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Robinson Award ...... 46 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 CHRONICLE 2020 WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT I am pleased to welcome WBA accomplished much and enactment into law of An you to our first, completely to celebrate. It has been Act Relative to the Penalties virtual gala event, “All Dressed incredible to see our members for the Crime of Female Up and Nowhere to Gala”! come together as a community Genital Mutilation (FGM). While our Gala will be very to support one another, The WBA’s FGM taskforce different this year, our message develop dynamic virtual played an instrumental role is the same – to celebrate programs, promote diversity its passage. It is our hope that women lawyers and promote on the bench, address the this bill will change the lives of our mission of the full and role of lawyers in advancing girls in Massachusetts, helping equal participation of women racial justice, and continue to ensure their physical and in the legal profession and in a our legislative and amicus mental health. just society. advocacy. In January we As I reflect on the year, it This has been a year kicked off our sixth Women’s is also important to note we unlike any other. After the Nicole Forbes Leadership Initiative (WLI), a are celebrating the 100th quarantine was implemented program that brings together and work in coalition with due to COVID-19, WBA senior women attorneys and anniversary of women’s other affinity bar associations. leadership quickly transitioned up and coming stars of the suffrage. Recognizing that 2020 also brought us the from our standard in-person legal profession for leadership the 19th amendment did not loss of two great leaders in networking events, substantive development and mentoring. give all women the right to the legal profession, SJC programs, and advocacy to I am thrilled that we are vote, it is critical to remember Chief Justice Ralph Gants operating our organization honoring and recognizing that our power to vote, the and Supreme Court Justice remotely and ensuring its the WLI class participants power of our collective voices, Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Justice financial stability through at this year’s Gala. They and our ability to engage Gants left a profound impact the economic downturn. We are a phenomenal group in making our communities on all those who knew him spent time reflecting on who of women with impressive more just are essential to and on our court systems we are as an organization, and accomplishments and truly are our democracy. As Justice in Massachusetts. He was a what we are doing to work the next generation of leaders Ginsberg said, “Fight for the brilliant and thoughtful jurist towards the achievement of in our profession. things that you care about, and relentless in his pursuit our mission. With the murders The WBA held a number but do it in a way that will of access to justice and legal of George Floyd, Breonna of exciting programs this lead others to join you.” If Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and services. For so many of us, year including: Women’s you are looking for ways to countless other Black lives who Justice Ginsberg was our Health and Reproductive get involved, I invite you have died and suffered because hero, an icon; she was the Rights: Legal, Medical and to join us. There are ample of systemic racism, injustice, trailblazer in the legal fight Political Perspectives Shaping opportunities to get involved. and violence, we are reminded for women’s rights. Her work, the National Conversation; The WBA cannot do its starkly that we do not live in a both as a litigator and as a Financial Literacy for New work without the support of just society. As lawyers and as judge, changed the way the Nonprofit Board Members; community members, we have law viewed women. These Managing Litigation as an our staff, volunteer leaders, an obligation to become better losses were devasting – both In-House Lawyer; Race, members, firm members, allies and advocates, examine were tireless in their advocacy Incarceration & Clemency; Gala sponsors, and corporate and address white privilege for justice – and we must now and Women in Finance: partners. Together, we will and bias, and hold ourselves take up the torch and carry on Insights from Industry get through 2020 and build a and each other accountable their work. Leaders. We also celebrated better future for all. to making our society just. We Despite the losses and an incredible legislative Nicole Forbes will continue to do this work challenges of 2020, the achievement with the passage 2020-2021 WBA President

Chronicle 2020 1 CHRONICLE 2020 2020 GALA COMMITTEE CHAIRS Nicole Forbes Heather Gamache

Nicole is a Deputy General Counsel Heather is a Director in the litigation at Globalization Partners. She focuses department at Rackemann, Sawyer & on international employment law and Brewster. Before joining Rackemann, she legal compliance issues for Globalization was a partner in the litigation department at Partners’ international entities. Before joining Prince Lobel Tye LLP. Heather has worked at Globalization Partners, Nicole was in private practice in a number of law firms in Boston several law firms and served as a pro se staff focusing on employment law and litigation attorney in the United States District Court Nicole Forbes and business/commercial litigation. Heather Gamache for the District of Hawaii. Kimberly Donlon Kristy Lavigne Kim is a Director in the Partner Practice Kristy is an Assistant Bar Counsel with Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa, a global the Office of Bar Counsel. Before joining legal search firm where she helps lawyers the Office of Bar Counsel in August 2020, Kristy was an Assistant Attorney General navigate their next career move and help prosecuting insurance and unemployment law firms recruit and retain top talent. fraud at the Massachusetts Attorney Before joining MLA, Kim practiced law General’s Office for seven years and an in California and Massachusetts defending Assistant District Attorney at the Cape and clients in complex product liability actions Islands’ District Attorney’s Office for nine Kimberly Donlon around the world. Kristy Lavigne years. Margaret Caulfield Alexandra Margaret is an attorney at Alkermes, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. Mitropoulos Margaret supports pre-clinical and clinical research and development transactions for Alexandra is an Attorney at Hirsch the organization. Margaret is an alumna Roberts Weinstein. She defends colleges and of Suffolk University Law School and universities in an array of litigation matters Bridgewater State University, where she in both state and federal court and conducts serves on the Bridgewater State University investigations regarding policy violations and Margaret Caulfield Board of Trustees. Alexandra Mitropoulos harassment based on sex, race, and disability. Jennifer Saubermann Jennifer 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 2 Jennifer Saubermann past president of the WBA. 2 Chronicle 2020 Chronicle 2020 3 CHRONICLE 2020

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Chronicle 2020 5 CHRONICLE 2020 MEET THE WBA LEADERSHIP OFFICERS

Nicole Forbes Heather Gamache Kim Donlon Sarah Gagan Kristy Lavigne Jessica Babine President President-Elect Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer Secretary Globalization Rackemann Sawyer Membership and Operations Office of Bar Cornetta Babine LLP Partners & Brewster Statewide Outreach Latham & Watkins, Counsel Major, Lindsey, & LLP Africa, LLC

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Chronicle 2020 7 CHRONICLE 2020 2020 WBA PRESIDENT-ELECT Directors since 2017. advancement and was covered by the Heather initially became involved Boston Globe, Massachusetts Lawyers with the WBA upon returning to Boston Weekly, Law 360, Bloomberg, and other after practicing out-of-state for several news outlets. years and was immediately struck As part of the WBA’s Executive by the generosity of the leaders and Board, Heather has worked to increase members of the organization, especially the organization’s membership base, with their time and commitment to strengthen its relationship with law advancing the mission of the WBA. firms, and support programming Her involvement increased after she and networking opportunities for its was selected to participate in the members and women attorneys. 2015/16 Women’s Leadership Initiative Heather is a Director at Rackemann, class. Heather became involved Sawyer & Brewster where she practices with the Law Firm Advancement Committee, which she later co-chaired in the firm’s litigation group. Prior Heather Gamache for four years, and also the Women in to joining Rackemann, Heather was the Courtroom Committee. As a co- a partner at Prince Lobel Tye. She The WBA has been a formative chair of the Law Firm Advancement also previously worked at several organization throughout the Committee, Heather is particularly law firms practicing general civil advancement of Heather Gamache’s proud of the Committee’s involvement litigation and served as a pro se law career, and she is honored to support with a comprehensive workplace clerk in the United States District its work and mission in the role of conduct study at Massachusetts law Court for the District of Hawaii. President-Elect. Heather has been firms with the Rikleen Institute for Heather is a graduate of University an active WBA member for over 10 Strategic Leadership, which shined a of Massachusetts Amherst and Suffolk years and has served on the Board of light on challenges related to women’s University Law School.

