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F.A.W.L. JOURNAL a Publication of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers F.A.W.L. JOURNAL A Publication of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers SUMMER 2005 INSIDE THIS ISSUE ○○○○○○○○○○ FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE President’s Message Page 3 RECENT FAWL EVENTS “LOBBY DAYS” Page 4 Breakfast & Books Page 8 You are cordially invited to a UPCOMING EVENTS Annual Meeting 2005 Rosemary Barkett Tribute to Our Outstanding Achievement Award to Judge Patricia Seitz Lady Justices Page 6 A champagne reception honoring FAWL Retreat Page 7 Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente and FAWL CHRONICLES Justice Peggy A. Quince NAWL-FAWL Connection and the Page 8 Installation of the CHAPTER NEWS TWL Monitors JNC Interviews 2005-2006 FAWL Officers Page 12 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2005 Marriott World Center Resort FAWL EXECUTIVE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ f Deborah Magid . 305/579-2584 President [email protected] fBARRY WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION fMIAMI-DADE FAWL f Dinita L. James . 813/261-7858 Christina Johnson . 407/719-5501 Rosana Hernandez . 305/358-3580 Past President [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] fJune McKinney Bartelle . 850/414-3771 fBREVARD COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR fNORTHWEST FLORIDA CHAPTER, FAWL President-elect [email protected] WOMEN LAWYERS Shannon L. Wilson Farmer Maureen Duignan . 850/434-2411 f Vene M. Hamilton . 954/442-1099 . 321/633-2090 [email protected] Secretary [email protected] [email protected] fNOVA LAW CENTER CHAPTER f Paola Parra . 904/398-9008 fBROWARD COUNTY WOMEN LAWYERS Jennifer Kroll . 561/584-5122 Treasurer [email protected] ASSOCIATION [email protected] f Amy Furness . 305/529-7253 Candice Tobin . 947/769-5491 fPALM BEACH COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR Treasurer-elect [email protected] [email protected] WOMEN LAWYERS Ellen Malasky . 561/691-7321 f Susan L. Haag . 904/348-2724 x.101 fCENTRAL FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR [email protected] Communications [email protected] WOMEN LAWYERS Meenakshi A Hirani . 407/599-7199 f Sherri L. Johnson . 941/952-1070 [email protected] fPINELLAS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR Membership [email protected] WOMEN LAWYERS fCLARA GEHAN ASSOCIATION FOR Donna Rose . 727/443-2999 WOMEN LAWYERS [email protected] f Wendy Loquasto . .850/425-1333 Susan E. Lindgard . 352/955-5212 Public Relations [email protected] [email protected] fSARASOTA FAWL f Pat Stephens . 850/894-0055 Evelyn L. Moya . 941/321-2990 fCOLLIER COUNTY WOMEN’S BAR [email protected] Executive Director [email protected] ASSOCIATION Jeanne L. Seewald . 239/598-1221 fSOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY CHAPTER [email protected] FAWL COMMITTEES Lisa M. Peraza . 561/ 603-0120 fFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: [email protected] FIU WOMEN IN LAW fAWARDS fST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Lisa S. Walsh . 305/577-1056 LaSonya K. Lacy . 305/10-0109 CHAPTER [email protected] [email protected] Marisol Gomez . 305/275-6055 fHILLSBOROUGH ASSOCIATION FOR [email protected] fAMICUS WOMEN LAWYERS Susan W. Fox . 813/251-6400 Barbara Twine-Thomas . 813/221-4454 [email protected] fFAWL AT STETSON [email protected] Kate Egelston . fBYLAWS fJACKSONVILLE WOMEN LAWYERS [email protected] Mary K. Wimsett . 352/374-3656 ASSOCIATION [email protected] Paula P. Brice . 904/398-9008 fUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, WOMEN IN LAW [email protected] fGENDER BIAS COMMITTEE Alexandra Spencer . Ena T. Diaz . 305/372-8282 fLEE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN [email protected] LAWYERS Pamela Gordon . 954/522-2200 Laurie Anton . 239/841.9209 fTALLAHASSEE WOMEN LAWYERS [email protected] [email protected] Elizabeth G. Demme . 850/224-7091 [email protected] fHISTORIAN fMANATEE COUNTY FAWL Wendy Loquasto . 850/425-1333 Michelle Hall . 941/748-4411 fVOLUSIA/FLAGLER ASSOCIATION FOR [email protected] [email protected] WOMEN LAWYERS fMARION COUNTY FAWL Suzanne W. Ronneau . .386/ 248-8117 fJUDICIAL SELECTION Janet L. Fuller . 352/351-0312 [email protected] Sharon B. Glickman . 954/752-7701 [email protected] [email protected] fLEGISLATIVE Nola Richardson . 954/721-7300 [email protected] Joan Stewart . 850/224-7818 [email protected] FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN LAWYERS P.O. BOX 15998 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317-5998 • 850/894-0055 fNOMINATING & NAWL LIAISON Dinita L. James . 813/261-7858 VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.FAWL.ORG FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION [email protected] SUBMISSIONS: fSCHNEIDER AND DAVIS FUNDS Carolyn C. Coukous . 941/262-8800 We encourage authors to submit articles through FAWL’s editor, Susan Haag, at [email protected] [email protected] or contact the Association’s office as referenced above. fVIRGIL HAWKINS LIAISON Rachelle R. Munson . 