In This Issue

Spotlight on our Member, Cathy Shanelaris

NHWBA to Receive 2014 Public Service Award at NCWBA's Leadership Summit

NHWBA's Board of Directors Elected

NHWBA's Food Drive a Success

Nominations Sought for 2014 Ricker Award

Join Our Monthly Golf Outing

Join us at Portsmouth Gas Light Co.

Walk a Mile in My Heels

Volunteer at Adventure 5K to Benefit MooreMart

Nominations Sought for Bar Foundation Awards

Apply for NHBA Leadership Academy

Save the Date: August 8, 2014

NCWBA's Summit

Suffolk Law School

Boston, MA

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Welcome New and Returning Members

Elisabeth D. McGohey

Boyle, Shaughnessy & Campo, P.C.

Lisa N. Thompson

Hage Hodes, P.A.

Abby Tucker

UNH School of Law Student

Kristen L. Weber

Chadwick-Fricano-Weber, PLLC

NHWBA Officers and Directors

Executive Director:
Gretchen E. Pyles

NHWBA
Gretchen@nhwba.org

President:

Holly J. Barcroft

Nixon Peabody LLP

Immediate Past President:
Holly B. Haines

Abramson, Brown & Dugan, PA

Vice President:
Karyl Roberts Martin

Sheehan Phinney

Bass + Green PA

Secretary:

Sabrina C. Beavens

Iurillo Law Group, PA

Treasurer:

Christina A. Ferrari

Bianco Professional Association

Public Relations Officer:

Christina A. Ferrari

Bianco Professional Association

Networking Director:

Talesha Caynon

Bernstein Shur

Programming Director:

Kathleen M. Mahan

Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, PLLC

Membership Secretary:

Kara M. Simard

NH Public Defender

Vice Membership Secretary:

Clara Dietel

Shaheen & Gordon, PA

Member at Large:

Heather A. Flanner

NH Attorney General's Office

Belknap:

Lynne Sabean

Boutin & Altieri, PLLC

Carroll:

Viktoriya Kovalenko

Hastings Law Office PA

Coos:

Sandra Cabrera

Waystack Frizzell

Hillsborough North:

Heidi A. Ames

Moore Devlin Law, PLLC

Hillsborough South:

Catherine E. Shanelaris

Shanelaris & Schirch, PLLC

Merrimack:

Marcia Brown

NH Public Utilities Commission

Rockingham:

Catherine P. McKay

Parnell & McKay, PLLC

Strafford:

Jeanine Kilgallen

Shaheen & Gordon, PA

Out of State Liaison:

Hannah Zaitlin

McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, PA

News and Events:

May 2014

As several of you likely know, retired Superior Court Judge John Lewis was reprimanded for making certain remarks, and the New Hampshire Bar Association's Board of Governors recently considered whether or not Judge Lewis should be recognized as a retiring judge at next month's annual meeting. Judge Lewis will be included among the other retiring judges, as reported by the New Hampshire Union Leader earlier this week.

In an official statement that the NHWBA Board of Directors released last week on behalf of the Board itself, and not the entire membership, we did not oppose inclusion of Judge Lewis on the list of retiring judges. Our reasoning was that no other reprimanded retiring judge has ever been removed from the official list of retiring judges announced at each year's annual meeting. However, we did take the opportunity to point out that the controversy surrounding the remarks and the aftermath only highlight the continuing need for a women's bar association in New Hampshire. Our mission of seeking true gender equality remains ever important, and we will not rest in its pursuit.

I welcome you to reach out to me or any of our Board members should you have any questions or concerns about the Board's statement.

Best regards,

Holly J. Barcroft, President

New Hampshire Women's Bar Association

NHWBA News

Spotlight on our Member

Our spotlight this month is on our member, Catherine E. Shanelaris of Shanelaris & Schirch. Cathy was recently selected to receive the Ted Jordan Award from the Nashua Bar Association.

The Ted Jordan Award is given in memory of Ted Jordan, a member of the Nashua Bar Association from 1967 to 2002. It honors his adventurous spirit and lifelong concern for helping to improve the local bar association and community and is presented to an individual who embodies these same ideals.