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Thank you to our past presidents for 40+ years of dynamic leadership!

Honorable Wendie Gershengorn President Pro Tem ...... 1978-1979 Proud Elaine Epstein ...... 1979-1980 Supporter of Maureen M. Phillips ...... 1980-1981 the WBA Terry Jean Seligmann ...... 1981-1982 Melinda Milberg ...... 1982-1983 Sarah Wald ...... 1983-1984 SERVING Your Needs. Mary K. Ryan ...... 1984-1985 Sandra Shapiro ...... 1985-1986 PROTECTING Your Rights. Martha Coakley ...... 1986-1988 SOLVING Your Problems. S. Beville May ...... 1988-1989 Karen J. Kepler ...... 1989-1990 PH: (617) 720-8447 I FX: (617) 958-6081 Honorable Judith Nelson Dilday ...... 1990-1991 BOSTON 10 Tremont St 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Honorable Patricia E. Bernstein ...... 1991-1992 Add a little bit of body text Jamie Ann Sabino ...... 1992-1993 WORCESTER Jane Tewksbury ...... 1993-1994 1 Exchange Pl, Worcester, MA 01608 Sally J. Greenberg ...... 1994-1995 Jane E. Sender ...... 1995-1996 Sarah McClean ...... 1996-1997 Ellen C. Kearns ...... 1997-1998 Beth I.Z. Boland ...... 1998-1999 Honorable Antoinette E.M. Leoney ...... 1999-2000 Lisa Brodeur-McGan ...... 2000-2001 Leigh-Ann Durant ...... 2001-2002 Gretchen Van Ness ...... 2002-2003 Patricia Rapinchuk ...... 2003-2004 Marianne C. LeBlanc ...... 2004-2005 Pamela E. Berman ...... 2005-2006 Kathleen O’Connor ...... 2006-2007 1309 Beacon Street, Suite 300 Julia Huston ...... 2007-2008 Brookline, MA 02466 Kathy Jo Cook ...... 2008-2009 Michelle R. Peirce ...... 2009-2010 Phone: 6172745742 Deborah DosSantos ...... 2010-2011 Fax: 8557239374 Nancy M. Cremins ...... 2011-2012 Andrea Kramer ...... 2012-2013 [email protected] Lurleen Gannon...... 2013-2014 Kara DelTufo ...... 2014-2015 Kimberly Dougherty ...... 2015-2016 Kristin Shirahama...... 2016-2017 Michelle Liu Baillie ...... 2017-2018 Meredith Ainbinder ...... 2018-2019 Jennifer Saubermann ...... 2019-2020

Chronicle 2020 9 CHRONICLE 2020 Congratulations to Deb Benson and the WBA STAFF FGM Working Group on Margaret E. Talmers passing the FGM criminal bill, Margaret Talmers is the Executive Director of the H4606 this year! Women’s Bar Association. Joanne Golden 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 Melick & Porter, LLP is proud to be a diversity and inclusion eff orts. Talmers also taught legal research and writing and Bronze Sponsor of the worked in private practice. She began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable A. 2020 Women’s Bar Association Gala David Mazzone in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She has leadership experience in the nonprofi t One Liberty Square | Boston, MA 02109 sector, serving as President of the Board Tel. (617) 523-6200 | Fax (617) 523-8130 of Directors for the Brookline Education Foundation and as co-chair of the Brookline Massachusetts | Connecticut | Rhode Island Special Education Parent Advisory Council. New Hampshire | Maine | Vermont | New York Talmers is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law and the University www.melicklaw.com of Michigan. Sophia Simeone Data & Communications Specialist, Women’s Bar Association

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10 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 Together, We Make Things Happen

By Kimberly Donlon RBG’s quote. We are a professional annual Gala. And with the financial Ruth Bader Ginsberg once said, “So organization for women attorneys who hardships facing the legal and business often in life, the things that you regard as rely on us for leadership opportunities, community, we expected to see mass an impediment turn out to be great good for rewarding work in our communities attrition and a steep loss of revenue. fortune.” and as a networking forum for business But we did not. And so, I thank our 2020 was a Sisyphean impediment development. We worried about how individual members, our firm members, for us all. COVID. Politics. Job losses. we could ever morph that personal Racial and social injustice. Death and experience into the cyber world? But our corporate partners, our virtual Gala violence. Fires and floods. Toilet paper we did it. Our committees created sponsors, and every person who bought shortages. It is really hard to find the great virtual programming: Women in at ticket to fortune in this mess of a year. Finance, Women who Run for Office, tonight’s But it is there. Homebuying 101. We held Sip and amazing event We have learned that if we work Network evening events, and Supermom for supporting together, we can make things happen. Lunch meetings. And our members us this year. We wear masks to protect others. We came, making many of these Zooms We truly could donate food. We order take-out to as well attended as our pre-COVID in not do this support local restaurants. We march. We person events. vote. We stand up for what is decent and We also learned our members and the without you. right. We care for each other, even if we legal community care about us. The And there is can’t give hugs right now. WBA’s primary sources of revenue are our great good In 2020, the WBA has embodied membership dues and our in-person fortune. Kimberly Donlon

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Firm Members! Krokidas & Bluestein LLP Peabody & Arnold, LLP Law firm membership allows women attorneys to access a Laredo & Smith LLP Pontikes Law, LLC significant and varied professional network, targeted programming, and leadership opportunities. WBA member attorneys value the Latham & Watkins LLP Prince Lobel Tye LLP opportunity to increase their profile, as well as the firm’s, within the Law Office of Rebecca G. Neale legal and business community. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster Levitt Law Group WBA firm membership makes a powerful difference for women Riemer & Braunstein LLP attorneys. Middlesex District Attorney’s Robins Kaplan LLP Office Anderson & Kreiger LLP Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. Sherin and Lodgen LLP Andrus Wagstaff, P.C. Duane Morris LLP Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C. Barrett & Singal Emerson College Nadeau Harkavy LLC Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Baskin Kershner & Thorp, LLC Fish & Richardson P.C. Nelson Mullins Riley & Cohen, P.C. Bowditch & Dewey Foley Hoag LLP Scarborough LLP Sunstein LLP Burns & Levinson LLP Gesmer Updegrove LLP Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP City of Boston Globalization Partners North Shore Patents P.C. Tanowitz Law Office, P.C. Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch Hartley Michon Robb LLP Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Todd & Weld LLP & Ford, LLP Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP Office of the Attorney General Volunteer Lawyers Project

