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WBA HONORS LELIA J. ROBINSON AWARD RECIPIENTS: D E B O R A H H A R R I S & C A R M E N M . O R T I Z

NEW AWARD ESTABLISHED HONORING: EMERGING WOMEN LEADERS IN THE LAW

PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: WBA CONTINUES HISTORY OF ADVOCACY

OVER 40 YEARS OF SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES

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60 58 57 55 49 47 46 44 43 42 41 40 39 37 35 32 CHRONICLE 2019 WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT I hope you enjoy the Women’s Leadership Initiative dedicated volunteers, sponsors, latest edition of the WBA’s (“WLI”) participants. The and staff. Thank you to our Chronicle magazine. In WLI is designed to provide firm members, Gala sponsors, addition to welcoming you participants with large-scale and corporate partners – all to our Annual Gala networking, group mentoring, all of whom recognize the Celebration, the Chronicle and one-on-one career importance of our mission and provides an overview of the development opportunities, support us through funding WBA’s activities from the past leveraging the experiences and in-kind contributions. I year. So whether you are of accomplished women also want to thank the WBA new to the WBA or a long- attorneys in staff for their hard work. time member – or somewhere who volunteer to raise up the This year, longtime WBA/ in between – read through next generation of women WBF staff member, former and take a look at all of the leaders in the legal profession. Deputy Director Rachel wonderful things that have In addition to the WBA’s Biscardi, moved on to a new been happening at the WBA. programming focused on opportunity. On behalf Coming off our very ©Marybeth Dixon elevating women within the successful 40th anniversary Jennifer Saubermann legal profession, the WBA of our board of directors year, the WBA has continued continued its advocacy work and our many members, I to deliver strong programming Boards - focused on increasing around our mission to support want to thank Rachel for and tireless advocacy on the number of women on women in a just society. With all of her contributions to behalf of women. As you will boards, something that I a new legislative session the WBA – she provided see throughout the Chronicle, feel strongly about. Finding kicking off in January, I had critical staff support for the many of our 28 committees leadership opportunities the opportunity to testify Legislative Policy and Amicus were very active, holding raises the profile of women and submit letters of support Committees and was an substantive panel discussions, attorneys and contributes on several of the WBA’s stellar advocate representing networking events, and regular to the normalization of legislative priorities. As a the WBA/WBF’s interests on committee meetings. women in important decision- former legislative staffer, it family law policy issues. One of the best things about making roles. There were was a thrill for me to take on a I have spent my entire the WBA is that our members practical tips about selecting different role in the process as professional career get involved not just to help and joining boards, and a champion for women. The volunteering for the WBA. themselves, but they truly opportunities to ask non- WBA will continue to advocate Starting as an unemployed want to see women succeed profits meaningful questions throughout the year on our volunteer out of law school in the legal profession, and about their boards. legislative priorities, and I to my current position as our members recognize that want to thank our Legislative The WBA had other the general counsel of a building a strong support Policy Committee members substantive programs – state authority, the WBA has system of successful women is for all of their hard work. ranging from our Women in been part of my life through key to achieving this. This was Our Amicus Committee was the Courtroom Committee’s which I have found leadership exhibited through the ample also busy reviewing numerous event, Paths to First Chair Trial opportunities, meaningful opportunities to network requests for the WBA to sign Litigation: Trial Experience through friendships, honest advice, this year – the Government to briefs challenging the and exceptional mentors. Lawyers Committee, In-House Government, Civil, and Legal federal government’s rollback What I have learned so far Counsel Committee, New Services Roles; to our ADR of contraception coverage in my professional career is Lawyers Committee, Women Committee’s, Is Alternative requirements. The WBA that there is no secret recipe of Color Committee, and the Dispute Resolution Right for continues to stay plugged in North of Committee Your Clients’ Business? Myths to this litigation across the for success – it takes hard (just to name a few) – all had and Realities about Arbitration, country and will lend its voice work, a desire to learn, strong networking and social events. Mediation and Staged ADR to this important issue. character, and a little help Our Women of Color Processes; to our Law Student As you can see, the WBA from your friends. I hope you Committee (WoCC) held some Committee’s Mindful Practice is filled with opportunities to join or continue your support new and exciting programs event with yoga, wine, and get involved in supporting our for the WBA. this year, which were widely networking. mission to achieve the full and Jennifer M. Saubermann attended and extremely In addition to our wealth equal participation of women 2019-2020 WBA President successful. Two of their events of programming that in the legal profession and a Jennifer is General Counsel and 1 - Demystifying & Diversifying promotes women in the legal just society. Director of Government Affairs Board Participation and Speed profession, this year we are The WBA cannot operate for the Massachusetts Technology Networking with Nonprofit selecting our sixth class of without a core group of Collaborative.

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Jennifer M. Saubermann 2019 EMERGING WOMEN LEADERS IN THE LAW Lindsay Manning Burke, Mehreen N. Butt, Jessica Ragosta Early, Sophia Hall The Women’s Bar Association has advocated 2019 LELIA J . ROBINSON AWARD for the full and equal PRESENTATION participation of women in law and in society as a Carmen M. Ortiz, Deborah Harris whole since 1978. Barrett CLOSING REMARKS & Singal is honored to be

a long-time sponsor of the Margaret E. Talmers WBA’s Annual Gala. NETWORKING & SOCIALIZING 2 7:45 p.m. 22 ChronicleChronicle 20192019 CHRONICLE 2019 2019 GALA COMMITTEE CHAIRS Jessica Caamano Jessica Caamano is an Associate in the Real Estate Group of Goulston & Storrs PC, where her practice focuses on commercial real estate matters including development, permitting, acquisition, disposition and leasing. She represents clients in the development of mixed-use, office, retail, institutional and multi-family residential projects. Prior to joining Goulston & Storrs, Jessica served as Corporate Counsel to Audax Group, a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyouts, mezzanine capital and senior debt, primarily in middle-market companies. She also interned with the in-house legal departments at AT&T and the Massachusetts Port Authority. In addition to serving on the Women’s Bar Association Gala Committee, Jessica is also a Co- Chair of the Boston Bar Association New Lawyers Section. She also dedicates time to assisting clients on a pro bono basis, including participation in the Women’s Bar Foundation Family Law Jessica Caamano Project. Jessica received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, cum laude, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received her B.A. in Spanish and Psychology. Quincy Kayton Quincy Kayton is an Associate in the Intellectual Property Group of McCarter & English, LLP, where her practice focuses on intellectual property matters including copyright litigation, trademark prosecution and litigation, and privacy matters. She represents clients in a number of industries, including pharmaceuticals, consumer products, business consulting, and fashion. Prior to joining McCarter & English, Quincy served as the Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a non-profit that provides legal services to artists and arts based organizations. In addition to serving on the Women’s Bar Association Gala Committee, Quincy is also a member of the Boston Bar Association’s IP Steering Committee and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She also represents clients on a pro bono basis through the Women’s Bar Foundation and the Victim Rights Law Center. Quincy received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and is a graduate of the Quincy Kayton University of California, Davis, where she received her B.A. in Classical Civilizations and Cultural Anthropology. Kimberly Mason Kimberly Mason is an attorney at Pastori | Krans, PLLC, located in Concord, NH. She has been a barred attorney in Massachusetts since 2013 and recently sat for the New Hampshire bar exam. Her primary area of focus is family law, focusing on divorce and parenting actions, child support and parenting plans, alimony, and modification of alimony and parenting plans. She also assists with other civil litigation matters as needed and has recently “discovered” that she particularly enjoys discovery. She has been a member of the WBA since 2014, and in addition to being an active member of the Gala Committee for the past four years, Kim is also a member of the Communications Committee and the New Lawyers Committee. She is originally from California, loves to travel, spoils her two nephews when she can, and treats her boyfriend, friends, and office mates to homemade baked goods whenever possible. Kim is very honored to be a Co-Chair of the Gala Committee this year Kimberly Mason and hopes that you all have a great time!

