Board, Web Page Legal Resources Committee, Committee on Board Operations and the Committee on Legal Education. In addition, she has spoken at NACUA events on the various topics of university legal compliance and at the National Hispanic Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Conference.

Emily L. Sy is Vice President and Litigation counsel at State Street Bank & Trust Company. Emily’s practice at State Street includes internal investigations related to employee and business conduct; responding to and negotiating state and federal civil and regulatory legal service addressed to state

street, including investigations, audits, examinations, subpoenas, civil investigation demands or other similar compulsory processes; and managing outside counsel and third-party vendors on civil and regulatory litigation matters. Prior to joining State Street, Emily was a litigation and white-collar associate at Nixon Peabody LLP located in Boston and New York. Emily is a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Wellesley College. She serves on the board of the Asian American Lawyers Associationall of Massachusetts and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.

Naomi Shatz Allison Lukas Turner

Destinee WaitersEmily Sy

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WLI Class of 2020 (cont .)

Jennifer Watson is Corporate Counsel in Liberty Mutual Insurance Group’s Litigation Department. Her primary responsibilities include managing the defense of extra-contractual liability litigation, and serving as a resource to the corporation’s various business units including, but not limited to, the personal property and casualty, worker’s compensation

and commercial lines of businesses. In addition, she also serves as the National Co- Chair of Liberty Employees of African Descent and Allies (“LEADA”) which is one of the corporation’s seven employee resource groups. Her days are spent strategizing with outside counsel and partnering with business leaders to eff ectuate positive impact to the corporation’s culture and bottom line.Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, Jennifer handled employment, commercial and general liability matters from inception to resolution at Locke Lord LLP. Jennifer also worked as an associate at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin and as a Law Clerk in the Middlesex County Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University and her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall Law School. Outside of the offi ce, Jennifer is very active in her local church community and started the Sister to Sister conference where ladies of all ages come together to empower and uplift one another. Additionally, Jennifer enjoys running, swimming, vacationing, dining and salsa dancing.

Whitney Williams is an Assistant District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Offi ce. She grew up on a family farm in Illinois and moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University. There, she studied Slavic Languages and Literature and received a language citation in Russian. She then attended Boston College Law School,

where she developed a passion for public service and, particularly, criminal prosecution. After law school, she began at the Middlesex DA’s Offi ce, where she has worked in district, juvenile, and superior courts. She is currently assigned to the Lowell Superior Court Trial Team.

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WBA Legislative Update: MA 2020 Legislative Session Highlights Including Passage of Bill Banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Massachusetts has a two-year legislative session (2019-2020). In the first year of the session (2019), the WBA enjoyed an early success with the passage of An Act to Lift the Cap on Kids. In the second year of the session (2020), COVID-19 significantly affected the typical course of legislative business at the Massachusetts State House and the legislature prioritized issues relative to COVID-19.

However, the WBA and advocates were successful in getting the Massachusetts House and Senate to pass and Governor Baker to sign H4606 - An Act Relative to the Penalties for the Crime of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Massachusetts.

The WBA FGM taskforce, which began working in May 2013, drafted the legislation and filed it in the 2015-2016, 2017-2018, and 2019-2020 legislative sessions. The WBA also played an instrumental role in building widespread support in both the legislature and the community. The bill had over 100 House and Senate cosponsors and had also been supported by ~ 50 organizations, including the AHA Foundation, Sahiyo, UNICEF USA, the U.S. End FGM/C Network, Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement, Office of the Child Advocate, MA Caucus of Women Legislators, American Academy of Pediatrics – Massachusetts Chapter, and American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – Massachusetts section.

FGM is defined by the World Health Organization as removal of all or part of a girls’ healthy sex organs and surrounding tissue for non-medical reasons, often resulting in serious health consequences, the risk of death in childbirth, and lifelong trauma. There are no health benefits to this practice. According to the Centers for Disease Control, half a million women and girls living in the United States have been cut or are at risk of FGM. Over fourteen thousand such women and girls reside in Massachusetts, which ranks our state as

12th in the nation for at-risk populations. With the continuous advocacy of the WBA and our partners,

Massachusetts this year became the 39th state to ban FGM. The WBA thanks its members over the past few years including Deborah Benson, Joanne Golden, Jean Zeiler, Kate Symmonds, Danielle McCourt, Beth Muir Watters, Jessica Cruzzati-Flavius, as well as the WBA Legislative Policy Committee for their tireless advocacy on behalf of women and girls in Massachusetts.