Cathy is a partner at Shanelaris & Schirch in Nashua and focuses her practice on family law. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association, a lecturer on family law topics at continuing legal education programs and the author of several bar journal and legal articles relating to family law issues. In addition to being a board member of the NHWBA, she is also a member of the NH Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission, and a Board Member of the Pro Bono Governing Board. She is also a trained marital mediator.

Prior to founding Shanelaris & Schrich, Cathy was the chief staff attorney for the New Hampshire Division of Child Support Services and a county governor for the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. In 2010, she received the L. Jonathan Ross Award for Outstanding Commitment to Legal Services for the Poor from the New Hampshire Bar Association.

Cathy will receive the Ted Jordan Award from the Nashua Bar Association on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. A dinner will be held in her honor at Nashua Country Club, 25 Fairway Street in Nashua. Cocktails will be served at 5:30 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. The cost to attend the dinner is $40.00. If you would like to attend this dinner, please contact Tanya Spony at TSpony@nhlaw-nashua.com by June 4, 2014. To learn more about the Award Dinner, click here.

Congratulations to Cathy on this well deserved honor.

Plan to Attend the NCWBA's Leadership Summit in Boston on August 8, 2014

where the NHWBA will Receive the

2014 Public Service Award

The National Conference of Women's Bar Associations' Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Suffolk University Law School. The theme of this year's Summit is Breaking Barriers - Building Bridges. The Awards Luncheon where the NHWBA will receive the 2014 Public Service Award for its "Overcoming Cancer's Legal Challenges" program will be held at the Boston College Club.

The Leadership Summit will include welcoming remarks from the Honorable Barbara A. Lenk, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The opening keynote speaker will be Lauren Stiller Rikleen, author of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking book, You Raised Us, Now Work With Us - Millennials, Career Success and Building Strong Workplace Teams. Her book is an indispensable resource to help Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers understand generational differences and create a more effective work environment. Each attendee will receive a copy of this book.

Koriamanya Carew, Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, will discuss current issues in breaking barriers in diversity.

The luncheon speaker will be the Honorable Nancy Gertner. Formerly a federal judge, Nancy Gertner is now Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. She was selected as one of this year's recipients of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.

Caryl Rivers, Professor of Journalism at Boston University, and Rosalind Barnett, Senior Scientist at Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, co-authors of the book, The New Soft War on Women, will comment on harmful media narratives about gender.

Please mark your calendars now to attend this year's Summit and help the NHWBA celebrate its selection as the 2014 Public Service Award recipient. The cost of the full-day program, including continental breakfast, awards luncheon and a copy of You Raised Us, Now Work With Us is $200. The cost for just the Awards Luncheon is $75. To register for the full-day Summit, click here. To register for the Awards Luncheon only, click here.

2014-2016 NHWBA Board of Directors Elected

Elections for the NHWBA Board of Directors ended on May 15, 2014. We are pleased to announce that all nominees were elected to serve on the board for the upcoming two year term beginning in August. Please join us in welcoming the incoming board members:

President: Karyl Roberts Martin

Immediate Past President: Holly Barcroft

Vice President: Kara Simard

Secretary: Marcia Brown

Treasurer: Christina Ferrari

Public Relations Officer: Sabrina Beavens

Networking Director: Talesha Caynon

Programming Director: Kate Mahan

Membership Co-Secretary: Heather Flanner

Membership Co-Secretary: Hannah Zaitlin

Member-at-Large: Sandra Kenney

Out of State Liaison: Erin Desmarais Wolf

UNH School of Law Liaison: Courtney Brooks

Belknap County Representative: Lissa Mascio

Carroll County Representative: Viktoriya Kovalenko

Cheshire County Representative: Lindsey Gray

Coos County Representative: Sandra Cabrera

Hillsborough County North Representative: Heidi Ames

Hillsborough County South Representative: Laura Maistrosky

Merrimack County Representative: Jeanine Kilgallen

Rockingham County Representative: Sarah Wolf-Boyd

Sullivan County Representative: Caroline Lyons

Congratulations to all incoming board members and best wishes and many thanks to our outgoing members: Holly Haines, Clara Dietel, Cathy McKay, Lynne Sabean and Cathy Shanelaris.