Chronicle 2019 3 CHRONICLE 2019 2019 LELIA J . ROBINSON AWARD HONOREES Deborah Harris Carmen M. Ortiz

The first woman attorney to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was Lelia J. Robinson. The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts created an award to celebrate women who embody this trailblazing spirit – women who are pioneers in the legal profession and have made a difference in the community. This year the WBA is proud to recognize two women who are experts in their fields and an inspiration to us all: Deborah Harris and Carmen M. Ortiz.

“It is our pleasure to recognize Deborah Harris and Carmen Ortiz with our Lelia J. Robinson Award at our 2019 WBA Gala,” said WBA President Jennifer Saubermann. “They are amazing role models who demonstrate the importance of legal work and commitment to community. Deborah Harris was essential to the recent passage of the ‘Lift the Cap on Kids’ legislation, which made a critical difference in the lives of over 8,700 of the lowest income children in Massachusetts. She has dedicated her career to advocating for social and economic justice, benefitting women and children across the Commonwealth. Carmen Ortiz was the first woman and first Hispanic Attorney for Massachusetts and was responsible for overseeing some of the most high-profile criminal trials over the last two decades. She has also shown a deep commitment to advancing women in the legal profession. Both of these women have made substantial contributions to our Commonwealth and I am honored to present this award to them.”

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connkavanaugh.com 4 @ConnKavanaugh 4 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 DEBORAH HARRIS Deborah is a staff attorney for federal agencies to adopt policies rah also speaks of her work in terms the Massachusetts Law Reform and practices to protect vulnerable of dignity and power. She believes Institute (MLRI), where she spe- populations and promoting eco- that a core value of a just society, cializes in public benefits and child nomic stability. She also provides and of our justice system, is ensur- support issues. MLRI is a statewide technical assistance to legislators ing that the most vulnerable people legal advocacy and support center and advocates on federal and state among us have a voice and are able that represents low income people, laws and regulations regarding wel- to live with dignity. She empowers defends against policies that harm fare and other benefits for low in- and lifts up the voices of those who and marginalize people living in come persons. Recently, she helped are often ignored or forgotten, and poverty, and advocates for system- lead the successful campaign to speaks truth to power.” ic reforms to achieve social and repeal the welfare family cap, the Deborah has a J.D. from the economic justice. She has worked state law that denied basic subsis- University of . Her extensively in welfare practice and tence benefits to children because publications include Child Support policy for over 40 years. She was of when they were conceived. for Welfare Families: Family Policy lead counsel in MLRI’s lawsuit that Georgia Katsoulomitis, MLRI’s Trapped in Its Own Rhetoric, 16 stopped Massachusetts from using Executive Director, said, “Deb- N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Social Change stale and erroneous wage records to has been republished every year orah’s contributions to poverty law terminate SNAP benefits and ob- on the national and state level are 619 (1987-88); TAFDC Advocacy since. tained order against the Common- truly immeasurable. She is a quiet Guide: An Advocate’s Guide to Deborah has worked extensively wealth to pay $9.4 million in SNAP force, usually preferring to work the Massachusetts Welfare Rules benefits to 17,000 households in welfare practice and policy for behind the scenes, but is a relentless for Families, MCLE (Dec. 2018; whose benefits were illegally ter- over 40 years. This work has en- fighter and fearless advocate for the first published in 1994, revised and minated. She is a published author compassed numerous class action Commonwealth’s lowest income republished every year since then); whose works include the TAFDC and individual lawsuits challenging families and children. All legal aid and Variations on an Unconstitu- Advocacy Guide: An Advocate’s state or federal welfare rules deny- and poverty advocates speak of tional Theme: Restrictions on In- Guide to Massachusetts Welfare ing benefits or services as well as ad- our work in terms of justice -- of terstate Use of Cash Benefits, 47 Rules for Families which was first vocacy to persuade Congress and achieving the right, the just, and the Clearinghouse Review 1 (May-June published by MCLE in 1994 and the state legislature and state and fair outcome for clients. But Debo- 2013) (with J. Schlozman).

SUGARMAN proudly supports the WBA and congratulates the 2019 Lelia J. Robinson Awardees

SUGARMAN AND SUGARMAN, P.C. Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street, 30th Floor Boston, MA 02199 5 Chronicle 2019 5 CHRONICLE 2019 CARMEN M. ORTIZ Carmen is currently Counsel at Anderson & Kreiger in Boston where she focuses her practice ROBINS KAPLAN LLP on internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, corporate compliance, and IS PROUD TO civil litigation. From 2009 to 2016, she served as the U.S. SUPPORT THE WBA Attorney for Massachusetts, and was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve in that position. During her tenure, she directed We congratulate Deborah the prosecutions of several notable cases, among them Harris and Carmen Ortiz, James and the extensively on how she was Boston Marathon bomber able to break barriers, and this year’s recipients of the . As frequently offers guidance to U.S. Attorney, protecting the other women and people of Lelia J. Robinson Award civil rights of the residents color interested in pursuing or of Massachusetts was a top advancing a career in law. priority for Carmen, and she Anderson & Kreiger, implemented the District’s Managing Partner, Dave first Civil Rights Unit aimed Mackey said, “The firm is at reinvigorating enforcement so proud of Carmen and all of federal civil rights laws. She that she has accomplished also broadened the Office’s and grateful to the WBA for outreach and engagement recognizing her skills and efforts, meeting regularly leadership.” with community groups on a Carmen received her variety of issues to promote law degree from George public safety, community Washington University Law policing and civil rights. School, and graduated magna Prior to becoming U.S. cum laude from Adelphi BISMARCK Attorney, Carmen honed University. She is a member BOSTON her litigation skills as both a of the Board of Trustees for federal and state prosecutor, LOS ANGELES Adelphi University, Crossroads as well as a defense attorney, MINNEAPOLIS for Kids, Discovering Justice trying over 60 jury cases to NAPLES and the Massachusetts verdict. She was an Assistant Women’s Forum; and she is U.S. Attorney in the Economic also on the Trustees Advisory SILICON VALLEY Crimes Unit of the U.S. SIOUX FALLS Board for Beth Israel Attorney’s Office, and also Deaconess Medical Center. served for eight years as an Carmen is a member of the Assistant District Attorney in Women’s Bar Association of 800 553 9910 Middlesex County, where she Massachusetts, the Boston Bar ROBINSKAPLAN.COM supervised the District Court Association, the Massachusetts prosecutors, and prosecuted Association of Hispanic homicides, sexual assaults and Attorneys, the Women’s robberies. White-Collar Defense In addition to practicing Association and the Hispanic law, Carmen has also spoken National Bar Association.