The MA legislature was typically scheduled to adjourn on July 31, 2020. However, due to COVID-19 and the need to still pass other priority items including the FY21 State Budget, the legislature decided to extend the legislative session through 2020 and the WBA is continuing to advocate for its remaining priority items. Since Justice Ginsburg’s death, there has been renewed

enthusiasm for the ROE Act. The Coalition for Choice, of which the WBA is a member, hopes to leverage this momentum and call for the immediate passage of the Act. The WBA is also advocating for adequate funding for civil legal aid – a need which has been further compounded by COVID-19, as well as other legislation relative to racial injustice/police accountability, racial disparities in maternal health, wage transparency, emergency paid sick time, and lifting kids out of deep poverty/one-time cash assistance.

Please contact Krina Patel ([email protected]), Co-Chair of the WBA Legislative Policy Committee, if you’d like to get involved in the organization’s advocacy efforts.

Press Conference at WBA: Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses Legislation – Nov. 6, 2019The WBA was excited to host a press conference for Campaign Funds for Childcare Expenses legislation at our office on November 6, 2019. Left to right: Sen. Pat Jehlen, Rep. Mike Connolly, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Joan Meschino, and Denella Clark, Vice Chair, Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women

Distinguished Public Service Award winners: Rep. Marjorie C. Decker (M) and Sen. Sal N. DiDomenico (R) pictured withWBA Immediate Past President Jennifer Saubermann (L)

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Women’s Suff rage 100th Anniversary Trivia & Networking

The WBA and the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys presented Women’s Suff rage 100th Anniversary Trivia & Networking on August 18th. Andrea Kramer of Kramer Law LLC and Desiree Murphy of UMass Memorial Healthcare moderated a trivia contest and presentation about the fi ght for women’s right to vote, to recognize the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The program presented little known historical details, information on powerful women activists, the role of women of color and interesting stories, new to many of the participants. The engaging format combined the trivia contest with networking, giving attendees several opportunities to meet new people, and learn about some of the hidden history of the suff rage movement in the United States. Plus, the winning group won a prize!

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On May 13, 2020, the WBA Parents Forum co-sponsored a Town Hall with the Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. The challenge to manage work and children during the pandemic has emerged as a signifi cant issue in the workplace. Co-chairs Eliza Minsch and Christine Thompson welcomed over 50 attorneys who joined in a discussion with Heidi Alexander, Director of the SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer

Well-Being. Other members of the Standing Committee, including Hon. Margot Botsford (Ret.), listened closely to the issues raised by practicing attorneys whose children are attending school from home. The WBA continues to be involved in broader discussions with the Standing Committee to address this issue more fully. Throughout the year, the Parents Forum holds a monthly virtual lunch to discuss the intersection of lawyering and family commitments.

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Industry LeadersThe highly anticipated panel, Women in Finance: Insights from Industry

Leaders, hosted by Jones Day, was held on September 16 via WebEx. Four leaders in the finance industry, Navjeet Bal, Managing Director & General Counsel, Social Finance; Carla McCall, Managing Partner, AAFCPAs; Rachel Rawson, Partner, Jones Day; and Abim Thomas, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Fidelity, along with moderator Emily Sy, Litigation Counsel and Vice President, State Street engaged attendees with insights about their respective areas within the industry. The panel explored career advancement, and offered advice into succeeding in a field heavily dominated by men. After the lively discussion, attendees broke into small networking groups. Originally scheduled as an in-person program in March, the event was moved to its fall date by event organizer Emily Robey-Phillips, a member of the WBA Board of Directors and an associate at Jones Day.

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Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights - Legal, Medical, and Political Perspectives

The WBA and Boston IVF co-sponsored an exciting examination of women’s health and reproductive rights from a variety of diff erent perspectives on November 14, 2019. The interplay of U.S. Supreme Court cases, legislative advocacy at the state and federal levels, and medical science made for a fascinating discussion and inspiration for continued advocacy.

From left to right: David Ryley, MD, of Boston IVF; WBA President Jennifer Saubermann; Jessie Rossman, ACLU; Tricia Wajda, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund.