12 Chronicle 2020 Chronicle 2020 13 CHRONICLE 2020 Women’s Leadership Initiative

Launched in 2009, the WBA’s members of this year’s mentor Women’s Leadership Initiative class reflect a cross section of (WLI) brings together senior the legal community, offering women attorneys and rising insights and advice through stars of the legal profession for no-holds barred Q&A sessions. leadership development and The WLI mentees also have mentoring. This year’s WLI the opportunity to work directly chairs are Meredith Ainbinder, with their mentors and with one Deputy General Counsel of another, to build their networks Emerson College, and Erin and further their careers. Higgins, Partner at Conn The year began with a large Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & networking reception, allowing Ford, LLP, along with Mary Ryan, mentors and mentees to meet Partner at Nutter McClennen & and mingle. Class members Fish LLP, as Senior Chair. also enjoyed small group events, The WBA is thrilled to allowing mentees to develop recognize this year’s exciting and strong relationships with Co-Chairs- L to R: Mary Ryan, Senior Chair; Meredith Ainbinder, Co-Chair; diverse WLI class, which includes other mentees. Although the Jennifer Saubermann, 2019-2020 WBA President; Erin Higgins, Co-Chair women practicing in firms, pandemic interfered with some government, and in-house, and scheduled in-person events, touches a wide variety of sectors/ industries including the criminal the WLI has continued with justice system, higher education, dynamic virtual programming legal services, and the financial that has presented mentees with services and biotechnology unique opportunities to discuss industries. career advancement, business Each WLI event, including development, and professional large-scale networking, group and personal fulfillment, and to mentoring and one-on- hear from keynote speakers about one meetings, leverages the ways to lead in these challenging experiences of accomplished times. Our programming and women attorneys in mentorship continue to set the Massachusetts interested in WLI apart as a highly sought- cultivating the next generation of after program for up-and-coming women leaders. The twenty-one women attorneys. Mentors - Group Shot

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14 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 Azure Aronsson Saraa Basaria Azure Aronsson, Counsel Saraa Basaria is a with Hogan Lovells, represents commercial litigation attorney clients in all phases of at Todd & Weld LLP in Boston, white-collar criminal and concentrating her practice civil prosecution matters, on commercial disputes, government and internal employment law, medical investigations, and complex malpractice, and criminal civil litigation. Her work with defense. She also works on companies, executives, and pro bono and civil rights licensed professionals spans matters. Prior to joining Todd many industries, with a focus & Weld, Ms. Basaria was a on the healthcare, medical civil litigation attorney at a device, pharmaceutical, and fi nancial services sectors. Azure is national law fi rm where she represented clients in a variety of experienced in handling internal and government investigations matters, including commercial litigation, construction litigation, relating to false claims, wire fraud, government contract fraud, professional liability, land use/zoning litigation, and employment off -label marketing, and public corruption. Her civil litigation disputes and counseling. She began her career as a public defender practice focuses on product liability litigation including individual, with the Committee for Public Counsel Services, representing mass tort, and multi-district litigation, as well as employment indigent defendants in District Court proceedings in Brockton, discrimination matters. Azure devotes her pro bono work to Roxbury, and Dorchester. Ms. Basaria served as president of the representing individuals seeking special immigrant juvenile status South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (2016-2017), and or asylum in the United States as a volunteer attorney for Kids in on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Bar Association of Need of Defense. 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. Jessica Babine Attorney Babine is a partner at Cornetta Babine LLC. Margaret Caulfi eld She actively practices law in Margaret is Research both Massachusetts and New and Development Counsel Hampshire. Her experience for Alkermes, Inc., a global includes representing biopharmaceutical company. In individuals, towns, and this position, Margaret directs businesses in civil litigation, legal counsel, transactional real estate conveyancing, quiet support and strategic guidance title actions, takings, workers’ on matters related to clinical compensation, and personal trials, medical aff airs activities, injury. Immediately prior to and pre-clinical research and becoming a partner at Cornetta Babine LLC, Jessica served for development. Margaret is a three years as lead New Hampshire counsel at a national law fi rm’s member of her company’s Boston offi ce, focusing on commercial litigation. Attorney Babine Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Steering Committee. Margaret has successfully represented clients before the United States Court serves on the Women’s Bar Association’s (WBA) Board of Directors of Appeals for the First Circuit, New Hampshire Supreme Court and previously co-chaired the WBA’s New Lawyers Committee and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She is the co-chair of the and the WBA’s annual Gala. In addition, Margaret is a Trustee Legislative Policy Committee and on the Board of Directors for on the Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF) where she co-chairs the the Women’s Bar Association, the Board of Directors for the Essex WBF’s auction for Comedy Night and serves on the Development County Bar Association, the Board of Directors for North Shore and Stewardship Committee. Margaret is an alumna of Suff olk Women in Business, the Board of Directors for her neighborhood University Law School and Bridgewater State University (BSU), association, and in the Real Estate Law Section Council for the where she serves on the Bridgewater Alumni Association’s Board of Massachusetts Bar Association. Directors and the BSU Board of Trustees.

Chronicle 2020 15 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 (cont .) Meghan Cooper Courtney Groh Meghan is a senior litigation Courtney Groh is a Boston associate at Peabody & Arnold corporate attorney and partner in Holland & Knight’s LLP, where her practice focuses Healthcare & Life Sciences on employment law, defending, Team and the Mergers advising and counseling and Acquisitions Team. Courtney focuses her practice employers, and insurance on healthcare entities and coverage litigation. Prior to corporations. She advises a joining Peabody & Arnold, wide range of clients, including health plans, pharmacy benefi t Meghan began her career managers, pharmaceutical as a litigator at a small fi rm manufacturers, medical device companies, pharmacies, wholesale (Nolan | Perroni P.C.) representing unions and union members drug distributors, medical groups, home health agencies, disease management companies, and healthcare technology companies. In in labor disputes. She earned her bachelor’s degree, summa particular, Courtney regularly counsels clients in matters involving cum laude, from Loyola University Maryland before attending enforcement of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, the law school at New England Law | Boston, where she graduated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and as valedictorian,summa cum laude, in 2011. After graduation, the federal False Claims Act (FCA). Courtney also represents clients in a variety of corporate and contractual transactions, including Meghan served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, and services- Justice Paul A. Suttell of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. 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. Michele Detherage Amalia Jorns Michele Detherage is a Amalia Jorns is a staff litigator at Robins Kaplan attorney with Northeast LLP. As a member of her Legal Aid in Lowell, where she specializes in housing fi rm’s insurance practice and family law. For two years, group, she handles large she represented low income loss litigation matters from tenants facing eviction as part inception to resolution and acts of the Lawyer for the Day as a coverage consultant to a Program in Northeast Housing number of insurers. Michele Court. She now represents domestic violence survivors also has experience in the area in family court proceedings of employment law, and has in Middlesex and Essex County. Ms. Jorns is a member of the assisted clients in navigating employment agreement and workplace Middlesex County Committee of the Women’s Bar Association. discrimination disputes. Prior to joining Robins Kaplan, Michele Prior to joining Northeast Legal Aid, Ms. Jorns spent ten years as spent fi ve years as in-house trial counsel for Travelers Indemnity a commercial litigator with a focus on international investigations, Company. In addition to her professional work, Michele is a complex commercial litigation, and white collar crime at Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London and Arnold & Porter Kaye member of the Board of Trustees for a non-profi t organization Scholer LLP in New York. Ms. Jorns also served a law clerk in the dedicated to disrupting the cycle of poverty for single mothers federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She and their children. She also volunteers with various animal rescue received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of organizations. Illinois and her juris doctor from Columbia Law School.