6 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 Lelia J . Robinson Award – Past Winners Year Awardee 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 2006 Ellen Kearns 2006 Nadine Cohen 2007 Ellen Carpenter 2007 Nancy Kelley 2007 Jane Tewksbury 2008 Hon. 2008 Sarah McClean 2009 Ann Morse Hartner 2009 2010 Beth Z. Boland 2010 Lisa C. Goodheart 2011 Hon. Margaret H. Marshall (Ret.) 2011 Sydelle Pittas 2012 Hon. (Ret.) 2012 Jayne Tyrrell 2013 Judith Olans Brown 2013 Susan M. Finegan 2014 Monica Halas 2014 Pamela Berman 2015 Susan Sard Tierney 2015 Hon. Carol Kenner (Ret.) 2016 Chris Butler 2016 Hon. Fernande R. V. Duffly (Ret.) 2017 Hon. (Ret.) 2017 Hon. Geraldine Hines (Ret.) 2018 Kate Nace Day 2018 Lora Pellegrini 7 Chronicle 2019 7 CHRONICLE 2019 New Award Established Honoring Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Lindsay Manning Burke Mehreen N. Butt Jessica Ragosta Early Sophia Hall

This year, the Women’s Bar Association introduced the Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Award to recognize the significant achievements of women lawyers in the first 10 to 15 years of their legal careers. The award honors women who have demonstrated professional excellence or had a significant professional achievement in the earlier stages of their legal career, and either promote the status of women in the legal profession or contribute meaningfully to the equal participation of women in a just society. The WBA is honoring four amazing women in its inaugural group: Lindsay Manning Burke, Mehreen N. Butt, Jessica Ragosta Early, and Sophia Hall. “I am thrilled to honor these women who have excelled in their careers while also guiding other women in achieving success,” said WBA President, Jennifer Saubermann. “These four women have touched the lives of so many people through their contributions to the legal professional and volunteer work, and they are wonderful role models for women across many areas of the legal profession. They are leaders within and outside of the WBA, and they truly represent what this award is all about.”

8 8 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 Lindsay Manning Burke Lindsay is the first woman director at Kenney & Sams, P.C. She defends and asserts the rights of companies entangled in complex disputes. Her cases often involve business-to-business contract disputes, business divorce, employment disputes, trade secret litigation, non- competition agreements, and questions regarding intellectual property ownership. Lindsay also “Alone we can do maintains an active pro bono practice focused on representing low-income survivors of domestic so little; together violence. Prior to joining Kenney & Sams, she worked at large law 2015-2016. She is a Trustee of firms in both New York and we can do so much.” the WBA’s sister organization, the Boston. Lindsay is the co-chair of the Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF), –Helen Keller WBA’s Women in the Courtroom currently serving as its Clerk, and Committee, and was selected to takes cases through the WBF’s participate in the WBA’s Women’s Family Law Project for Battered Leadership Initiative Program, Women.

Mehreen N. Butt WilmerHale is proud to support the 2019 Women’s Bar Association Gala. Mehreen is currently a Town Councilor on the Wakefield Town We applaud the association’s commitment Council. She was first elected in 2017 and was the first Muslim- to achieving full and equal participation American woman elected to of women in the legal profession a municipal board or council and in a just society. in Massachusetts. Mehreen is a public policy attorney and social advocate. She works at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) as the Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs. She has also worked at Rosie’s Place, Tufts Health Plan, Health Care For All, and the Massachusetts Legislature for the Committee Asian Bar Association of Greater on Environment, Agriculture Boston and an associate member and Natural Resources. Mehreen of the Wakefield Alliance Against is a graduate of the Emerge Massachusetts training program Violence (WAAV). In January, for women leaders, and she she was asked to be a speaker at has since served as a mentor to Boston’s 2019 Women’s March. dozens of women who serve as Mehreen was selected to wilmerhale.com elected officials or are running participate in the WBA’s Women’s for office in Massachusetts. Leadership Initiative Program, © 2019 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr llp She is also a Board Trustee for 2013-2014; and participated in Melrose Wakefield Healthcare, the WBF’s Family Law Project for an advisory member of the South Battered Women.

Chronicle 2019 9 CHRONICLE 2019 Jessica Ragosta Early Jessica is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. She advises companies and individuals regard- ing complex business disputes, in- cluding breach of contract, unfair trade practices, unfair competition and breach of fiduciary duty in both the corporate and trusts and estates contexts. Jessica also has sig- nificant experience with environ- mental cost recovery and property damage, toxic torts and product liability actions. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, she served as a judicial clerk in the Massachusetts Appeals Court for the Honorable works to empower women and Scott L. Kafker, now a justice of eliminate racism, and serves as co- the Massachusetts Supreme Ju- chair of its Annual Academy of dicial Court. She also interned as Women Achievers event. a judicial clerk for the Honorable Jessica was selected to partici- Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) of the pate in the WBA’s Women’s Lead- Business Litigation Session of the ership Initiative, 2013-2014, and Massachusetts Superior Court. served as a co-chair of the WBA’s Jessica serves on the Board of Di- Business Development Commit- rectors for the YW Boston, which tee. Sophia Hall Sophia is a Supervising Attor- ney at Lawyers for Civil Rights. As an experienced litigator, she handles a broad range of civil rights matters. Sophia actively represents people of color and immigrant women to protect their rights in the workplace and in the community. Most recently, she filed a landmark sexual harass- ment lawsuit against a prominent national restaurant chain expand- ing #MeToo to #YoTambien. She also successfully resolved a precedent-setting racial profiling matter creating a blueprint for po- lice departments across the coun- Attorney with AIDS Action Com- try to implement comprehensive mittee of Massachusetts, New En- implicit bias and search/seizure gland’s largest HIV/AIDS service training. Additionally, Sophia has a growing practice focused on organization. There, she repre- dismantling barriers to diversity sented low-income individuals in public agencies. Her work is living with HIV/AIDS in a wide regularly featured in publications range of issues. She also advised such as the New York Times, the the organization on legal matters. Boston Globe, and NPR. Sophia is a tri-chair of the Prior to joining Lawyers for WBA’s Women of Color Com- Civil Rights, Sophia was a Staff mittee.

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Congratulations to our own Jessica Ragosta Early on being named among the 2019 Emerging Women Leaders in the Law honorees.

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Boston, MA | 617.523.2700 Copyright © 2019 Holland & Knight LLP All Rights Reserved 15 Chronicle 2019 15 CHRONICLE 2019 2019 WBA PRESIDENT-ELECT an active WBA member for over 10 the organization’s membership base, years and has served on the Board of strengthen its relationships with law Directors since 2013. firms and legal organizations, and Nicole initially became involved in support programming and networking the WBA through its Public Relations opportunities for its members and Committee, which she later co-chaired. women attorneys. She served as Co-Editor in Chief of the Nicole is Deputy General Counsel Women’s Bar Review and has also been at Globalization Partners, a global a long-time member of the Legislative expansion company that eliminates Policy Committee – serving as Co- barriers to global business by Chair for four years – advocating for empowering companies to expand legislation and policy impacting women internationally without setting up and families in Massachusetts. As a a foreign entity or navigating the member of the Equal Pay Coalition, complex global legal environment. Nicole is particularly proud of the Prior to joining Globalization Partners, Nicole Forbes leadership role that the WBA played in Nicole worked at several law firms in drafting and passing the Massachusetts Boston practicing employment law The WBA has been an influential Pay Equity Act, which became one of and business litigation and clerked for organization throughout Nicole Forbes’ the most comprehensive pay equity laws the Justices of the Superior Court of career, and she is honored to support in the country. Massachusetts. She is a graduate of its work and mission in the role of As a part of the WBA’s Executive Macalester College and Northeastern President-Elect. Nicole has been Board, Nicole has worked to increase University School of Law.