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The Women of Color Committee of the Women’s Bar Association (WoCC) has continued to serve as a resource for minority women attorneys by providing educational and professional development programing. In November 2019, WoCC collaborated with the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys to provide a private screening of the movie Harriet, followed by a social. Subsequently, the Committee organized the program, “Professional Development Through Writing,” which was hosted by Hogan Lovells on December 19, 2019. This program provided women attorneys an opportunity to learn more about low commitment writing opportunities that could further their brand and professional platform. The program panel featured women from diff erent writing

backgrounds: Marcela Garcia, Editorialist from The Boston Globe, who spoke on submitting op-eds and letters to the editor; Attorney Lauren Song from the Boston Bar Association Journal, who shared her insight on getting short legal articles published electronically in the BBJ; and Nicole Alcantara Beiner of Melanin + Moxie, who addressed non-traditional legal writing avenues such as blog articles and writing in other digital spaces.

Continuing this theme of education, the Committee began 2020 with a program focused on fi lling fi nancial information gaps for those members who serve on nonprofi t boards. On January 23, the Committee held, “Financial Literacy for Serving on a Nonprofi t Board” at Burns and Levinson, LLP. Led by Eva Herzing and Carol Ruiz from PWC, attendees learned how to

recognize, read, and understand a Form 990 and other fi nancial documents relevant to a nonprofi t organization.

Despite COVID-19 putting a halt to in-person meetings, the Committee has maintained a strong connection with its members through virtual networking events, get-togethers, and check-in meetings. In August, the Committee held a Virtual Sip & Network event featuring a demonstration of two cocktails by Camila Chaparro of America’s Test Kitchen. This event was hosted by Goulston & Storrs.

This year’s upcoming events include a virtual workshop, “Build Your Personal Brand: Business Development for Women of Color,” co-hosted with the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (SABA GB) on October 15, 2020. The purpose of this

program is to equip attendees with the essential tools and knowledge to either create an action plan for brand development or refi ne their current one. The Committee also plans to host a virtual debrief after the November election and a Book Club Meet-Up where Committee members can chat informally about a book of their choice.

Despite the current state of the nation, the WoCC is constantly trying to develop new and innovative ideas for programming that furthers its mission. The WoCC is excited to continue working with its members to put on programs and provide networking opportunities and resources to support, advance, and advocate for women of color attorneys.

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GLC made the best of a challenging year. We kicked off with a networking event on November 20, 2019 at the Atrium in TradeCenter in Woburn, featuring speakers Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and former federal prosecutor Natashia Tidwell.

We continued our networking at a lunch event at Rebecca’s Café on February 20, 2020. We organized a well attended virtual event on October 14, 2020, that focused on a pressing issue—racial disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System. The discussion was led by Professor Dehlia Umunna, Deputy Director and Clinical Instructor at the Criminal

Justice Institute; Brook Hopkins, Executive Director at the Criminal Justice Policy Program, and Chijindu Obiofuma, Harvard Law School Legal Fellow. They, with others, recently published a report commissioned by the MA Supreme Judicial Court, which analyzed detailed administrative data to explore the factors that led to persistent racial inequities.

The WBA, as always, provided great support for all GLC events. The GLC is thriving and providing a necessary forum for government lawyers to connect, share ideas, socialize and network with one another.

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Women in the Courtroom CommitteeLitigation practice has undergone many changes since the

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WBA WALK IN SOLIDARITY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

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Walk in Solidarity for Social Change, organized by the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, Mass. Association of Hispanic Attorneys and Mass. Black Women Attorneys, and cosponsored by the WBA, Asian American Lawyers of Mass., South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston and the Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association was a powerful program at the John Adams Courthouse, followed by a walk on September 16, 2020. Featured speakers included Stesha Emmanual, President of MBLA, Janette Ekanem, President of MBWA, Ruth Adeyinka, President of MAHA and Rahsaan Hall, Director of the Racial Justice Program at ACLU Massachusetts.

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On August 26, 2020, the North of Boston Committee hosted the first of its virtual Conversation Series. The purpose of the Conversation Series is to foster professional and personal connections through substantive conversations about various topics relevant to our practices and our lives. Each conversation is to be sparked by an expert who will briefly provide a substantive overview of the topic, and then to offer a thought-provoking question to get the conversation started.