16 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 (cont .) Nita Kumaraswami Klunder Elizabeth McEvoy Nita Klunder is an attorney Elizabeth J. McEvoy is a in the Division of Enforcement partner in Barrett & Singal’s Litigation practice and Co- at the SEC’s Boston Regional Chair of the fi rm’s Research Offi ce. Having recently Misconduct Department. transitioned after fi ve years Her practice focuses on healthcare litigation, as an Assistant Attorney corporate and commercial General in the Medicaid Fraud civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, scientifi c Division, Nita looks forward research misconduct cases, and to continuing to investigate professional licensing matters. and hold accountable those Elizabeth’s civil practice focuses on complex business disputes, and specifi cally, those disputes arising in Massachusetts’ growing committing complex fraud. Prior to her work at the Attorney healthcare industry. She represents individuals, LLCs, PLLCs, and General’s offi ce, Nita practiced commercial litigation in Boston and other entities in navigating a host of business disputes, including New York, and clerked for the Honorable Stanley R. Chesler in the partnership disputes, corporate buy-outs, and related claims for breach of contract and violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act. District of New Jersey. Elizabeth’s criminal work focuses on white-collar criminal defense Nita lives in Needham with her husband, two young children, and government investigations. She represents individuals under and parents. Nita received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University government scrutiny for possible conspiracy and substantive mail/ wire fraud charges as well as individuals and entities charged with and her J.D. from Columbia Law School. 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 Stephanie Lin institutions at all stages of the institutional investigation of reported Stephanie Lin is a senior research misconduct. associate at WilmerHale who focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation. Elizabeth Monnin-Browder She works on patent, copyright Elizabeth Monnin-Browder and trade secrets litigation in (“Liz”) is a partner at Hirsch federal district court, appeals Roberts Weinstein LLP. She is before the Federal Circuit, an experienced employment attorney who focuses her inter partes review proceedings practice on litigation, training, in front of the US Patent and counseling. She represents Trial and Appeal Board, and companies and non-profi ts patent litigation cases before in employment and business the International Trade Commission. In addition, Stephanie has disputes across a broad range represented pro bono clients in federal court and at administrative of industries. Liz understands hearings. Her pro bono clients include several artists, such as the business implications and human impact of litigation the creator of the Pepe the Frog character in his high-profi le and works hand-in-hand with her clients to craft strategies that are copyright enforcement actions against alt- right entities. Stephanie consistent with their priorities and advance their goals. Liz also is currently active on the WBA’s Women of Color Committee, provides thoughtful, practical guidance to help her clients avoid and she is on her fi rm’s Community Service Committee and the litigation so that they can focus on their business. Clients rely on Women’s Leadership Initiative Planning Committee. She is on Liz to advise them regarding compliance with employment laws the board of the Hyde Square Task Force and a Partner at Social and to help them design and implement new policies. Liz is also an MCAD-certifi ed trainer, and her practice includes training Venture Partners, a network of more than 3,200 engaged donors employers about preventing and addressing discrimination and in 40 cities that helps individuals amplify their giving, fund and harassment in the workplace and their other legal obligations. Liz strengthen nonprofi ts, and equip their communities to tackle social has a passion for civil rights, and, in particular, transgender rights, challenges. and has written and presented extensively on the topic.

Chronicle 2020 17 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 (cont .) Maggie Morgan Rebecca G. Neale Maggie Morgan is an Rebecca Neale is an attorney attorney at Greater Boston and owner of Bedford Family Legal Services specializing in Lawyer, a solo law fi rm focused immigration law. Ms. Morgan on divorce litigation and represents primarily asylum mediation, and estate planning. seekers and others seeking She is an Assessor for the Town humanitarian protection. of Bedford and President of the Board of the Domestic Before coming to GBLS, Violence Services Network. Maggie Morgan practiced Rebecca also provides pro bono immigration law for three years representation to survivors at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. Prior of domestic violence in restraining order and domestic relations to working in immigration law, Maggie was a clinical fellow in the proceedings, and represented a church that successfully appealed Health Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where she a denial of its application to install solar panels on its historic worked on national and state-based health law and policy initiatives building. She earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester and to increase access to healthcare for low-income citizens. Maggie a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the clerked for the Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey of the Western Law. At UC Hastings, she was a Co-Editor in Chief of the Hastings District of Missouri. Maggie is a 2011 graduate of Harvard Law Women’s Law Journal, and after graduation she clerked for the School. New York State Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, Rebecca was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan. Amy Sennett Amy Sennett is General Counsel at Catalant Emily Kanstroom Musgrave Technologies, Inc., a Boston- Emily is a partner in Mintz’s based, venture-backed SaaS Litigation Section. Her company. In this role, Amy leads the legal and compliance practice focuses on complex functions with responsibility for commercial litigation across board governance, corporate a variety of areas, including fi nance, equity compensation, contract disputes, securities customer contracting, litigation and government information security and data privacy matters. Amy investigations. She is the Co- previously worked as an associate at WilmerHale and served Chair of the fi rm’s Appellate as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Practice Group, and maintains Initiatives for the Boston bid to secure the 2024 Olympic Games. a robust pro bono practice focused on providing legal assistance to 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 asylum seekers and survivors of domestic violence, among others. Pennsylvania. Amy earned her MBA with distinction from Harvard Emily previously worked as a Special Assistant District Attorney Business School and her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, in Middlesex County. Before joining Mintz, Emily served as a law where she was President of the Harvard Women’s Law Association. clerk for the Honorable Margot Botsford of the Supreme Judicial A cum laude graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Amy has served since graduation as the Class of 2006 Court of Massachusetts, and for the Honorable Leo T. Sorokin, Alumni Class Secretary. Amy is also a Boston board member of then a Magistrate Judge, of the United States District Court for the Strong Women, Strong Girls. Amy and her husband Dan have District of Massachusetts. 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.