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Honorable Wendie Gershengorn President Pro Tem...... 1978-1979 Elaine Epstein...... 1979-1980 Maureen M. Phillips...... 1980-1981 Terry Jean Seligmann...... 1981-1982 Melinda Milberg...... 1982-1983 Sarah Wald...... 1983-1984 Mary K. Ryan...... 1984-1985 Sandra Shapiro...... 1985-1986 Martha Coakley...... 1986-1988 S. Beville May...... 1988-1989 Karen J. Kepler...... 1989-1990 Honorable Judith Nelson Dilday...... 1990-1991 Honorable Patricia E. Bernstein...... 1991-1992 Jamie Ann Sabino...... 1992-1993 Jane Tewksbury...... 1993-1994 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 1309 Beacon Street, Suite 300 Kathleen O’Connor...... 2006-2007 Julia Huston...... 2007-2008 Brookline, MA 02466 Kathy Jo Cook...... 2008-2009 Phone: 6172745742 Michelle R. Peirce...... 2009-2010 Deborah DosSantos...... 2010-2011 Fax: 8557239374 Nancy M. Cremins...... 2011-2012 [email protected] Andrea Kramer...... 2012-2013 Lurleen Gannon...... 2013-2014 Kara DelTufo...... 2014-2015 Kimberly Dougherty...... 2015-2016 Kristin Shirahama...... 2016-2017 Michele Liu Baillie...... 2017-2018 Meredith Ainbinder...... 2018-2019 17 Chronicle 2019 17 CHRONICLE 2019 WBA STAFF Margaret E. Talmers Margaret is the Executive Director of the Women’s Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Foundation. She most recently Margaret E. served as the Director of Talmers Judicial Clerkships and J.D. Advising at Suffolk 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 efforts. Talmers also taught at the Northeastern University School of Law 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 nonprofit 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. Sophia Simeone Data & Communications Specialist, Women’s Bar Association & Women’s Bar Foundation Sophia Simeone Stephanie Succar Membership & Programs Specialist, Women’s Bar Association

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By Kimberly Donlon field. Strides have been made. Of those women’s wider contributions to their Women have been told to “lean in” and women in law firms, 27% are partners, firms and putting them at a disadvantage. grab opportunities when they see them. 19% are equity partners and 22% are Similarly, the tendency of female partners Many say this practice will resolve power firmwide managing partners. In-house, to disproportionately cluster in less and pay issues for all. But, women face 30% of the general counsel in the Fortune profitable practice areas, coupled with biases that are too culturally ingrained and 500 are women. This increase of women fewer mentoring opportunities, might also complex. It would be impossible to expect holding positions of power in firms and play a role. any individual to resolve them on their corporations is a strong step for all. But, own. there is still work to be done. Rewriting the Script So how do we start to fix this? As the In Major, Lindsey & Africa’s 2018 So how do we elevate women in the U.S. Women’s Soccer team has taught Partner Compensation Survey, the average legal profession and give them more of us this year, equal pay and power is not male partner’s total compensation was the opportunities they need to succeed? an individual issue. It is a collective one. 53% higher than the average female The answer starts with us: Women need to Collectively, we have impact. partner surveyed. And this gap has grown support other women. considerably over time. In 2010, when A recent Harvard Business Review Just the Facts Major, Lindsey & Africa first conducted study found that while both men and According to 2018 Census data, there the Survey, the gap between male and women benefit from having a network are over 1.2 million attorneys in the female partner compensation was only of well-connected peers across groups, United States and over one third of them 32%. Male partners are also significantly women who also have an inner circle are women. The number of women who outpacing female partners in fee of close female contacts are more likely have entered the profession over the last originations with male partners generating to land better positions with higher twenty-five years has more than doubled 75% more fee revenue on average. The pay. The most successful women have while the number of men has grown only survey suggests that the predominant a support system behind them who modestly. Or, should I say, the number of compensation model in Big Law today, are there to help them navigate their women has remained steady while men which heavily rewards partners for their personal and professional challenges. remain the dominant majority in the legal originations may be failing to recognize Personally, I have found that support

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28 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 WBA Legislative Update

The 2019-2020 Massachusetts Legislative Session is in full swing, and the WBA has enjoyed an early success with the passage of An Act to Lift the Cap on Kids. Below is the status of each of the WBA’s main legislative priorities:

1. An Act to Lift the Cap on Kids (Passed as Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2019) Lead Sponsors: Rep. Marjorie Decker; Sen. Sal DiDomenico What the law does: This law repealed the welfare family cap, which denied an additional $100 per month in Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) to children conceived while or soon after the family received benefits; and ensures that the nearly 9,000 affected children will have better access to basic resources like clean diapers and food. Status: The WBA is a member of the Lift the Cap Coalition who has advocated on this issue for over On February 26, 2019, the WBA hosted its annual Legislative Breakfast in the Great Hall of the Mas- two years. After successful passage sachusetts State House. At the breakfast, the WBA’s legislative priorities were presented to legislators of the bill in the House and Senate and several legislators spoke in support of them. in early Spring, the bill was sent to Governor Baker’s desk, who once again vetoed the legislation. However, this time, the House and Senate had an opportunity to override the Governor’s veto, which allowed the bill to become law in April 2019 without the Governor’s signature. The law states that the Department of Transitional Assistance must implement the Act by September 1, 2019, with aid retroactive to January 1, 2019. The Coalition will now be turning efforts to advocate for a welfare bill relative to children in deep poverty.

2. The ROE Act (HB 3320, SB 1209) Lead Sponsors: Rep. Patricia Haddad and Rep. Jay Livingstone; Sen. Harriette Chandler What the bill does: The bill: 1) eliminates the complicated judicial bypass process teenagers must navigate before receiving access to safe and legal abortion for themselves; 2) expands access to safe and legal abortion services after 24-weeks in the case of fatal fetal anomalies; 3) ends intrusive reporting requirements for physicians and providers; 4) eliminates unenforceable restrictions including a 24-hour waiting period, and a requirement that abortions after 24-weeks be performed in a hospital; and 5) eliminates outdated, medically inaccurate, and inflammatory language in our state laws that serve as a barrier to ensuring equal access for all to safe, legal abortion as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. Bill status: The WBA is a member of the Coalition of Choice – which also includes Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts and the ACLU – who are advocating for this bill and have stepped up efforts in light of the increase in states passing significant access restrictions on abortion. WBA President Jennifer Saubermann testified in front of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee at the bill’s June 17th public hearing, which stretched into the evening hours.

3. An Act Relative to Female Genital Mutilation/An Act Relative to Penalties for the Crime of Female Genital Mutilation (HB 3332, SB 834) Lead Bill Sponsors: Rep. Higgins and Rep. Livingstone; Senator Joe Boncore What the bill does: The bill criminalizes the inhumane practice of female genital mutilation which can lead to

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negative health consequences, difficulties during childbirth, lifelong psychological and emotional trauma, and even death. It will protect the nearly 14,591 at-risk girls in Massachusetts and make Massachusetts the 29th state in the nation to outlaw this practice. Bill Status: The WBA FGM Taskforce has convened a broad group of advocates in support of the bill. The WBA submitted a letter of support for the bill to the Committee. and WBA President Jennifer Saubermann testified in support of the bill at a public hearing.