The inaugural virtual Conversation Series program featured Patricia Comfort, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (and former Executive Director of the WBA and WBF). Pattye gave a brief presentation on the Safe Elections Law of 2020 and the work of the Election Modernization Coalition to modernize election laws in Massachusetts in order to expand access to the vote. Pattye offered

resources for further information on elections and voting in the Commonwealth and ways for people to volunteer to protect our elections and our right to vote. Following Pattye’s presentation, Michele Liu Baillie, co-chair of the North of Boston Committee, presented some facts concerning the Supreme Court and voting rights, as well as various voter suppression methods being practiced.

Participants then gathered in small groups to discuss, “Looking beyond the 2020 elections and the pandemic, what lessons should we learn from the current state of access to the vote?” Through lively discussion, participants shared thoughts and observations on the topic and the question presented.

The North of Boston Committee looks forward to bringing WBA members together in 2020-2021 in future virtual Conversation Series programs featuring timely topics worthy of discussion and the exchange of ideas.

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Race, Incarceration and Clemency

On August 27, 2020, the Women’s Bar Association’s Rosa Parks Committee held a community briefi ng on mass incarceration of Black and Brown women in Massachusetts and the need for commutations of sentences and clemency, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Patricia Garin, Esq. of Shapiro & Teitelbaum LLP and Mallory Honora of Families for Justice as Healing, together with families and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, spoke movingly about the urgent need for clemency in Massachusetts. The virtual event, which drew over 60 attendees, was organized by WBA member Pauline Quirion, Greater Boston Legal Services, and co-sponsored by the WBA Women of Color Committee. Attendees were urged to attend the Women’s Bar Foundation’s Women’s Prison and Re-Entry Project’s Clemency Training for volunteer attorneys.

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The In-House Counsel Committee hosted a dynamic panel, Ask the GCs: A Conversation on In-House Career Paths and Best Practices at Catalant Technologies on November 21, 2019. Paula J. Keough: VP and General Counsel for National Amusements, Inc.; Kathleen Patton: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, CarGurus, Inc. and Danielle Sheer: General Counsel, Bottomline Technologies, together with moderator Melinda Brown, Attorney & Member of Outside GC LLC and Former General Counsel of Draper Laboratory discussed varying paths to general counsel and as well as issues common to in-house counsel. Questions included how to build successful relationships with business partners, access legal risk and provide strategic leadership and advice to other parts of the company. The evening concluded with networking reception.

L to R: Paula Keough, Kathleen Patton, Danielle Sheer and Melinda Brown.

Panelists Pam Berman, Litigation Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP and Patricia Rich, VP and Deputy General Counsel, Fresenius Medical Care led an engaging and informative discussion with In-House Counsel Committee members about roles of in-house and outside counsel in Managing Litigation as an In-House Lawyer, held on January 9th at Robins Kaplan LLP. A networking reception followed, giving the opportunity for making new connections and to say hello to friends and colleagues.

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The Middlesex County Committee has continued its monthly Friday lunch meetings throughout 2020. In March, we pivoted to virtual meetings over Zoom. In April, we hosted a discussion with Victoria Spetter, Laura Unflat and Alice Mutter, of the challenges of practicing family law in the time of Covid-19, court closures and social distancing. In May, we recognized Lawyer Wellbeing Week with a discussion led by Heidi Alexander, Director of the SJC’s Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. In June, the co-chairs made the decision to devote the next year of programming to issues surrounding racial justice, and specifically racial justice in the legal system, and in the delivery of legal services. We launched a Goodreads group, open to all WBA members, with recommendations and links to books and films related to racial justice. While we suspended formal meetings for the summer, Veronica Zolina and Laura Unflat led monthly zoom discussions in July and August. In September, we hosted a discussion of the film Just Mercy, led by criminal defense attorney Monica Shah and Middlesex ADA Whitney Williams. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming meetings.

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African-American Women’s History Program

The WBA co-sponsored a lively lunch-time program, “How Much Do You Know About African-American Women’s History?” with the Boston Bar Association. Panelists Patrice Dixon, Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Andrea Kramer, Kramer Law LLC discussed the roles African-American women played in U.S. legal history, and how U.S. law specifi cally aff ected African-American women, and included questions for the attendees.