18 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 (cont .) Naomi Shatz Allison Lukas Turner Naomi is an attorney at Allison (Ally) Lukas Turner is Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein a senior associate in the Boston LLP, where she represents offi ce of Latham & Watkins individuals involved in LLP and a member of the university discipline, Litigation & Trial Department. education discrimination, Ms. Turner focuses her practice and employment matters. on products liability litigation, She represents students from and has experience advising elementary school through clients on a diverse array of graduate school, as well as business disputes, including employees and professors consumer protection, trade involved in discrimination secrets, and white collar cases and disciplinary investigations. Ms. Turner proceedings regarding claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, is proud to serve Latham’s diversity and inclusion initiatives as a and academic misconduct. Naomi frequently writes, speaks to member of the Recruiting Committee and one of three global the media, and provides legislative testimony about Title IX and co-chairs of the fi rm’s Parent Lawyers Group. Ms. Turner earned student sexual misconduct processes, and was invited to the U.S. a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University and Department of Education as an expert on Title IX to speak about graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was how to improve the effi cacy of Title IX proceedings. Naomi also named a Dean’s Scholar in White Collar Criminal Procedure. advises and represents employees in harassment, discrimination, While in law school, Ms. Turner served as an intern in the Appeals wage and hour, and other employment matters. Naomi is a Division of the Essex County District Attorney’s Offi ce and in the graduate of the Yale Law School and Barnard College, and prior Child Protection Unit of the Suff olk County District Attorney’s to joining Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein she served as a clerk on the Offi ce. After law school, Ms. Turner clerked for Chief Judge John Supreme Judicial Court and as a Skadden Fellow at the New York A. Woodcock, Jr. of the United States District Court for the District Civil Liberties Union. Naomi has been selected to the Rising Stars of Maine. Ms. Turner sits on the Board of Directors of Families list by Super Lawyers each year since 2016, and in 2018 was named First, a non-profi t organization working to bring early childhood an Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Law Weekly. parenting education to the communities of Boston and beyond. Emily Sy Destinee Waiters Emily L. Sy is Vice President Destinee Waiters is Associate and Litigation counsel at State General Counsel at Suff olk University. Prior to joining Street Bank & Trust Company. Suff olk, she served as the Emily’s practice at State Street Associate Vice President of includes internal investigations Compliance and General related to employee and Counsel at Texas Woman’s business conduct; responding University, and has been a member Bar since 2008 and to and negotiating state and has primarily worked in the federal civil and regulatory higher education arena. Prior legal service addressed to state to her university work, she street, including investigations, audits, examinations, subpoenas, served as Legislative Staff for Texas State Representative Yvonne Davis. Destinee served as a member of the Board of Directors civil investigation demands or other similar compulsory processes; of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and managing outside counsel and third-party vendors on civil (NACUA), Class of FY 2015-2018, and has served on various and regulatory litigation matters. Prior to joining State Street, NACUA committees, as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Strategic Emily was a litigation and white-collar associate at Nixon Peabody Planning, as a member of the NACUANOTES Editorial Board, LLP located in Boston and New York. Emily is a graduate of the Web Page Legal Resources Committee, Committee on Board Operations and the Committee on Legal Education. In addition, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Wellesley College. She she has spoken at NACUA events on the various topics of university serves on the board of the Asian American Lawyers Associationall legal compliance and at the National Hispanic Bar Association’s of Massachusetts and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. Corporate Counsel Conference.

Chronicle 2020 19 CHRONICLE 2020 WLI Class of 2020 (cont .) Jennifer Watson 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 Rackemann, to, the personal property and casualty, worker’s compensation and commercial lines of businesses. In addition, she also serves as Sawyer & Brewster 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 is outside counsel and partnering with business leaders to eff ectuate positive impact to the corporation’s culture and bottom line.Prior to a proud sponsor joining Liberty Mutual, Jennifer handled employment, commercial and general liability matters from inception to resolution at of the 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 Women’s Bar 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 Association enjoys running, swimming, vacationing, dining and salsa dancing. Whitney Williams 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 Boston | Wellesley | www.rackemann.com Team.

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Chronicle 2020 21 CHRONICLE 2020 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 Press Conference at WBA: Campaign Funds for Child Care legislative sessions. The WBA also played an instrumental role in building Expenses Legislation – Nov. 6, 2019 widespread support in both the legislature and the community. The bill had The WBA was excited to host a press conference for Campaign over 100 House and Senate cosponsors and had also been supported by ~ 50 Funds for Childcare Expenses legislation at our office on November 6, 2019. Left to right: Sen. Pat Jehlen, Rep. Mike organizations, including the AHA Foundation, Sahiyo, UNICEF USA, the Connolly, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Joan U.S. End FGM/C Network, Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement, Meschino, and Denella Clark, Vice Chair, Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, MA Caucus of Women Legislators, American Commission on the Status of Women 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 Distinguished Public Service Award winners: Rep. Marjorie C. Justice Ginsburg’s Decker (M) and Sen. Sal N. DiDomenico (R) pictured with death, there has WBA Immediate Past President Jennifer Saubermann (L) 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 The WBA shares its legislative priorities with members of WBA Legislative Policy Committee, if you’d like to get involved in the the state legislature at its Annual Legislative Breakfast. WBA members and coalition partners discuss the progress of key bills. organization’s advocacy efforts.

22 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 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 Desiree Murphy Andrea Kramer to meet new people, and learn about some of the hidden history of UMass Memorial Healthcare Kramer Law LLC the suff rage movement in the United States. Plus, the winning group won a prize!

Chronicle 2020 23 CHRONICLE 2020 CONGRATULATIONS TO ATTORNEY CRISPIN BIRNBAUM

Crispin Birnbaum, Esq., an Access to Justice Fellow, has been awarded a 2020 Adams Pro Bono Award Heidi Alexander from the Massachusetts PARENTS’ FORUM Supreme Judicial Court On May 13, 2020, the WBA Well-Being. Other members Parents Forum co-sponsored a of the Standing Committee, for her extensive efforts to expand free Town Hall with the Supreme including Hon. Margot legal services to low income clients, Judicial Court’s Standing Botsford (Ret.), listened closely Committee on Lawyer Well- to the issues raised by practicing including veterans and homeless Being. The challenge to attorneys whose children are manage work and children attending school from home. clients, to seal and expunge criminal during the pandemic has The WBA continues to be records and for performing more than emerged as a signifi cant issue involved in broader discussions in the workplace. Co-chairs with the Standing Committee 95 free criminal records trainings Eliza Minsch and Christine to address this issue more across the Commonwealth. Thompson welcomed over fully. Throughout the year, the 50 attorneys who joined Parents Forum holds a monthly in a discussion with Heidi virtual lunch to discuss the Alexander, Director of the SJC intersection of lawyering and Standing Committee on Lawyer family commitments. Thank you to the WBA and especially Margaret Talmers for your support during these challenging times. Immigration Lawyers Celebrating the Women’s Bar Association Marianne E. Brown Co-Chair, Middlesex County Committee

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Insights from Navjeet Bal Carla McCall Industry Leaders September 16, 2020

The 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 Abim Thomas 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. Emily Sy

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Chronicle 2020 25 CHRONICLE 2020 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.