4. Civil Legal Aid Funding: Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation State Budget Line Item: 0321-1600 What the line item does: MLAC’s appropriation funds general support to civil legal aid programs as well as grants for legal assistance to domestic violence victims and Massachusetts residents eligible for federal disability benefits and Medicare. The state legislature established MLAC in 1983 to ensure that low-income people with critical, noncriminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice, and representation. Line Item Status: The WBA is a member of the Equal Justice Coalition - a collaboration created by the Mass. Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and MLAC - that advocates for adequate funding for this line item. Advocates requested $26 million for FY20. The WBA sent a letter to the Budget Conference Committee requesting that they proceed with the slightly higher Senate-passed appropriation of $24 million (vs. the House- passed appropriation of $23.5 million). Fortunately, the Conference Committee did allocate $24 million, and the Governor signed the budget with this allocation.

5. An Act Requiring Sexual Harassment Prevention Training (SB 1057, HB 1345) Lead Sponsors: Rep. Christine Barber and Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem What the bill does: Currently, Massachusetts law encourages sexual harassment training, but does not require it. This bill would require employers with six or more employees and labor organizations to provide sexual harassment prevention training to employees within six months of hire date, and on an annual basis thereafter. For employers with fifty or more employees, the training must be conducted by qualified, live, interactive trainers, but, for fewer than fifty employees, the training may be online so long as it contains an interactive component. The training must last at least two hours in length, include information about remedies available to victims of sexual harassment, and include bystander intervention training. Employers must file an annual certification statement with the attorney general certifying that all employees have received training in the previous year. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination is developing a model sexual harassment prevention training that employers can use to comply with once this becomes law. Bill Status: The legislature’s Judiciary Committee heard the House bill on 6/17/19 and is currently reviewing it. The legislature’s Labor and Workforce Development Committee heard the Senate bill on 6/25/19, where WBA President Jennifer Saubermann testified. That bill is also currently being reviewed by its respective Committee.

6. An Act Relative to the Defense Against Abusive Waivers (DAWA) (SB 1049, HB 1625) Lead Sponsors: Sen. Harriette Chandler and Rep. Ken Gordon What the bill does: This bill would ban mandatory arbitration in the workplace. Massachusetts has strong laws that prohibit discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment in the workplace and

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has enacted powerful remedies and procedures as a bulwark against these abusive practices. Currently, employers can undermine these protections and violate the civil rights of employees by requiring them to sign a pre-dispute waiver of their rights in their employee contract or as a pre-condition of employment. Under these abusive waivers, claims are often handled by mandatory arbitration, which affords employers one-sided protections such as selecting the arbitrator and holding arbitration at the employment site. The DAWA will protect employees by safeguarding and maintaining their rights to seek redress in court under Massachusetts law in cases of discrimination, nonpayment, retaliation and sexual harassment. Passage of this bill will also protect many of the substantive changes the WBA has lobbied for in the past including the Equal Pay Act and the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act. Bill Status: The legislature’s Labor & Workforce Development Committee reported the bills favorably on 4/29/19 and they are currently under review by their respective Ways & Means Committees.

7. An Act to Ensure Gender Parity on Public Boards and Commissions (SB 1878, HB 2711) Lead Sponsors: Sen. Jason Lewis and Rep. Patricia Haddad What the bill does: This bill would require each appointed public board and commission to be at least fifty percent women by 2022. The bill also requires that, when practicable, the racial and ethnic composition of the boards and commissions reflect the percentage of racial and ethnic minorities in the general population. Finally, the bill requires that the Commission Against Discrimination collect and release aggregate annual reports on the ethnicity, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation of board/commission applicants and nominees/appointees. Bill Status: The bills are currently awaiting a public hearing date by the legislature’s State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Committee. The WBA submitted a letter of support for the bills to the Committee.

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Chronicle 2019 31 CHRONICLE 2019 Protecting Reproductive Rights: WBA Continues History of Advocacy The women who created the WBA over in Massachusetts, remove mandatory Minors Lawyer Referral Panel, a group 40 years ago did so because of their strong parental consent and 24-hour waiting period of attorneys appointed by the court to commitment, not only to achieving equality provisions, and establish safety net abortion represent young women seeking an abortion for women in the legal profession, but to fill a care for individuals who do not have who could not or did not want to tell their need for a group to advocate for women in a health insurance. WBA’s President, Jennifer parents or guardians, including because of just society. Protecting reproductive rights has Saubermann, testified before the Joint fears of violence, disowning, and retaliation. remained important to the WBA over its 41- Committee on the Judiciary in June of 2019 Through this work, we have learned that year history. in support of the ROE Act. the current law has created significant The WBA successfully worked to pass In a statement to our members, Jennifer impediments to young women accessing laws lifting the ban on abortion coverage noted that it is a matter of human rights, abortions without parental consent. Lawyers for public employees and their families; not just women’s rights, to allow women representing minors in the judicial bypass for sexuality education; for buffer zones to make their own health decisions and process have reported that this system between reproductive health clinics and promptly access care in our state. Outdated makes their clients feel like criminals rather protesters; for equitable coverage under and medically unnecessary abortion laws than individuals in need accessing a legally health plans for contraceptive and hormone have created often overwhelming barriers for protected right. replacement therapy coverage; for timely women. Curtailing a woman’s reproductive Since 1981, courts have allowed virtually access to emergency contraceptives without freedom can have a negative effect on every petition. Overwhelmingly, judges a prescription; for confidentiality in all aspects of her life. The ROE Act is a have ruled that the young woman is mature health insurer communications with their comprehensive piece of legislation that will enough to make her own decisions and give members on sexual and reproductive health dismantle these needless barriers, align laws her own consent. The problem is not the services; and to codify the access to cost- governing abortion with those related to all outcome of the proceedings and one should free preventive care for women from ACA other pregnancy-related care, and reform not misconstrue that fact to favor forcing the into state law, protecting access to no-copay state law to affirm the Commonwealth’s judicial bypass procedure. The take-away is birth control by requiring insurers cover all commitment to individual rights and that women do not need to undergo such a contraceptive measures approved by the FDA. reproductive freedom. traumatic and time-consuming process, one which also creates statistically and clinically Current State Advocacy: The ROE Act Jennifer’s testimony before the Committee significant delays. One of the WBA’s state legislative focused on the parental consent requirement, On average, young women who go priorities for 2019-2020 is “An Act to which has created an onerous judicial before a judge must wait nearly a week Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion bypass process that teenagers must navigate longer for an abortion than young women Access,” or the ROE Act. The ROE Act to access safe, legal abortions. In 1981, who have received parental consent. The would expressly state a right to abortion the WBA created the Judicial Consent for odds of becoming ineligible for medication abortion were significantly greater among judicial bypass abortions compared with parental consent abortions, and the judicial bypass system made it nearly 20% more likely that a minor would have to undergo a more onerous procedure due to delay in accessing abortion services.1 This disparity is unacceptable. Passing the ROE Act ensures protection and prompt care for the small percentage of young women who cannot turn to their

1 See Elizabeth Janiak, et. al, Massachusetts’ Parental Consent Law and Procedural Timing Among Adolescents Undergoing Abortion, Obstetrics & Gynecology: May 2019 - Volume 133 - Issue 5 - p 978-986, available at https://journals.lww.com/ greenjournal/Fulltext/2019/05000/ Massachusetts__Parental_Consent_Law_ and_Procedural.19.aspx.