407/623-1051 [email protected] 2 Summer 2005 • FAWL Journal active participant in next year’s FAWL Lobby Days, just consider the President’s Message resistance there has been to the passage of the ERA in our State. The ERA was By Deborah Magid first proposed in 1923 and is still not part of the United States Constitution! The ERA, simply provides that ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ “[e]quality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of “FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE” sex.” The ERA was introduced into every session of Congress between n February 15, 1906, This year is also special because the 1923 and 1972, when it was passed and suffragette leader, Susan B. National Convention of the National sent to the states for ratification. In 1972, Anthony, gave her last Association of Commissions for Women Judge Mattie Belle Davis successfully O encouraged State FAWL to adopt a public speech on her 86th birthday. (“NACW”) will be held in Miami Beach from Anthony devoted a lifetime of tireless July 13th through the 17th. The NACW is resolution in favor of the ratification of work to champion women’s rights. It was the advocate for all government the ERA. Senator Gwen Margolis during her last suffrage speech, given a commissions for women in the United States. perhaps said it best when she received month before she died, that Anthony told The Florida Commission on the Status of State FAWL’s “2003 Friend of FAWL her friends and supporters that when Women (“FCSW”) is hosting the Award,” by noting that, in Florida, there people work together for justice, “failure Convention that will bring together nearly is much more support for giving rights is impossible.” Fourteen years after her 250 women leaders from across the country to the State’s population of pregnant death in 1920, the 19th Amendment was to share, network and learn. For more pigs than there is for supporting ratified. In honor of her work, the law was information about this event contact 850/ equality guaranteed by the ERA for the nicknamed the “Susan B. Anthony 414-3300. State’s population of women. To this Amendment.” This year women are The FCSW annually recognizes day, FAWL continues to lobby for the celebrating their 85th anniversary of extraordinary Florida women to be inducted ratification of the ERA. Unfortunately, winning the right to vote in the United into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. The the battle has yet to be won, and we States. FCSW was statutorily created in 1991 and need your enthusiastic and continued This year also marks the 25th consists of 22 appointed nonpartisan support. anniversary of the founding of the members that study and make multicultural National Women’s History recommendations on issues affecting women to the Governor, Cabinet and Project (“NWHP”). Formed in 1980, the The Florida Commission on NWHP was started by a group of women Legislature. The 2004/2005 Florida Women’s Hall of Fame inductees are: Shirley D. the Status of Women is now who noticed that less than four percent accepting nominations for the of student textbook content was devoted Coletti, Judith Kersey, and Marion P. to women and, as a result, young girls Hammer. The Florida Women’s Hall of Fame had few role models. The NWHP began ceremony took place on March 15, 2005, in 2006 Florida Women’s as a grassroots organization and has the Capitol Courtyard, and a number of Hall of Fame Award. grown into a national institution that FAWL members attended. serves to recognize women’s FAWL was proud to participate in the Applications will be accepted outstanding achievements. Every excitement and join in the celebration of through Friday, July 15, 2005 March, during Women’s History Month, Women’s History Month in Tallahassee. at 5:00 p.m. The selection the NWHP mobilizes national FAWL representatives from all over the State process and criteria for celebrations and chooses national visited The Capitol and our legislators nominees is specified in honorees. This year’s theme is “Women during session in Tallahassee. Other detail on the Commission’s Change America.” The NWHP is women’s groups that were also lobbying in website - www.fcsw.net recognizing all of its past honorees on Tallahassee on March 14th and 15th its silver anniversary. The national included the Florida Women’s Consortium, The award is scheduled for honorees from the legal profession Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the presentation on Tuesday, include: Supreme Court Justices Ruth National Organization for Women (“NOW”), Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day who staged their annual Lobby Day and March 14, 2006 at the O’Connor; along with Mary Shadd Cary, Noon Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) Florida State Capitol. Anita Hill, Belva Lockwood and Graciela Rally on the steps of the new Capitol on Olivarez. March 14th. If you are still not ready to become an fMESSAGE, Page 4 FAWL Journal • Summer 2005 3 f MESSAGE, From Page 3 2005 ‘LOBBY DAYS’ This has been a truly remarkable year for State FAWL with four CLE programs, a gender bias survey, and membership on the rise.
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