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26 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 Women of Color Committee Features Wide Range of Speakers, Programming

The Women of Color backgrounds: Marcela Garcia, recognize, read, and understand program is to equip attendees Committee of the Women’s Editorialist from The Boston a Form 990 and other fi nancial with the essential tools and Bar Association (WoCC) has Globe, who spoke on submitting documents relevant to a knowledge to either create continued to serve as a resource op-eds and letters to the editor; nonprofi t organization. an action plan for brand for minority women attorneys Attorney Lauren Song from Despite COVID-19 putting development or refi ne their by providing educational and the Boston Bar Association a halt to in-person meetings, professional development Journal, who shared her insight the Committee has maintained current one. The Committee programing. In November on getting short legal articles a strong connection with its also plans to host a virtual 2019, WoCC collaborated published electronically in the members through virtual debrief after the November with the Massachusetts Black BBJ; and Nicole Alcantara networking events, get-togethers, election and a Book Club Meet- Women Attorneys to provide a Beiner of Melanin + Moxie, and check-in meetings. In Up where Committee members private screening of the movie who addressed non-traditional August, the Committee held a can chat informally about a book Harriet, followed by a social. legal writing avenues such as Virtual Sip & Network event of their choice. Subsequently, the Committee blog articles and writing in other featuring a demonstration of two Despite the current state organized the program, digital spaces. cocktails by Camila Chaparro “Professional Development Continuing this theme of of America’s Test Kitchen. This of the nation, the WoCC is Through Writing,” which education, the Committee began event was hosted by Goulston & constantly trying to develop was hosted by Hogan Lovells 2020 with a program focused Storrs. new and innovative ideas for on December 19, 2019. This on fi lling fi nancial information This year’s upcoming events programming that furthers its programWO providedMEN women'S BAR gapsAS forS thoseOC membersIATI whoON include a virtual workshop, mission. The WoCC is excited attorneys an opportunity to learn serve on nonprofi t boards. On “Build Your Personal Brand: to continue working with its more about low commitment January 23, the Committee held, Business Development for members to put on programs writingW opportunitiesOMEN' thatS BAR “FinancialASSO LiteracyCIA forT IServingON Women of Color,” co-hosted could further their brand on a Nonprofi t Board” at Burns with the South Asian Bar and provide networking and professional platform. and Levinson, LLP. Led by Eva Association of Greater Boston opportunities and resources to The program panel featured Herzing and Carol Ruiz from (SABA GB) on October 15, support, advance, and advocate women from diff erent writing PWC, attendees learned how to 2020. The purpose of this for women of color attorneys. WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION

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GLC made the best of a Justice Institute; Brook challenging year. We kicked Hopkins, Executive Director off with a networking event at the Criminal Justice Policy on November 20, 2019 at the Program, and Chijindu Atrium in TradeCenter in Obiofuma, Harvard Law Woburn, featuring speakers School Legal Fellow. They, The Women’s Bar Middlesex District Attorney with others, recently published Marian Ryan and former a report commissioned by the Association has advocated federal prosecutor Natashia MA Supreme Judicial Court, Tidwell. for the full and equal which analyzed detailed We continued our networking administrative data to explore participation of women at a lunch event at Rebecca’s the factors that led to persistent Café on February 20, 2020. in law and in society as a racial inequities. We organized a well attended whole since 1978. Barrett virtual event on October 14, The WBA, as always, 2020, that focused on a pressing provided great support for & Singal is honored to be issue—racial disparities in all GLC events. The GLC a long-time sponsor of the the Massachusetts Criminal is thriving and providing System. The discussion was led a necessary forum for WBA’s Annual Gala. by Professor Dehlia Umunna, government lawyers to Deputy Director and Clinical connect, share ideas, socialize Instructor at the Criminal and network with one another.

28 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 Remote Depositions Webinar Tuesday, April 28 10:30 AM WOMEN IN THE COURTROOM COMMITTEE Women in the O'BRIEN & LEVINE COURT REPORTING SOLUTIONS Courtroom Committee

Litigation practice has undergone many changes since the courthouses closed their physical doors to the public in March, due to the pandemic. Recognizing these challenges, the Women in the Courtroom Committee co-sponsored a Remote Depositions workshop with O’Brien & Levine Court Reporting Solutions in April 2020. Over 80 people joined remotely to learn this important adjustment to basic discovery practice. An event with female judges to talk about jury trials in the COVID-19 era is planned for later this fall.

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Chronicle 2020 29 CHRONICLE 2020 Lelia J . Robinson Award – Davis Malm Past Winners proudly supports Year Awardee the WBA Gala 1994 Elizabeth Scheibel 1994 Ruth Ellen Fitch 1994 Joan Mahoney 1994 Diane Kottmyer 1995 Marianne Pierce 1995 Margaret Burnham 1996 Eldie Acheson 1996 Margaret McKenna 1997 Clare Dalton 1998 Lani Guinier 1999 Elaine Epstein 1999 Hillary Clinton 2000 Martha Coakley 2000 Mary Bonauto 2001 Regina Pisa 2001 Eileen Shavel 2002 Toni Wolfman 2002 Aileen Belford 2003 Pat McGovern 2003 Mary Ryan 2004 Maria Krokidas 2004 Stephanie Page 2005 Janet Donovan 2005 Lauren Stiller Rikleen Celebrating the 2006 Ellen Kearns 2006 Nadine Cohen 100th Anniversary of 2007 Ellen Carpenter 2007 Nancy Kelley Women's Suffrage 2007 Jane Tewksbury 2008 Hon. Ruth Abrams 2008 Sarah McClean Congratulations to the 2009 Ann Morse Hartner 2009 Elizabeth Warren 2020 Women’s Leadership 2010 Beth Z. Boland Initiative Class and its 2010 Lisa C. Goodheart 2011 Hon. Margaret H. Marshall (Ret.) dedicated mentors on 2011 Sydelle Pittas 2012 Hon. Nancy Gertner (Ret.) being recognized for 2012 Jayne Tyrrell 2013 Judith Olans Brown outstanding achievements. 2013 Susan M. Finegan 2014 Monica Halas 2014 Pamela Berman 2015 Susan Sard Tierney 2015 Hon. Carol Kenner (Ret.) 2016 Chris Butler One Boston Place, 37th Floor 2016 Hon. Fernande R. V. Duﬄ y (Ret.) 2017 Hon. Margot Botsford (Ret.) Boston, Massachusetts 02108 2017 Hon. Geraldine Hines (R et.) 617.367.2500 | davismalm.com 2018 Kate Nace Day 2018 Lora Pellegrini Lean. Agile. Strategic. 2019 Deborah Haris That’s Davis Malm. 2019 Carmen M. Ortiz

30 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 PIONEERING WOMEN OF COLOR – PAST HONOREES Beverly Coles-Roby Linda Dalby Hon. Judith Nelson Dilday (Ret.) April English Paola Ferrer Ruth Ellen Fitch Hon. Joyce London Ford (Ret.) Betty Francisco Dr. Di Jiang Beverly Ledbetter Stephanie Lovell Hon. Diana Maldonado Carmen M. Ortiz Hon. Debra Shopteese Kellye L. Walker

