NHWBA June 2010 Update

President - Holly B. Haines
Vice President - Holly J. Kilibarda
Secretary - Erin J.M. Alarcon
Treasurer - Karyl Roberts Martin
Public Relations Officer - Erin G. Stearns
Programming Director - Charla Bizios Stevens
Membership Secretary - Melissa S. Penson
Member at Large - Keriann Roman
Hillsborough County North - Nicole M. Morse
Hillsborough County South - Catherine E. Shanelaris
Merrimack County - Joceline D. Champagne
Rockingham County - Catherine P. McKay
Sullivan County - Jane F. Taylor
Cheshire County - Sheila J. Burnham
Out of State Liaison - Erin Desmarais Wolf

The new board term begins on August 1, 2010 and run until July 31, 2012.

Thank you to everyone for participating in the NHWBA online election. Thank you to those serving on the board - we look forward to an exciting two years working with you!

NHWBA Accepting Nominations for the Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award

The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association is accepting nominations for the 2009 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award.

The Award is named for the woman who petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court for the right for women to practice law in New Hampshire. In 1890, with all justices concurring, Marilla Ricker won the right women lawyers have today. In 1907, Marilla Ricker stated, "I think we should all work for equal suffrage, and I trust the time is not far distant when no man or woman will ever admit that it was ever opposed in New Hampshire. I want New Hampshire to be the banner state of the east on the equal suffrage question."

The Award named in honor of Marilla Ricker honors outstanding women lawyers in New Hampshire who have achieved professional excellence or paved the way to success for other women lawyers or advanced opportunities for women in the profession or performed exemplary public service on behalf of women.

The full list of past award recipients is listed on our website.

Click here for the 2010 nomination form. The deadline for nominations is September 7, 2010.

Food Drive for Children a Success!

Thank you to all who made this year's food drive such an amazing success! The Spring 2010 food drive resulted $1623 in monetary donations and approximately 1077 lbs. of food for the New Hampshire Food Bank. We were pleased to see significant growth from last year's inaugural food drive in several key areas. Not only were individual monetary donations increased over last year but we collected more than double the amount of food and saw a noticeable increase in the number of firms throughout the state who participated in the drive.

The staff at the New Hampshire Food Bank were very appreciative of our efforts, especially since community needs tend to increase over the summer months as families are not able to rely on school hot lunch programs for providing meals to their children.

Food Drive Honor Roll

We wish to recognize the following firms for their generous donations and/or exceptional fundraising efforts:

Abramson, Brown & Dugan
Ansell & Anderson
Barry & Honorow
Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP
Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, PLLC
Craighead & Marin
Curtin Law Office
Devine Millimet & Branch
Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella
Harvey & Mahoney
NH Bar Association
NH Judicial Branch (AOC and District Courts)
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC
Manning & Smith
Martin, Lord & Osman
McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, PA
Melick, Porter & Shea, LLP
Morrison & Mahoney, LLP
Nixon Peabody
Parnell & McKay, PLLC
Rath, Young & Pignatelli, PC
Shaheen, Phinney, Bass+Green
Shanelaris & Schirch, PLLC
Smith-Weiss, Shepard, PC

Thank you to everyone who contributed by donating food items, making check donations and collecting food and checks from other members within each county. You all helped to make this charitable event a success!

Katherine Brown and Cathy Shanelaris with NH Food Bank Representative

Retirement Celebration Honoring Retiring Superior Court Justices

The Honorable William J. Groff
The Honorable Philip P. Mangones
The Honorable James J. Barry

When: Wednesday, September, 22, 2010
Where: The Executive Court Banquet Facility
              1199 South Mammoth Road
              Manchester, NH 03109
Time:   Cocktails (Cash Bar): 5:30 p.m.
             Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
            Program Immediately Following Dinner
Cost:    $50

Click here for the reservation form or use the form below to make your reservations.

Please make your reservations as soon as possible and no later than September 8, 2010

Please reserve _______ seats for the September 22, 2010 Retirement Dinner for Justices Groff, Mangones and Barry at $50.00 per person.

Enclose check for the appropriate amount made payable to: Barbara Sweet, and send check and this form to the New Hampshire Superior Court Center, ATTN: Linda Beliveau, 17 Chenell Drive, Concord, NH 03301

Name: ________________________

Guest: _______________________

Dinner Selection
You:
Roasted Stuffed Chicken _____   Broiled Salmon _____
Special Dietary Needs: ______________________

Guest:
Roasted Stuffed Chicken _____ Broiled Salmon _____
Special Dietary Needs: ______________________

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