NHWBA's Food Drive a Success

For the sixth consecutive year, the NHWBA held a food drive to help stock the New Hampshire Food Bank for the summer months. Thanks to all the attorneys and their staff from around the state who donated food items or made monetary donations. As a result of their generosity, 575 pounds of food was collected and over $2,100 was donated to the New Hampshire Food Bank. The staff at the New Hampshire Food Bank was very appreciative because community needs tend to increase during the summer months when families are not able to rely on school lunch programs to provide meals to their children. The NHWBA wishes to recognize the following firms and individuals for their generous donations:

Abramson, Brown & Dugan	Jeanine M. Kilgallen, Esquire
MaryDilys S. Anderson, Esquire	Denice Maistrosky
Sophia Annas	Laura K. Maistrosky, Esquire
Barry & Honorow	Neil F. Maloney, Esquire
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson	Karyl Roberts Martin, Esquire
Stephen I. Brodsky, Esquire	McLane Law Firm
Katherine L. Brown, Esquire	Kimberly J.H. Memmesheimer, Esquire
Christine Buonopane	Law Office of Katherine J. Morneau
Steven M. Burke, Esquire	NH Public Utilities Commission
Thomas & Cynthia Chagnon	Peter A. Nieves, Esquire
Joceline D. Champagne, Esquire	Parnell & McKay
Robert P. Cheney, Esquire	Christopher & Gretchen Pyles
Hon. Jacalyn A. Colburn	Jeannette Riendeau
John & Lisa Colucci	Mark C. Rouvalis, Esquire
Andrea L. Daly, Esquire	Jane M. Schirch, Esquire
Priscilla & Normand Desrochers	Shaheen & Gordon
Tina Dishong	Catherine E. Shanelaris, Esquire
Cheryl & Bruce Dubois	Shanelaris & Schirch
Finch & Maloney	Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green
Forberg Law Office	Law Office of Kathleen A. Sternenberg
John & Melissa Fraser	Charla Bizios Stevens, Esquire
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell	Sulloway & Hollis
Ganz Law Office	Debbie Timson
Wilbur A Glahn, III, Esquire	Robert A. Wells, Esquire
Howard & McBeath	Kimon S. Zachos, Esquire

Nominations for the 2014

Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award

Now Being Accepted

The NHWBA is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award. The Ricker Award honors outstanding women lawyers in New Hampshire who have achieved professional excellence, and who have paved the way to success for other women lawyers, advanced opportunities for women in the profession and/or performed exemplary public service on behalf of women. The award is named in honor of Marilla M. Ricker, who was the first woman to apply for admission to the New Hampshire Bar. If you would like to nominate someone for this award, click here. Nominations will be accepted through June 13, 2014. If you have any questions about the nomination process, please e-mail our Executive Director, Gretchen Pyles.

Upcoming NHWBA Events

Join Our Popular Golf Clinic

When: Wednesday, June 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2014

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Where: Derryfield Country Club

625 Mammoth Road

Manchester, NH

Cost: $100 for NHWBA members / $125 for non-members

(includes rental of golf clubs)

This golf clinic is perfect for true beginners or golfers who are looking to improve their game. The clinic is a series of four 1-hour private lessons conducted in a group of no more than 12 participants. Golf Pro Steve Poremba of Derryfield Country Club will be our instructor. The lessons will take place on four consecutive Wednesday evenings starting on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. The lessons will cover golfing basics such as swing, chipping and putting, as well as technique. The final lesson will be an actual 4-hole game held on the course at Derryfield Country Club in Manchester.

To register for the Golf Clinic, click here.

Join us for our CLE regarding

Discrimination and Harassment in the Professional Workplace

When: Thursday, June 12, 2014

Time: 3:15 - 5:00 p.m.