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The past year has been a great success for the New Lawyers Committee (NLC). NLC had a series of fall get-togethers, including a happy hour at Tiki Rock. Over the following months, the NLC volunteered at the Pine Street Inn, serving dinner to the residents on the women’s side, and held its annual Holiday Party at the Ginger Man in December. The committee started off 2020 with planning a First Time Homebuyers Seminar, originally to be held in April. Despite the pandemic, the committee was fi nally able to hold this event over Zoom in August and is considering hosting a re-run either in late 2020, or early 2021. The committee has been hosting monthly virtual happy hours since March, off ering an opportunity for members to catch up face-to-face and share their experiences during this time. While the committee has not yet determined when it will hold its signature career-building event, we are actively planning another Zoom program to educate our members on how to be a good boss, mentor, and colleague. We look forward to the year ahead and hope it will bring a change in circumstances that will allow us to see each other in person.

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Challenging the Perception of Motherhood in the Workplace

The WBA and the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus held an exciting panel, Challenging the Perception of Motherhood in the Workplace, on February 12, 2020, generously hosted by Holland & Knight. The discussion highlighted successes and outlined work to continue progress in this area.

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WOMEN WHO RUNAs the elections draw near, many women have asked how they can

run for elected office. WBA members Rebecca Pontikes, Pontikes Law LLC and Rebecca Neale, Law Office of Rebecca G. Neale, organized an energetic panel discussion, Women Who Run, featuring State Senator Becca Rausch, Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards, and State Rep. Tram Nguyen. Moderated by State Rep. Joan Meschino, the panelists shared unique insights they’ve gained while running for public office, highlighting some of the challenges, but also the rewards of public service. They encouraged women to get involved in the upcoming election, and to seek them out for advice if they are considering a run.

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2020 LIFETIME MEMBERS AND PATRONSLifetime Member

Stefanie A. BalandisAssociate Director | Northeast Legal Aid

Stefanie Balandis is the Associate Director of Northeast Legal Aid, a civil legal aid program serving the low-income communities of Lowell, Lawrence and Lynn. Her career has focused on legal services for the poor. For over two decades,she was a housing litigator for Greater Boston Legal Services. Stefanie is a graduate of Wellesley College (’88), where she majored in Women’s Studies, and of Harvard

Law School (’93), where she served as President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She is a long-time supporter of the WBA. She served on the WBA’s Board of Directors for many years, and is a past Vice President for Operations. She currently co-chairs the WBA’s Judicial Pipeline Committee, which works to promote women’s candidacy for the judiciary. She is also a member of the WBA’s Rosa Parks Committee.

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Mary S. BlockVice President & Assistant General Counsel | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

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Windy Rosebush CatinoGeneral Counsel & Senior Vice President| Randstad Professionals.

Before beginning her legal practice, Windy served as a law clerk in the United States Attorney’s office and to the Justices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, where she was mentored and inspired by strong female role models. In private practice and now as in-house counsel, Windy has defended employers since 1998 against employment claims brought before

human rights agencies, as well as in the state and federal court. She has also prosecuted and defended cases involving complex business disputes and tried a variety of bench and jury trials throughout her career.

In 2008, she became a Lifetime Member of the Women’sBar Association and joined the WBA’s Appointments, Awards & Endorsements Committee. From 2008-2012, she was actively involved in the nomination process for the Lelia J. Robinson Award. She also served as the moderator for the WBA’s program Planting the Seeds to Success: What every new lawyer should know in order to obtain a fulfilling career, and was an active participant in the WBA’s initiative to support qualified female lawyers seeking appointment to the bench.

In the spirit of the WBA, Windy has passed on the mentoring tradition by continuing to mentor more junior lawyers.

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Elaine M. EpsteinPartner | Todd & Weld LLP

Elaine practiced for almost 20 years in Brockton before joining Todd & Weld LLP in 1994 to direct the firm’s domestic relations and probate litigation practices with Gary Owen Todd. Elaine has tried dozens of cases in the Probate & Family courts and resolved hundreds more short of trial, ranging from substantial asset divisions to contested parental rights and novel issues involving the property rights of non-married cohabitants and the rights of non-

biological parents. She has litigated complex jurisdictional issues and actions involving numerous cutting edge issues in the Probate & Family, Superior, Federal and Appellate Courts.

