News Dallas Bar Association 2101 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 220-7400 • Fax (214) 220-7465 email: [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jessica D. Smith August 5, 2020 DBA Communications Director Direct Line (214) 220-7477 [Public & Press Invited] Flyer Attached NINA TOTENBERG TO SPEAK AT DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION’S WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY VIRTUAL EVENT Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent, will be the keynote speaker at a special Dallas Bar Association Women’s Equality Day virtual event Wednesday, August 26, at noon. Ms. Totenberg is an award-winning legal affairs correspondent whose reports air regularly on NPR’s newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. She has been honored seven times by the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal reporting and has received more than two dozen honorary degrees. The event will be presented in a fireside chat format with Judge Tonya Parker, of the 116th District Court, moderating the conversation. Ms. Totenberg will discuss the history of the Suffragette Movement leading up to the passing of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920, where we are now, and where we need to go. She will also discuss the changing role of women in society, business, and politics. Cost for the event is $30 and participants can register online at https://tinyurl.com/DBAWomansEqualityDay. Attorneys attending can qualify for one hour of continuing legal education (CLE). Thank you to the event’s sponsors: AT&T, Estes Thorne & Carr, Kastl Law, P.C., Johnston Tobey Baruch, and the Dallas Women Lawyers Association. Event supporters include the El Paso Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, San Antonio Bar Association, and the Tarrant County Bar Association. For questions regarding this event, contact Judi Smalling at [email protected] or (214) 220- 7452. ### The Dallas Bar Association is a professional, voluntary organization of more than 11,000 Dallas-area attorneys. Find out more at www.dallasbar.org. .