(Registration begins at 3:00)

Where: Franklin Pierce University

670 North Commercial Street

Manchester, NH

Cost: $25 for NHWBA members / $35 for non-members

Join our distinguished panel including Lauren Simon Irwin of Upton & Hatfield and Andrea Chatfield of Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson as they discuss discrimination and harassment in the professional workplace. They will present case law and statutory law pertaining to discrimination and harassment claims. Procedures for filing complaints and the proper steps to investigate and respond to claims will also be discussed. Learn about employees' rights and what employers can do to ensure a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. 1.5 NHMCLE credits pending.

Mark your calendars now to attend this informative CLE. To register, click here.

Join our Monthly Golf Outing

When: Friday, June 13, 2014

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Where: Stonebridge Country Club

161 Gorham Pond Road

Goffstown, NH

Cost: Dutch Treat

Golfers of all levels are invited to join other NHWBA members for a monthly golf outing: nine holes of golf followed by drinks and dinner. Each person pays their own way. The first event will be hosted by Judge Kathleen McGuire and former Marital Master Deborah Kane Rein at Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown.

To attend this fun event, please RSVP to Judge McGuire or Master Rein by Monday, June 9, 2014.

Plan to Attend our CLE regarding

Family Law - Mediation and Collaborative Law

When: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 handshake

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

(Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.)

Where: Nixon Peabody LLP

900 Elm Street

Manchester, NH

Cost: $25 for NHWBA members / $35 for non-members

Join our distinguished panel including former Marital Master Deborah Kane Rein of Rein Mediation, former Superior Court Marital Deputy Clerk Kathleen McDonald and Jane Schirch of Shanelaris & Schirch as they provide recommendations, practice tips and helpful hints for mediating a family law case, as well as an overview of collaborative law and its advantages. 2.0 NHMCLE credits pending.

Mark your calendars now! To register, click here.

New Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014

Join us on the Seacoast for our Networking Event

at Portsmouth Gas Light Co.

When: Thursday, June 26, 2014 Portsmouth Gas Light Co.

Time: 6:15 p.m.

Where: Portsmouth Gas Light Co.

64 Market Street

Portsmouth, NH

Join us in beautiful downtown Portsmouth for a casual gathering. Come network and socialize with friends, colleagues, and other NHWBA members. Feel the ocean breeze, enjoy friendly conversation, and stay for live music on the outdoor deck at the Portsmouth Gas Light Co. Appetizers will be provided at the event.

To RSVP, please click here.

Other News and Upcoming Events

Walk a Mile in My Heels: Sharing our Stories

Ms. JD invites you to share your story. An anonymous blog has been set up on their website to allow women attorneys to discuss the issues we face on a daily basis. They highlight the situations we have all found ourselves in including being mistaken for the court reporter, being ignored by the judge, being spoken down to by the mediator. These are humiliating and difficult moments. Ms. JD asserts that now is a good time to start talking about these issues - to start breaking the code of silence. Ms. JD invites you to tell your story and share what it's like to walk a mile (or even just for a few moments) in your heels. They point out that even if we tell our stories anonymously, it's time that we start telling our stories.

To share your story or to learn more, click here.

From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful: Women of Color Research and Strategies

for the Workplace Webinar

When: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Cost: $25 for ABA members / $50 for general public

Free for first 100 ABA member registrants

Join the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession for an informative webinar. Understand the research on women of color in the legal profession and learn strategies to foster an open and diverse - and more successful - environment in your workplace.

Join the panel as they:

* Discuss the experiences of women attorneys of color and how to overcome barriers,

* Learn strategies to promote and advance women of color in law firms and corporate legal departments, and

* Preview the new online toolkit

Learn how diversity dynamics impact attorneys at law firms, Fortune 500 legal departments, and the legal profession with an emphasis on the disparate impact on women of color. During the presentation, the results of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession's research in this area will be explored, focusing on the experiences of women attorneys, particularly women of color, as they go through the four major aspects of an attorney's career: recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement.