Elaine was one of the founders and the first president of the Women’s Bar Association, and sits on its Emeritus Board. She is a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. In 2015, she was appointed to the Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Baker. She has been appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to the Board of Bar Overseers, its Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Massachusetts IOLTA Committee. She has been a Trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, as well as a member of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Board of Editors. She has been active on numerous bar-related committees and is a frequent lecturer and commentator on domestic relations law and trial practice. She is a long time supporter of the Women’s Bar Foundation and sits on its Emeritus Board.

In 1999, Elaine received the Women’s Bar Association’s Lelia J. Robinson Award in recognition of outstanding accomplishments and contributions to women in the legal profession. In 2013, Elaine was the recipient of a Lawyers Weekly Top Women of Law Award and in 2015 was inducted into its Circle of Excellence. In 2015, Elaine received the President’s Award from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. She has been repeatedly named in the Best Lawyers in America, a “Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyer” by Boston Magazine in family law, and in Boston and New England “Top Rated Lawyers” by the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal.

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Julia HustonUntil recently, Julia Huston

was a partner at Foley Hoag LLP, where she served as co-chair of fi rm’s Intellectual Property Department. Well-known for her high-profi le victories in trademark, copyright and false advertising cases, Julia’s practice included litigation, counseling and strategy in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, internet commerce, false advertising, unfair competition and patents. Julia obtained several multi-million dollar IP judgments and settlements, including a $20.7

million verdict in a false advertising case.”Julia served as President of the WBA from 2007-2008. During

her fi ve years on the WBA board, Julia focused on various initiatives to advance women in the legal profession. A committed advocate for social justice and professional excellence in the law, Julia has also held leadership positions in several other civic, professional and charitable organizations. She is a past president of the Boston Bar Association, a past president of the Greater Boston Legal Services, and past chair of the Equal Justice Coalition. She has also chaired committees for the International Trademark Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Julia has received many honors, including the highest peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In various publications, she has been named as one of the top 100 lawyers in New England and one of the top 50 female lawyers in Massachusetts. She received the Lelia Josephine Robinson Award from Boston University School of Law Women’s Law Association in 2008 for exemplary leadership in the community, was selected by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for a “Woman of Justice” award in 2009, and received the Dow-Gardiner-Landrum Award from Greater Boston Legal Services for outstanding commitment to legal services for the poor in 2011.

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Tamsin R. KaplanDavis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C.

Tamsin R. Kaplan is a shareholder at the Boston law fi rm of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. She practices in the business law, employment, and litigation areas. Tamsin has extensive experience representing businesses, executives and other high-level professionals on a full range of employment-related issues, including recruitment, hiring, discrimination, negotiation of employment agreements, breach of contract, non-competes,

discipline, termination, and reduction in force. Tamsin regularly litigates business and employment cases in federal and state courts and agencies. She frequently conducts workplace investigations and trainings on diversity, harassment, and other topics, as well as writes and lectures in the complex fi eld of employment law. She also provides alternative dispute resolution services to parties involved in business and employment disputes and other civil litigation matters. Tamsin works with clients in a wide variety of industries, including education, health care, manufacturing, technology, and service industries.

Tamsin is a former board member of the Women’s Bar Association. She serves on the Expedited Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association and on the Labor and Employment Curriculum Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. Tamsin also serves on the board of Community Rowing, Inc., and she is a member of The Boston Club and Womenade Boston. She is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, by Chambers USA as a Recognized Practitioner, and by Massachusetts Super Lawyers as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts. Tamsin also garnered the title “Funniest Lawyer in Massachusetts 2014” for her stand-up comedy at the Women’s Bar Foundation Comedy Night. She earned a J.D. (cum laude) from Boston College Law School and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Tufts University.

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Michelle KeithAttorney at Law

In 2015, Michelle Keith was appointed as a Commissioner on Bristol County’s Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Ms. Keith served as WBA Regional Director for New Bedford/Fall River, 2011-2015. During her fi rst term, she helped organize the monthly “View from the Bench” series for the WBA at UMass Law broadcasting the series on Dartmouth Community Television. In March 2014, she graduated from University of

London (UOL) earning her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree with a specialization in public international law focusing, in particular, on

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women’s rights. From 2010-2011, she served as a law fellow to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court assisting the Justices in all phases of civil and criminal litigation. As a law fellow, she worked extensively with the Justices on trials, hearings and motion sessions,and prepared draft decisions, legal memoranda and proposed jury instructions.

