January/February 2014 In This Issue Features 2 WBA to Honor Judy Smith as Woman Lawyer of the Year Memories of Suzanne Richards Brand Yourself: Step 2—Why By Anne E. Collier, MPP, JD, PCC, Principal, Arudia Embracing Technology to Effectively Use eDiscovery By Kyle Albert, Managing Partner, Foxhound Information Management President’s Column 10 By Jessica E. Adler, WBA President WBA Foundation 11 WBA Foundation President’s Letter By Amy L. Bess, WBAF President WBA Foundation Donors Committee & Forum Highlights 13 Women’s History Month: A Conversation with the Honorable Gladys Kessler WBA Business Hour: Strategic Communication to Create Win-Win Results and Engage Clients and Colleagues through Coaching One-on-One Mentoring Program Update By Jennifer Mullins, Maria Mendoza & Svetlana Gans, Co-chairs, Mentoring Committee Communications Law Forum Hosts Another Successful Holiday Tea By Laura Mow, The Law Offices of Laura C. Mow; Co-chair, Communications Law Forum Member Spotlight: Diane Brenneman 18 Compiled by Mavis Gragg, Attorney, BuckleySandler LLP Member News 20 Horowitz Announces Launch of Attorney Talent Strategy Group Reifman now Senior Counsel Welcome New Members Upcoming Events 21 Raising the Bar Editorial Board Beth Davidson Gail Alivia Pierce Cynthia Hemphill Tiffany Wynn Staff Liaison: Steptoe & Johnson LLP Public Company Trow & Rahal, P.C. Crowell & Moring LLP Carol Montoya, CAE [email protected] Accounting Oversight Board [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Raising the Bar Newsletter January/February 2014 Features WBA to Honor Judy Smith as Woman Lawyer of the Year The Women’s Bar Association of and technical expertise on crisis the District of Columbia (WBA) management issues. is pleased to announce that Judy Ms. Smith honed her crisis Smith, founder and President management skills through her of Smith & Company, a crisis experiences with some of the most management and communications historic and sensational events of firm, will be honored as the WBA our time, including the Iran Contra Woman Lawyer of the Year at investigation, the prosecution of our Annual Dinner on May 21, former Washington, DC Mayor 2014. The Woman Lawyer of the Marion Barry, the 1991 Gulf War, Year Award recognizes a leader the Los Angeles riots, the Supreme who has championed change Court confirmation hearings in the profession by leading by of Justice Clarence Thomas, example, advocating for justice, the President Clinton scandal and promoting the advancement of involving Monica Lewinsky, the women in the profession. congressional inquiry of Enron, The theme for the 2014 Annual the General Petraeus CIA scandal, Dinner is “Civility.” Ms. Smith and the United Nations Foundation has exemplified the principles of and World Health Organization civility by helping others through response to the SARS epidemic. mentoring and volunteering. She In addition to her work as a has demonstrated creative crisis communications advisor during Judy Smith management and problem-solving high profile engagements, Ms. and an innate ability to bring Smith also serves as a counselor our nation. She has worked with various entities together for dispute to Fortune 500 corporations several federal agencies and resolution, under what are often very and has provided strategic organizations on issues including trying circumstances. Her career path advice on a variety of corporate childhood obesity, education, and has included both the public and communications issues such as economic development. She has also private sectors. Ms. Smith has also mergers and acquisitions, product provided communications advice to broken barriers as a woman of color. recalls, intellectual property government entities and municipalities As a crisis management advisor, litigation, corporate positioning, including the U.S. Election Assistance Ms. Smith brings a unique diversity, and other challenges. Commission, the City of Cincinnati, combination of communication She has assisted companies such as the City of Detroit, and Prince George’s skills, media savvy, and legal and BellSouth, Union Pacific, Nextel, County, Maryland. political acumen to clients both in United Healthcare, Americhoice, In the international arena, Ms. the U.S and abroad. Wal-Mart, Radio-One Inc., Waste Smith has provided counsel Management Corporation, and The ABC television series Scandal, to several heads of state and American International Group, Inc. which revolves around the life executives of major corporations on a range of corporate, investor, and work of a professional fixer, on matters in the Philippines, and public relations matters. was inspired by