32 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 parents or guardians when they experience an unintended pregnancy. Under the ROE Act, a young person will be supported by a trained medical professional in the Commonwealth who can recognize signs of abuse and coercion and can connect her to a network of support. The current process offers no support or protection, only judicial process, anxiety, and fear. The ROE Act hearing lasted more than ten hours with emotionally-charged testimony from both sides of the issue. The WBA supports the many brave women who told their stories about how our current WBA President Jennifer Saubermann testifies before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of abortion laws have affected their lives, and the ROE Act, June 17, 2019. applauds them for giving a voice to those The WBA’s Amicus Committee was also State House. There have been many other who needed one. very busy this year evaluating requests programs throughout the years. Speaking out on the national from across the country for the WBA to In 2019, the WBA was thrilled to debate sign on to amicus briefs defending women’s announce a new partnership with leading In May 2019, the WBA issued a rights to access contraceptive care under fertility treatment center Boston IVF, which statement condemning the Alabama employer-provided insurance plans. (See has committed to support the work of the Legislature for passing, and Governor Amicus Committee Busy Defending Access to WBA and to join us for programming on Kay Ivey for signing, the most restrictive Contraceptive Care article) reproductive rights and women’s health. This anti-abortion law since the Supreme Court fall, we will explore the intersection of legal, decided Roe v. Wade forty-six years ago. Upcoming Programming social, and clinical aspects of reproductive The “Human Life Protection Act,” which Over the years, the WBA has provided its health and medical advances. We look forward takes effect November 15, 2019, makes it membership with programming reflective of to the event as one of the many ways we a Class A felony to perform an abortion, its support for reproductive rights. In 2017, share knowledge as we support our members resulting in potential prison sentences of the WBA’s award-winning Women’s Advocacy personally and as advocates for women’s rights. 10 to 99 years. An exception exists in cases Summit featured a panel on reproductive As long as women’s reproductive choices where an abortion is necessary to prevent rights, which focused on the advocacy work come under attack, the WBA will continue a serious health risk to the mother and the that women lawyers can undertake to protect its advocacy. We hope that one day soon this definition of abortion does not include these rights. Annually, the WBA organizes a battle will over, and we can focus fully on termination of pregnancy when the fetus group of members to participate in Sexual moving women ahead in their professions has a “lethal anomaly” or there is an Health Lobby Day at the Massachusetts and inspiring them. ectopic pregnancy. New antiabortion bills have passed in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah, and similar bills are pending in other states. While likely unenforceable under current law, these bills signal a desire by lawmakers to invite a legal challenge that will compel the Supreme Court to review the law and ultimately revisit its decision in Roe v. Wade. The WBA opposes these efforts by Alabama and other states that are determined to erode the constitutional right afforded to women to control their own reproductive health. This legislation is an attack on the agency of women, and the restraints on medical professionals undermine basic common sense. In addition to the statement, Jennifer signed a petition on behalf of the WBA urging the ABA Board of Governors to choose a location other than Atlanta for its 2021 midyear meeting in light of Georgia’s new anti-choice legislation.

Chronicle 2019 33 34 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 A Fireside Chat With Massachusetts’ Female Judges A Look at the Judiciary’s Past, Present, and Future June 27, 2019

On Thursday, June 27, lawyers, judges, students, and legal offering their insights on the past, present, and future state of the professionals joined the WBA’s Women in the Courtroom Massachusetts judiciary. A thoughtful dialogue emerged between Committee for a Fireside Chat with Massachusetts’ Female Judges. the panelists and attendees regarding the unique aspects of The panelists were the Hon. Shannon Frison, Associate Justice, litigation as a female attorney. The event was sponsored by WBA Superior Court, the Hon. Margaret Hinkle (Ret.), Associate Justice, corporate partner O’Brien and Levine Court Reporting Solutions Superior Court, currently at JAMS, and the Hon. Amy Nechtem, and graciously hosted by Nelson Mullins. Chief Justice, Juvenile Court. The conversation was moderated by Elizabeth McEvoy, WBA member and litigation attorney at Women in the Courtroom Committee co-chairs: Barrett & Singal. The judges spoke candidly of their experiences, Christina Miller and Lindsay Manning Burke

Christina Miller, Suffolk University Law School; Nancy Rothstein, WBA Board Kim Donlon, WBA Vice President of Membership, Major, Lindsey & Africa; Deb Member, Office of the Attorney General; Kristy Lavigne, WBA Treasurer, Office Curran, O’Brien and Levine Court Reporting Solutions – Event Sponsor of the Attorney General; Elizabeth McEvoy, Barrett & Singal; Christine Kings- ton, Nelson Mullins; Lindsay Manning Burke, Kenney & Sams, PC.

Chief Justice Amy Nechtem, Judge Shannon Frison and Judge Margaret Christina Miller, Suffolk University Law School; Chief Justice Amy Nechtem, Hinkle (Ret.) speak with attendees after the panel. Juvenile Court; Judge Shannon Frison, Superior Court; Elizabeth McEvoy, Barrett & Singal; Judge Margaret Hinkle (Ret.), Superior Court, now at JAMS; Jennifer Saubermann, WBA President; Christine Kingston, Nelson Mullins.

Chronicle 2019 35 36 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 Law Firm Advancement Committee Provides Networking Opportunities in 2019

Co-Chairs: Heather and Report, which sparked a of women partners in Gamache, Kristin Grannis, critically important dialogue law firms, the Committee Kathleen Ceglarski Burns about the experience of women will focus on forging The mission of Law Firm in the legal community within connections between its Advancement Committee is to Massachusetts and beyond. members. The Committee develop and advance the careers The survey’s intention was to is planning a networking of women in law firms. The provide a better understanding event on September 25 at Committee is focused on several of behaviors taking place in the Latham & Watkins, which goals: increasing the number law firm work environment and will provide a forum for and proportion of women to identify steps taken to address members to build their equity partners and non-equity concerning behaviors. The network, share business partners, working with law firms report provided 17 constructive development strategies, to increase the retention of recommendations to help law and discuss a variety of women attorneys, and assisting firms, and other organizations, issues such as navigating in the career advancement develop and implement positive the path to partnership of women attorneys through changes that promote a diverse, and participation in education, training and respectful and include workplace mentoring programs. mentoring, furthering the WBA’s culture. The findings illustrated The Committee is also planning their commitment to diversity. that firms and individuals an event in early 2020 that will challenges and successes. The Last year, the Law Firm benefit when women hold feature a panel of law firm Committee encourages women Advancement Committee meaningful leadership positions. partners and provide yet another at law firms to reach out, share devoted significant time to the This year, as part of its opportunity for members to programming ideas and get Workplace Conduct Survey efforts to increase the number make connections and share involved!