A panel discussion featuring prominent women, corporate counsel, and law firm partners will follow highlighting strategies women, especially women of color, can use to overcome the barriers they face as they aim for the top echelons of the legal profession. In addition, the Commission's new online programmatic toolkit "From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful" will be previewed. The toolkit offers ready-to-use slides, scenarios, and discussion questions for use by law firms, corporate legal departments, and bar associations to foster their own open dialogue about diversity dynamics.

Panelists:

* Wendy C Shiba
* Sheri H Edison
* Lacy L Durham
* Marilou E Watson

Moderator: Jasmin Nicole French

1.5 general CLE credits available.

For more information or to register, click here.

New England Women's Leadership Summit

Coming Soon

When: Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

(7:00 a.m. - Registration)

Where: St. Anselm College

100 St. Anselm Drive

Manchester, NH

Cost: $250

This one day event is intended to "raise awareness of the personal and professional capacities and skills needed to advance in the competitive and changing world of the 21st century." The theme for this year's Summit is "Blazing the Trail."

This regional event is aimed at women interested in both personal and professional growth and in optimizing their career choices now and in the future. The Summit includes keynote addresses, three concurrent program sessions and lunch.

The keynote speakers for this year's Summit include Anna Maria Chavez, CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA and Annabel Beerel, Ph.D., President and CEO of New England Women's Leadership Institute.

For more information or to register, click here.

Volunteer at the Adventure 5K Race

in Candia to Benefit MooreMart

When: Saturday, June 14, 2014

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where: Liquid Planet

446 Raymond Road

Candia, NH

Join other MooreMart volunteers on race day as they help at the starting point or finish line, direct traffic, participate as course monitors or tackle other administrative duties needed to make this fun race run smoothly. Children are welcome to volunteer with their parents. Proceeds from the race will go to support MooreMart's continued work to bring comfort to the troops serving abroad.

If you can spare a little time to volunteer for this great local non-profit, e-mail Paul Moore at Paul@MooreMart.org. To learn more about the race, click here.

Nominations Sought for the

Bar Foundation Awards

The New Hampshire Bar Foundation is seeking nominations for two awards to be presented at its annual event on September 23, 2014. Nominations are being sought for:

The Robert E. Kirby Award - This award was established in 1996 to honor the memory of Bob Kirby, a young lawyer "of great skill, civility and good humor" who died that year at the age of 35. The purpose of the award is to honor Bob's memory and to remind all of us that decency, courtesy and perspective neither inhibits nor defeats excellent advocacy. It is given to an attorney 35 years old or younger who demonstrates the traits of civility, courtesy, perspective and excellent advocacy. To review the nomination form for the Kirby Award, click here.

The Frank Rowe Kenison Award - This award recognizes an individual (or individuals) who makes substantial contributions to the betterment of New Hampshire citizens through the administration of justice, the legal profession, or the advancement of legal thought. To review the nomination form for the Kenison Award, click here.

The deadline for award nominations is Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

Applications Now Being Accepted for

NHBA Leadership Academy

The NHBA Leadership Academy is now accepting applications for the incoming 2014-2015 Academy class. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, July 18, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. To be eligible, you must have been admitted to the NHBA after November 2004 and prior to November 2011.

The NHBA Leadership Academy is a nine-month leadership-training program designed to foster the professional growth and enhance the leadership skills of a diverse group of attorneys.

Its mission is: To promote and encourage leadership and professionalism by identifying present and future leaders who are members of the New Hampshire Bar, and providing them with a program designed to develop leadership skills; to foster camaraderie; and to provide exposure to leaders in the legal, business and government communities.

Up to eighteen attorney members of the NHBA who have been in practice for at least three years and not more than ten years will be carefully selected for this Academy. In an effort to achieve diversity among the participants, qualified individuals will be sought from different backgrounds, large and small law firms, the private and public sectors, different practice areas, and different geographical parts of the state. Generally, the monthly programs will be four (4) to five (5) hours in duration. There may be potential CLE credit for certain sessions, but this is not guaranteed. Each Academy participant must make a two-year commitment following the completion of the program, serving on a NHBA section or committee, or other Bar-related activity. The cost of the Leadership Academy is $750. Financial aid is available.

To apply or to learn more about the Leadership Academy, click here.