Ms. Keith also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in fi nance from University of Massachusetts Boston. Prior to law school, Michelle has worked at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ensuring EEO/AA compliance with federal and state civil rights laws, Title VI, VII, 151b, and ADA. Born in Boston, Ms. Keith currently resides in Dartmouth, Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.

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Michelle Menken

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Michelle Menken is an appellate practitioner concentrating on criminal cases in the Massachusetts and First Circuit courts of appeal. She serves on both the CPCS post-conviction panel for indigent appellants in state court, and the First Circuit’s CJA appellate panel for indigent appellants in federal court. She is also available to other attorneys to consult on issue-preservation at the trial level, and

for research and writing assignments involving complex or novel issues.Prior to opening her own offi ce in January 2016, Attorney Menken

was a partner at Rankin & Sultan, a criminal litigation and appellate law fi rm. She appeared regularly in state trial courts, in state and federal appellate courts, and before various administrative agencies and disciplinary bodies as well.

Attorney Menken joined Rankin & Sultan after graduating from Northeastern University School of Law in 1999. While in law school, Michelle’s internship employers included the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the CPCS Youth Advocacy Project, and the law fi rm of Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg and Garin.

Attorney Menken is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the U.S. District Court Bar, and the Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She sits on the Criminal Justice Act Board of the U.S. District Court. She belongs to the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a lifetime member of the Women’s Bar Association.

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Stephanie Perini-HegartyPresident and Managing Attorney | Perini-Hegarty & Associates, P.C.

For over 20 years, Ms. Perini-Hegarty has counseled a wide spectrum of multi-national companies based both in and outside the United States. She has experience assisting clients in every context in which an international or domestic business law issue may arise and has successfully negotiated a wide variety of complex transactions in these areas.

In addition to her focus on international business law, Ms. Perini-Hegarty has grown the residential and commercial real estate practice of the firm by providing representation for buyers and sellers as well as partnering with key banks to provide real estate closing services.

Ms. Perini-Hegarty is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and before the U.S. Court of International Trade as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP), an accreditation given by NASBITE International and is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts.

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Rebecca G. PontikesPontikes Law LLC

Rebecca G. Pontikes, the principal owner of Pontikes Law LLC, has been a passionate advocate for the rights of employees, particularly women, since 1997.

Rebecca focuses her work on gender related issues, particularly sex and pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, pay equity, gender equality in schools accommodation for pregnant women, and family

responsibilities (caregiver) discrimination.Since becoming a lawyer in 1997, she has dedicated most

of her bar association involvement to the WBA, becoming a Lifetime Member in 2012. Rebecca served on the WBA’s Board of Directors from 2006-2016 and co-chaired the Solo and Small Firm Committee for a decade. Under her leadership, the Solo and Small firm Committee received the 2011 Outstanding Member Program Award from the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations for its Fee Circles program.

She is currently an active member of the WBA’s Legislative Policy Committee. She was a member of the Legislative Policy Committee’s Pay Equity Task Force and served as one of the WBA’s liaisons to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Coalition, an association

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CHRONICLE 2020of advocacy groups that lobbied for the passage of the Equal Pay Law. She also was the Legislative Policy Committee’s liason to the coalition supporting the passage of a pregnant workers’ fairness act. The act was passed by the legislature and takes effect on April 1, 2018. She is now active in the effort to effectively implement the law.

Rebecca is also an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of National Employment Lawyers Association (MELA), serving as the co-chair of its Amicus Committee. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Tufts University, Rebecca has repeatedly been selected by her peers as a “Superlawyer” and was named a Top Woman of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2012, was included into the Massachussetts Lawyers’ Weekly Circle of Excellence in 2017, and was named one of the top 50 women lawyers by SuperLawyers in 2015.

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WBA Lifetime Patron Mindee Wasserman promotes financial independence and education for women. Her practice includes general financial planning and portfolio management using mutual funds and stock selection focusing on three major industries: financial services, healthcare, and media-telecom-technology-internet.

In addition to general business law, Mindee is interested in civil rights law.

She is active in her temple. She is an avid arts fan, especially photography, dance, movies and theater. Mindee is a board member/Treasurer of the NY Hilton Club.

Mindee has a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She has also earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she was coordinator of the Alumni Financial Services Roundtable. Mindee is a Certified Financial Planner and a member of the Financial Planning Association.

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