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Chronicle 2020 31 CHRONICLE 2020 WBA WALK IN SOLIDARITY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 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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32 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 SAFE ELECTIONS PROGRAM On August 26, 2020, the North of Boston resources for further information on elections Committee hosted the first of its virtual and voting in the Commonwealth and ways Conversation Series. The purpose of the for people to volunteer to protect our elections Conversation Series is to foster professional and our right to vote. Following Pattye’s and personal connections through substantive presentation, Michele Liu Baillie, co-chair of conversations about various topics relevant to the North of Boston Committee, presented our practices and our lives. Each conversation some facts concerning the Supreme Court is to be sparked by an expert who will briefly and voting rights, as well as various voter provide a substantive overview of the topic, suppression methods being practiced. Michele Liu Baille and then to offer a thought-provoking question Participants then gathered in small groups to get the conversation started. to discuss, “Looking beyond the 2020 elections The inaugural virtual Conversation Series and the pandemic, what lessons should we program featured Patricia Comfort, Executive learn from the current state of access to the Director of the League of Women Voters vote?” Through lively discussion, participants of Massachusetts (and former Executive shared thoughts and observations on the topic Director of the WBA and WBF). Pattye gave and the question presented. a brief presentation on the Safe Elections The North of Boston Committee looks Law of 2020 and the work of the Election forward to bringing WBA members together Modernization Coalition to modernize in 2020-2021 in future virtual Conversation election laws in Massachusetts in order to Series programs featuring timely topics worthy Patricia Comfort expand access to the vote. Pattye offered of discussion and the exchange of ideas. g with clarity Go with practical lawyers who see legal issues through a business lens. Go Gesmer.

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Chronicle 2020 33 CHRONICLE 2020 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 ndoi esi ronin P and Girls, spoke movingly about the urgent need for clemency in has ofﬁces in Our WBA members: Boston and Worcester Madeline C. Cronin Massachusetts. The virtual event, which drew over 60 attendees, 38 Third Avenue, Suite 100 Mary E. Walsh was organized by WBA member Pauline Quirion, Greater Boston, MA 02129 Jennifer A. McGill phone: 617-482-1010 Boston Legal Services, and co-sponsored by the WBA Women of Alison Howard-Yilmaz www.iandoli.com 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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34 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 In-House Counsel Committee Hosts Panels

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 Panelists Pam Berman, Litigation Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP parts of the company. The evening concluded with networking and Patricia Rich, VP and Deputy General Counsel, Fresenius reception. 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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Chronicle 2020 35 CHRONICLE 2020 Middlesex County Committee

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. Co-Chairs: Marianne Brown and Rebecca Neale

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36 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 W O ME N'S B A R F O U NDA T IO N African-American VOLUNTEER Women’s History ATTORNEYS Program NEEDED! 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 PRO BONO PROJECTS women, and included questions for the attendees. Interested in joining us? FAMILY LAW PROJECT FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS WE TRAIN AND MENTOR VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS ELDER LAW PROJECT

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38 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 Challenging the Perception of Motherhood in the Workplace

The WBA and the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus held L to R: Jennifer Saubermann, 2019-2020 WBA President and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative with moderator Lydia an exciting panel, Challenging the Perception of Motherhood in the Edwards, Boston City Council; and Pam Berman, Mass. Women’s Workplace, on February 12, 2020, generously hosted by Holland & Political Caucus and Robins Kaplan LLP; and panelists Rebecca WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION Pontikes, Pontikes Law LLC and Jamie Belsito, Maternal Mental Knight.W O WTheMOEMN EdiscussionN'S'SBBAAR AS ShighlightedSSOOCCIAITAIOTNIO Nsuccesses and outlined work to Health Leadership Alliance. continue progress in this area.

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Chronicle 2020 39 CHRONICLE 2020 WOMEN WHO RUN As 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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40 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 2020 LIFETIME MEMBERS AND PATRONS

Lifetime Member In 2008, she became a Lifetime Member of the Women’s Bar Association and joined the WBA’s Appointments, Awards & Stefanie A. Balandis Endorsements Committee. From 2008-2012, she was actively involved in the nomination process for the Lelia J. Robinson Award. She also Associate Director | Northeast served as the moderator for the WBA’s program Planting the Seeds to Success: Legal Aid 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 Stefanie Balandis is the lawyers seeking appointment to the bench. Associate Director of Northeast In the spirit of the WBA, Windy has passed on the mentoring tradition Legal Aid, a civil legal aid by continuing to mentor more junior lawyers. program serving the low-income communities of Lowell, Lawrence Lifetime Member and Lynn. Her career has focused on legal services for the poor. Elaine M. Epstein For over two decades,she was a housing litigator for Greater Partner | Todd & Weld LLP Boston Legal Services. Stefanie is Elaine practiced for almost 20 a graduate of Wellesley College years in Brockton before joining (’88), where she majored in Todd & Weld LLP in 1994 to Women’s Studies, and of Harvard direct the firm’s domestic relations Law School (’93), where she served as President of the Harvard Legal and probate litigation practices Aid Bureau. She is a long-time supporter of the WBA. She served with Gary Owen Todd. Elaine on the WBA’s Board of Directors for many years, and is a past Vice has tried dozens of cases in the President for Operations. She currently co-chairs the WBA’s Judicial Probate & Family courts and Pipeline Committee, which works to promote women’s candidacy for the resolved hundreds more short of judiciary. She is also a member of the WBA’s Rosa Parks Committee. trial, ranging from substantial asset Lifetime Member divisions to contested parental rights and novel issues involving the property rights of non-married Mary S. Block cohabitants and the rights of non- Vice President & Assistant General Counsel | Massachusetts biological parents. She has litigated complex jurisdictional issues and Mutual Life Insurance Company 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 Lifetime Member Bar Association, and sits on its Emeritus Board. She is a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. In 2015, she was appointed Windy Rosebush Catino to the Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Baker. She has been appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to the Board of Bar General Counsel & Senior Overseers, its Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct Vice President| Randstad and the Massachusetts IOLTA Committee. She has been a Trustee Professionals. of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, as well as a member of the Massachusetts Lawyers Before beginning her legal Weekly Board of Editors. She has been active on numerous bar-related practice, Windy served as a committees and is a frequent lecturer and commentator on domestic law clerk in the United States relations law and trial practice. She is a long time supporter of the Attorney’s office and to the Women’s Bar Foundation and sits on its Emeritus Board. Justices of the Superior Court In 1999, Elaine received the Women’s Bar Association’s Lelia J. of Massachusetts, where she was Robinson Award in recognition of outstanding accomplishments and mentored and inspired by strong contributions to women in the legal profession. In 2013, Elaine was the female role models. In private recipient of a Lawyers Weekly Top Women of Law Award and in 2015 practice and now as in-house was inducted into its Circle of Excellence. In 2015, Elaine received the counsel, Windy has defended President’s Award from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. She has been employers since 1998 against repeatedly named in the Best Lawyers in America, a “Massachusetts and employment claims brought before New England Super Lawyer” by Boston Magazine in family law, and in human rights agencies, as well as in the state and federal court. She has Boston and New England “Top Rated Lawyers” by the Boston Globe also prosecuted and defended cases involving complex business disputes and Wall Street Journal. and tried a variety of bench and jury trials throughout her career.