Ms. Smith. She Haiti, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos serves as Co-Executive Producer During the course of her career, Islands, and Zimbabwe. In of the show and provides insight Ms. Smith has been involved in addition, she assisted the Kingdom many public policy issues facing of Saudi Arabia’s leadership with 2 Raising the Bar Newsletter January/February 2014 its communication efforts as part Prior to her legal career, Ms. Smith A full list of Woman Lawyer of of the war on terrorism. worked as a writer and public affairs the Year recipients can be found Prior to founding Smith & Company, specialist for several publications and at wbadc.org. Ms. Smith was a partner at several private organizations headquartered The Annual Dinner is co-hosted by Washington DC-based public in Washington, DC. She received a the WBA and the WBA Foundation, relations firms. Before that, she Bachelor of Science degree in Public the charitable arm of the WBA, served as Senior Vice President of Relations from Boston University which leverages the generosity Corporate Communications at NBC and graduated from the American of lawyers and friends to support where she reported directly to the University Washington College of nonprofits that serve the legal and President and CEO and was Law, where she was the first African- related needs of women and girls in responsible for the network’s strategic American woman to serve as the DC Metropolitan community. global communications strategy. Executive Editor of the Law Review. The 2014 Annual Dinner will take Additionally, she served as NBC’s Ms. Smith is the author of the book, place at the National Building chief spokesperson for domestic and Good Self, Bad Self. She has received Museum at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, international programming and numerous communications and May 21, 2014. For additional business ventures, and helped with leadership awards and is active in information, including tickets, table the groundbreaking launch of one of community service. sales, and sponsorship opportunities, the nation’s first cable news stations, visit wbadc.org or call 202-639-8880. MSNBC. In 1991, Ms. Smith joined the White House with her appointment as Special Assistant and Deputy Wehavetwo months Press Secretary to President George to complete 125 depositions in 10 H. W. Bush. During her tenure, cities, and make the transcripts she provided the President and available to attorneys his Cabinet with communications across the count r y.” advice on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues. Prior to joining the White House, Ms. Smith served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and was Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney of the Relax. 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There she managed legal as WINNER OF THE BEST OF 2 well as national and international Merrill LAD 1 public information for the Iran 0 @MerrillLAD 2 Merrill Corp/Merrill LAD Contra prosecution of Oliver Court Reporting & Deposition Services North, John Poindexter and several other defendants. M E R R I L L L A D 3 Raising the Bar Newsletter January/February 2014 Memories of Suzanne Richards Suzanne V. Richards, WBA past president (1977-1978) and the 1977 WBA Woman Lawyer of the Year, passed away on December 15, 2013. An inspiring leader and mentor for women in the legal profession, Ms. Richards was also the first female President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1989-1990). Upon learning of her passing, a number of WBA leaders offered their thoughts and memories of their friend and mentor. Lorelie S. Masters, Jenner & Block Lorelie S. Masters is a past president of the WBA and a current member of the WBA Foundation Board of Directors Suzanne was a dedicated leader in the WBA for decades and one of the first women trial lawyers in DC. Although I was not privileged to know her well, I do have one story to relate. Suzanne told, with relish, the story of her first trial. She wore, she said, a yellow dress. After losing the case, the judge allowed her to talk to the jurors. The jurors said little about the result or the facts, but had lots to say about her dress. In telling that story, she concluded, “Remember it’s about the case, not the clothes.” Ellen M. Jakovic, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Patricia Gurne, Gurne Porter, PLLC Ellen Jakovic Savit is a past president of both the WBA Patricia Gurne is a past president of both the WBA and WBA Foundation. and WBA Foundation and was the 1999 WBA Woman Lawyer of the Year.
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