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38 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 NORTH OF BOSTON COMMITTEE SUMMER KICKOFF GATHERING July 10, 2019

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Panelists Betsy Munnell, Lori Jodoin and Kara DelTufo; Jennifer Saubermann, WBA President; Parents’ Forum Co-Chairs Christine Thompson and Eliza Minsch PARENTS’ FORUM The Parents’ Forum is last event, our three panelists committed to providing offered thoughtful insights support and a wide range and excellent suggestions of programing to attorneys at Executing Successful Career who are or may become Transitions & Work-Life Redesign, parents. Our goal is to create prompting questions and an inclusive committee that additional conversation. Our explores the needs of all types meetings/programs are usually of families, attorneys at all held at lunchtime to better levels, and attorneys who are, accommodate our members’ or are considering, taking time schedules. away from work outside of the Planning for the year home. is underway, and will The Parents’ Forum typically include returning to work provides 3-4 programs each after maternity leave, year on topics of interest telecommuting, and long-term to our members. We also career planning for mothers collaborate with LCL/ and mothers-to-be. Given LOMAP on the SuperMom the popularity of our career group, a support group that transitions program, we’ll likely meets monthly at LOMAP. host another one again soon. Over the last year, we have hosted informal discussions Parents’ Forum Committee with wonderful panelists on Co-Chairs relevant topics, such as Talking Christine Thompson and to Your Kids About Hate. At our Eliza Minsch

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42 42 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 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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The Women of Color Committee hosted a speed networking event on August 14, offering 16 nonprofits the opportunity to meet with over 50 women of color. Through its various hosted the first of a two-part programming, the Women series on increasing board of Color Committee (WoCC) participation by women of has featured women of color color. First, on March 7, speakers, presenters, moderators, 2019, the Committee held the and pioneers in various fields Demystifying and Diversifying Board of the legal profession. In late Participation event at Sherin November, the Committee and Lodgen LLP with guest organized a highly successful speaker Colette Phillips, the Pay Parity Panel that examined CEO and President of Colette issues surrounding equal pay Phillips Communications, with panelists Tania Del Rio, Inc., who provided in-depth Mayor’s Office for Women’s insight about board service Advancement, Ashley Pare, Own and explained how women Your Worth LLC and Alayna of color who are interested in Chica Project: The WBA’s Women of Color Committee partnered Van Tassel, Massachusetts State serving can prepare themselves with the Chica Project to hold a professional clothing drive to ben- Treasurer’s Office, hosted by for board service. Turning efit Latinx youth. Pictured: Ben Sigel, Mintz, HBNA Region I Pres- Brown Rudnick. that discussion into action, the ident; Jennifer Saubermann, WBA President; Elke Trilla-Bamani, Kicking off the year in early WoCC then held a follow-up Morgan Lewis; Erika Rodriguez, Executive Director, Chica Project; Sophia Hall, WoCC Co-Chair, Lawyers for Civil Rights; Christina February, the WoCC hosted Nonprofit Speed Networkingevent in Simpson, WoCC Co-Chair, Christina Simpson Law; Andrea Coral, its annual Pioneering Women August at Anderson & Kreiger Barrales Law Celebration at WilmerHale, LLP where 16 non-profits were which recognized pioneer represented and over 50 women In addition to hosting mission. The WoCC is excited Beverly Ledbetter, the first of color participated. The programs, the WoCC has also to continue working with its General Counsel of Brown WoCC also held a professional co-sponsored events with other members to put on programs University and her 40-year clothing drive for the Chica affinity bars, including the and provide networking legacy. Tanisha Sullivan, Project to benefit the Latinx South Asian Bar Association, opportunities and resources to Associate General Counsel at youth they serve to achieve the Hispanic National Sanofi Genzyme and President their professional development Bar Association, and the support, advance, and advocate of the Boston Chapter of the goals. This event was hosted Massachusetts Black Women for women of color attorneys. NAACP, provided inspiring by Barrales Law, which is Attorneys, in an effort to engage opening remarks. comprised of all immigrant and support programming Co-chairs: Sophia Hall, Julia In the spring, the WoCC women lawyers. that furthers the WoCC’s Ong and Christina Simpson

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Chronicle 2019 45 CHRONICLE 2019 WBA Government Lawyer’s Committee Hosts Successful Mentor Networking Event

The Government Lawyer’s Committee are new government lawyers or lawyers of government jobs. The mentor (GLC) hosted a memorable networking interested in pursuing careers in attorneys were a seasoned group of veterans from agencies including the event in January at Carrie Nation in government an opportunity to network Massachusetts Legislature (Senate Ways Boston. The event gave women who with women working in a wide spectrum and Means); Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office; Massachusetts Trial Court; Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services; Middlesex District Attorney Office; Senate Counsel; and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Mentees rotated Law Oˆce of around the room in “speed dating” fashion, speaking to each mentor for ten minutes and then moving on to the next. Mentees had an opportunity to meet and recca speak with every mentor at least once. The event flowed seamlessly and there g.Serving neale Middlesex, Essex, Suolk, & Norfolk Counties was an enthusiastic buzz in the air as the attendees made connections and shared experiences. A good time was had by all, D • C • E P   both mentors and mentees alike. The GLC hosts several events each year B‹FŽ L‘.Ž as well as smaller lunchtime or happy hour gatherings and speed networking events. The GLC understands that securing and navigating government work (781) 499-2016 in the Commonwealth can be a daunting [email protected] task, and that the ability to connect with other women in the field and learn about their paths and experiences can help foster a career in government. The GLC is constantly looking for new ways to bring government lawyers together in a warm and welcoming environment where lawyers can socialize and learn from each other. In September, the GLC held a “mix and mingle” happy hour at Scholars in Boston. The WBA strongly supports the GLC and government lawyers overall in its events and programming. The WBA recognizes the valuable contribution that government lawyers make to the Commonwealth, and regularly features women government lawyers as speakers at events and on panels, often honoring them with rewards for their service. In short, the WBA and the GLC are places that government lawyers can call home.

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46 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 Amicus Committee Busy Defending Access to Contraceptive Care

Protecting reproductive mandate has a narrow filed in two cases in federal of Texas, supporting a motion rights is central to the WBA’s exemption for religious district courts in California and for intervention against a mission. The WBA has a long organizations providing Pennsylvania. The Northern petition for injunction under the history of vigorous advocacy employment-based health plans. District of California issued a Religious Freedom Restoration on this issue. Most recently, In the 2014 Burwell v. Hobby preliminary injunction enjoining Act to block enforcement of the the WBA has been very busy Lobby decision, the US Supreme the Final Exemption Rules; that ACA contraceptive mandate; defending women’s rights to Court vastly expanded this injunction is currently on appeal that intervention was successful. access contraceptive care under exemption, ruling that a closely- with the Ninth Circuit, and the Finally, in June 2019, the WBA employer-provided insurance held corporation can withhold Third Circuit has successfully joined amici in support of the plans. contraceptive coverage from upheld the injunction. The WBA states of Pennsylvania and New The Affordable Care Act the employer-provided health also signed on to an amicus brief Jersey’s motion for summary (“ACA”) mandates health insurance plan if the corporate in support of upholding the judgment to permanently insurance plans to provide owner personally objects on injunction in the Ninth Circuit, invalidate the Final Exemption contraceptive coverage at no religious grounds. Empowered and joined amici in support of a Rules in the Eastern District of cost to women patients. The by Hobby Lobby, the Trump motion for summary judgment Pennsylvania. WBA actively participates in a administration has moved in the same Ninth Circuit case. The WBA proudly stands nationwide coalition of litigants aggressively to invalidate the In March 2018, the WBA with women workers to access and amici filing cases to protect ACA’s contraceptive mandate signed on to an amicus brief reproductive health care. We the ACA contraceptive mandate. by creating rules that exempt supporting the Commonwealth will continue advocating for Over the past two years, the broad categories of employers. of Massachusetts’ position reproductive rights as long as we WBA Amicus Committee These “Final Exemption Rules” objecting to the Final Exemption are needed. has vetted and signed on to have been successfully and Rules; the Commonwealth six amicus briefs supporting consistently challenged at all has succeeded, on appeal. The Amicus Committee Co-chairs: litigation to uphold the ACA levels of the federal judiciary. WBA then joined an amicus Anne-Marie Dinius and contraceptive mandate. In November 2017, the WBA brief filed in federal district Elizabeth Brusie The ACA’s contraceptive signed on to an amicus brief court for the Northern District