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Lifetime Member Lifetime Member Poppi Georges-Massey Tamsin R. Kaplan Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C.

Lifetime Member Tamsin R. Kaplan is a shareholder at the Boston Julia Huston law fi rm of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. She practices Until recently, Julia Huston in the business law, employment, was a partner at Foley Hoag LLP, and litigation areas. Tamsin has where she served as co-chair extensive experience representing of fi rm’s Intellectual Property businesses, executives and other Department. Well-known for high-level professionals on a full her high-profi le victories in range of employment-related trademark, copyright and false issues, including recruitment, advertising cases, Julia’s practice hiring, discrimination, negotiation included litigation, counseling of employment agreements, and strategy in the areas of breach of contract, non-competes, trademarks, copyrights, trade discipline, termination, and reduction in force. Tamsin regularly secrets, internet commerce, false litigates business and employment cases in federal and state courts advertising, unfair competition and agencies. She frequently conducts workplace investigations and and patents. Julia obtained several trainings on diversity, harassment, and other topics, as well as writes multi-million dollar IP judgments and lectures in the complex fi eld of employment law. She also provides and settlements, including a $20.7 alternative dispute resolution services to parties involved in business and million verdict in a false advertising case.” employment disputes and other civil litigation matters. Tamsin works Julia served as President of the WBA from 2007-2008. During with clients in a wide variety of industries, including education, health her fi ve years on the WBA board, Julia focused on various initiatives care, manufacturing, technology, and service industries. to advance women in the legal profession. A committed advocate for Tamsin is a former board member of the Women’s Bar Association. social justice and professional excellence in the law, Julia has also held She serves on the Expedited Commercial Panel of the American leadership positions in several other civic, professional and charitable Arbitration Association and on the Labor and Employment Curriculum organizations. She is a past president of the Boston Bar Association, Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. a past president of the Greater Boston Legal Services, and past chair Tamsin also serves on the board of Community Rowing, Inc., and of the Equal Justice Coalition. She has also chaired committees for she is a member of The Boston Club and Womenade Boston. She is the International Trademark Association and the Intellectual Property recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, by Chambers USA as a Owners Association. Recognized Practitioner, and by Massachusetts Super Lawyers as one of Julia has received many honors, including the highest peer review the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts. Tamsin also garnered the rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In various publications, she has been title “Funniest Lawyer in Massachusetts 2014” for her stand-up comedy named as one of the top 100 lawyers in New England and one of the at the Women’s Bar Foundation Comedy Night. She earned a J.D. (cum top 50 female lawyers in Massachusetts. She received the Lelia Josephine laude) from Boston College Law School and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Robinson Award from Boston University School of Law Women’s Law Tufts University. Association in 2008 for exemplary leadership in the community, was selected by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for a “Woman of Justice” Lifetime Member 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. Michelle Keith Attorney 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 WOMEN'S BAR Bedford/Fall River, 2011-2015. BECOME A During her fi rst term, she helped ASSOCIATION organize the monthly “View from the Bench” series for the WBA MEMBER! at UMass Law broadcasting the 105 Chauncy Street, 8th Floor series on Dartmouth Community Boston, MA 02111 Television. In March 2014, she www.womensbar.org 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

42 Chronicle 2020 CHRONICLE 2020 women’s rights. From 2010-2011, she served as a law fellow to the Lifetime Member Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court assisting the Justices in all phases of civil and criminal litigation. As a law fellow, she worked Stephanie Perini-Hegarty extensively with the Justices on trials, hearings and motion sessions,and prepared draft decisions, legal memoranda and proposed jury President and Managing instructions. Attorney | Perini-Hegarty & Ms. Keith also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Associates, P.C. with specialization in fi nance from University of Massachusetts Boston. Prior to law school, Michelle has worked at the Massachusetts Bay For over 20 years, Ms. Transportation Authority ensuring EEO/AA compliance with federal Perini-Hegarty has counseled a and state civil rights laws, Title VI, VII, 151b, and ADA. Born in Boston, wide spectrum of multi-national Ms. Keith currently resides in Dartmouth, Massachusetts with her companies based both in and husband and two sons. outside the United States. She has experience assisting clients Lifetime Member in every context in which an international or domestic business law issue may arise Michelle Menken and has successfully negotiated Solo Practitioner | The Law a wide variety of complex Offi ce of Michelle Menken transactions in these areas. In addition to her focus on international business law, Ms. Michelle Menken is Perini-Hegarty has grown the residential and commercial real estate an appellate practitioner practice of the firm by providing representation for buyers and concentrating on criminal cases sellers as well as partnering with key banks to provide real estate in the Massachusetts and First closing services. Circuit courts of appeal. She Ms. Perini-Hegarty is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and serves on both the CPCS post- before the U.S. Court of International Trade as well as the U.S. conviction panel for indigent Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is a Certified Global appellants in state court, and the Business Professional (CGBP), an accreditation given by NASBITE First Circuit’s CJA appellate panel International and is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts. for indigent appellants in federal court. She is also available to Lifetime Member other attorneys to consult on issue- preservation at the trial level, and Rebecca G. Pontikes for research and writing assignments involving complex or novel issues. Prior to opening her own offi ce in January 2016, Attorney Menken Pontikes Law LLC was a partner at Rankin & Sultan, a criminal litigation and appellate Rebecca G. Pontikes, the law fi rm. She appeared regularly in state trial courts, in state and principal owner of Pontikes federal appellate courts, and before various administrative agencies and Law LLC, has been a passionate disciplinary bodies as well. advocate for the rights of Attorney Menken joined Rankin & Sultan after graduating from employees, particularly women, Northeastern University School of Law in 1999. While in law school, since 1997. Michelle’s internship employers included the Lawyers’ Committee for Rebecca focuses her Civil Rights Under Law, the CPCS Youth Advocacy Project, and the law work on gender related fi rm of Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg and Garin. issues, particularly sex and Attorney Menken is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the U.S. pregnancy discrimination, District Court Bar, and the Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First sexual harassment, pay Circuit. She sits on the Criminal Justice Act Board of the U.S. District Court. equity, gender equality in She belongs to the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers schools accommodation for and is a lifetime member of the Women’s Bar Association. 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 WOMEN'S BAR Directors from 2006-2016 and co-chaired the Solo and Small Firm BECOME A ASSOCIATION 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. MEMBER! 105 Chauncy Street, 8th Floor She is currently an active member of the WBA’s Legislative Boston, MA 02111 Policy Committee. She was a member of the Legislative Policy www.womensbar.org 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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of advocacy groups that lobbied for the passage of the Equal Pay Law. She also was the Legislative Policy Committee’s liason to the We proudly support 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 the WBA and law. Rebecca is also an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of National Employment Lawyers Association (MELA), all women in the 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 legal profession. 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. Lifetime Patron Mindee Wasserman Mindee Wasserman JD CFP

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