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48 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 2019 LIFETIME MEMBERS AND PATRON 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 Partner | Todd & Weld LLP a housing litigator for Greater Boston Legal Services. Stefanie is Elaine practiced for almost 20 a graduate of Wellesley College years in Brockton before joining (’88), where shemajored 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 divisions to contested parental Lifetime Member 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 to the Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Baker. She has Windy Rosebush Catino 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 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 firm of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. She practices Partner | Foley Hoag LLP in the business law, employment, and litigation areas. Tamsin has Julia Huston is the Co-Chair extensive experience representing of Foley Hoag LLP’s Intellectual businesses, executives and other Property Department, and is high-level professionals on a full an active member of the firm’s range of employment-related Trademark, Copyright and Unfair issues, including recruitment, Competition Practice Group hiring, discrimination, negotiation and Advertising and Marketing of employment agreements, Practice Group. breach of contract, non-competes, She is well-known for her discipline, termination, and reduction in force. Tamsin regularly high-profile victories in trademark, litigates business and employment cases in federal and state courts copyright and false advertising and agencies. She frequently conducts workplace investigations and cases. Julia’s practice includes trainings on diversity, harassment, and other topics, as well as writes litigation, counseling and strategy and lectures in the complex field of employment law. She also provides in the areas of trademarks, alternative dispute resolution services to parties involved in business and copyrights, trade secrets, internet commerce, domain name piracy, false employment disputes and other civil litigation matters. Tamsin works advertising, unfair competition, and patents. Julia has obtained several with clients in a wide variety of industries, including education, health multi-million dollar IP judgments and settlements, including a $20.7 care, manufacturing, technology, and service industries. million verdict in a false advertising case. Tamsin is a former board member of the Women’s Bar Association. Julia served as President of the WBA from 2007-2008. During She serves on the Expedited Commercial Panel of the American her five years on the WBA board, Julia focused on various initiatives Arbitration Association and on the Labor and Employment Curriculum to advance women in the legal profession. A committed advocate for Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. social justice and professional excellence in the law, Julia has also held Tamsin also serves on the board of Community Rowing, Inc., and leadership positions in several other civic, professional and charitable she is a member of The Boston Club and Womenade Boston. She is organizations. She is a past president of the Boston Bar Association, recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, by Chambers USA as a a past president of the Greater Boston Legal Services, and past chair Recognized Practitioner, and by Massachusetts Super Lawyers as one of of the Equal Justice Coalition. She has also chaired committees for the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts. Tamsin also garnered the the International Trademark Association and the Intellectual Property title “Funniest Lawyer in Massachusetts 2014” for her stand-up comedy Owners Association. at the Women’s Bar Foundation Comedy Night. She earned a J.D. (cum Julia has received many honors, including the highest peer review laude) from Boston College Law School and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In various publications, she has been Tufts University. 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 Lifetime Member 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” Michelle Keith award in 2009, and received the Dow-Gardiner-Landrum Award from Attorney at Law Greater Boston Legal Services for outstanding commitment to legal services for the poor in 2011. In 2015, Michelle Keith was appointed as a Commissioner on Bristol County’s Massachusetts Commission on the Status of WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION Women. Ms. Keith served as WBA Regional Director for New Bedford/Fall River, 2011-2015. During her first term, she helped organize the monthly “View from JOIN TODAY! the Bench” series for the WBA at UMass Law broadcasting the series on Dartmouth Community womensbar.org 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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Chronicle 2019 51 CHRONICLE 2019 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 finance 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 Office 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 office in January 2016, Attorney Menken Pontikes Law LLC was a partner at Rankin & Sultan, a criminal litigation and appellate Rebecca G. Pontikes, the law firm. 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 firm 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 WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION 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 JOIN TODAY! 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 womensbar.org 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

52 Chronicle 2019 CHRONICLE 2019 of 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), Proudly supports the serving as the co-chair of its Amicus Committee. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Tufts University, Rebecca Women s Bar Association has repeatedly been selected by her peers as a “Superlawyer” and was named a Top Woman of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and congratulates the 2019 in 2012, was included into the Massachussetts Lawyers’ Weekly ’ Circle of Excellence in 2017, and was named one of the top 50 Lelia J. Robinson Award Recipients women lawyers by SuperLawyers in 2015. Lifetime Patron Carmen Ortiz Mindee Wasserman & Mindee Wasserman JD CFP Deborah Harris

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On Thursday, July 18, 2018, the WBA held its annual Summer WBA President Jennifer Saubermann welcomed attendees and Associate, Intern and Law Clerk reception. The event was well-attended introduced the Hon. Sabita Singh, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts and generously hosted by WBA firm member Burns & Levinson in Appeals Court, who was an engaging and thoughtful speaker. She shared their newly renovated office space. The WBA’s yearly reception is an with the group her personal journey and how the trajectory of her career excellent chance for summer associates, interns and law clerks to become led to the judiciary. After her remarks, the conversation continued, with acquainted with one another in a more informal setting and to learn about many law students seeking out the opportunity to talk with her further. the WBA and the support and networking opportunities it provides to new The WBA was honored to have Justice Singh speak at this event, and hope attorneys. to see these law students among our membership in the years to come!

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Chronicle 2019 57 CHRONICLE 2019 NEW LAWYERS COMMITTEE On September 10, the New Lawyers Committee (NLC) presented, Success from the Start: Strategies for Launching and Developing a Rewarding Career, with panelists Raquel Webster of National Grid, Esme Caramello of Harvard Legal Aid and Sarah Gagan of Latham & Watkins LLP, generously hosted by Sherin and Lodgen LLP. Moderated by Sarah Sousa of Arrowood LLP, the panelists shared advice on how to position yourself to gain relevant skills, navigate implicit biases, and create Adrienne Penta, Executive Director opportunities for the career that you seek. The panel was preceded by BBH Center for Women & Wealth small group discussion, led by the panelists. The terrific reception gave [email protected] everyone a chance to continue the conversation. www.bbh.com/womenandwealth The New Lawyers Committee meets monthly for educational @AdriennePenta events, social events, and planning meetings. We share our facebook.com/bbhcww experiences, draw on each other’s knowledge, and provide advice on rising in the ranks and meeting new people! Join us at one of our upcoming events or meetings. Co-Chairs: Jaclyn McNeely, Sherin and Lodgen LLP and Sarah Sousa, Arrowood LLP

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