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In This Issue - January 29, 2015

Spotlight on our Member - Jaye Rancourt

Members on the Move

Help us Tell our Story

Join us for Lawline

UNH School of Law's Mock Interview Workshop

Register for our 13th Annual Work Stress Relief Clinic

Career, Vision & the Confidence to Execute On It

Negotiating Your Own Compensation: It's Not All About the Money Until It Is

Check out the Latest Women Lawyers Journal

Spotlight on Our Member

Congratulations to Jaye Rancourt, who was selected as this year's Philip Hollman Gender Equality Award recipient. Jaye is a shareholder and director at Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey in Manchester and focuses her practice on criminal defense and family law. She is the immediate past president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. During her term as president, she introduced a program entitled "When Love Hurts," with the goal of preventing teen dating violence. She and other attorneys have spoken at local schools about the program. She was also a panelist at last year's NHWBA Work Stress Relief Clinic and spoke about the challenges of finding work-life balance.

Jaye will receive the Hollman Award at the Gender Equality Breakfast during the Midyear Meeting on Friday, February 27, 2015 at the Radisson/Center of New Hampshire. To purchase tickets to the Gender Equality Breakfast, click here.

Members on the Move

Some of our members have changed jobs:

Morgan Nighan is still with Nixon Peabody LLP, but is now in its Boston office.

Jeanne Saffan is now with Upton & Hatfield LLP in Concord, NH.

Kristin Sheppe is now with Ora Schwartzberg, Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C. in Plymouth, NH.

If you have job news to share, please let us know.

Help Us Tell Our Story

For the past several years, the NHWBA has been an exhibitor at the NHBA's Midyear Meeting. This year, we will again be an exhibitor. We would love your help in telling our story to the many attorneys who stop by our table. In your own words, please tell us why you choose to be a member of the NHWBA. We would like to share our members' stories about the value you receive from your NHWBA membership. If you have time to write a short statement, we will incorporate it into the displays at our table. Please e-mail our Executive Director, Gretchen Pyles by February 13, 2015, with any statement you would like to share, and if you will be attending the Midyear Meeting, please stop by our table.

Join Us for Lawline

When:	Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time:	6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where:	New Hampshire Bar Center 2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 300 Concord, NH

Join NHWBA members as we volunteer for Lawline, the Bar's free telephonic legal advice service. We will be answering callers' questions ranging from landlord/tenant issues to employment law. You do not have to be an expert in any special field. Callers are just looking for guidance. Do they have a case? Is this unlawful? Where should they go? The NHBA provides a long list of resources. Pizza or sandwiches will be provided.

If you can volunteer your time for this worthy cause, please register here.

You are Invited to Participate in a Mock Interview Workshop at UNH School of Law

When:	Thursday, February 19, 2015
Time:	4:00 - 5:30/6:00 p.m.
Where:	UNH School of Law 2 White Street Concord, NH

UNH Law invites you to be a mock-interview hiring attorney for a student workshop on February 19, 2015. The round-robin format involves a student having a mock screening interview with an attorney for about 15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of feedback. Attorneys would do three interviews with three different students. The total time commitment would be approximately an hour and a half. Students gain valuable practical experience when they can interact, even briefly, with experienced practitioners. This is a great opportunity to share your expertise and recall how far you've traveled since law school. UNH Law would love to have you join them.

If you would like to participate, please contact Eleanor MacLellan at UNH Law via e-mail or phone at Eleanor.MacLellan@law.unh.edu or 603-513-5108.

When:	Friday, April 17, 2015 and Saturday, April 18, 2015
Where:	Mill Falls at the Lake 312 Daniel Webster Hwy Meredith, NH

Prepare to pamper yourself while networking with fellow NHWBA members. The agenda for the weekend is as follows:

Friday, April 17, 2015

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Networking/Social Hour

6:00 p.m. - Buffet Dinner at the Carriage House at Church Landing featuring chicken caprese with a pesto mornay, roasted pork loin with cranberry and herb jus lie, and vegetable lasagna with seasonal vegetables. If you have special dietary needs, we will work with Mill Falls at the Lake to accommodate them.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

7:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Breakfast at restaurants at the Inn using vouchers.

11:45 - 1:15 p.m. - Buffet lunch with presentation by Betsy Black entitled "Make It Stick: A Winning Strategy for Sustaining (or Increasing) Exercise in Your Life."

NHWBA Member Benefit: Take some time to relax and enjoy a 15% discount on the spa service of your choice!

Please register as soon as possible as space is limited and rooms will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. The deadline for registration is March 11, 2015. To register for the Work Stress Relief Clinic, click here. If you cannot stay overnight, you are welcome to join us for the networking dinner on Friday evening. To register just for Friday's dinner, click here.

PLUS Foundation Women's Leadership Network Invites you to Attend "Career, Vision & the Confidence to Execute On It"

When:	Thursday, February 26, 2015
Time:	4:30 p.m. - Registration 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Program & Networking Reception
Where:	One Financial Center 675 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA
Cost:	$40 for members / $55 for non-members

Former management consultant turned acclaimed chef, Joanne Chang, will lead an engaging discussion on how to develop a vision for your career and the confidence to execute on it. An honors graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics, and the owner of Boston's award-winning Flour Bakery + Caf� and Myers + Chang, Ms. Chang knows first-hand how to make career aspirations a reality with a little confidence. Ms. Chang left her career as a management consultant to enter the world of professional cooking. Taking the skills she honed as a management consultant, Ms. Chang has created a thriving "Best Place to Work" Company and food empire.

To register, click here.

ABA's Webinar - "Negotiating Your Own Compensation: It's Not About the Money Until It Is!"

When:	Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Time:	1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Cost:	$50 for ABA members / $75 for non-members

The ABA Task Force on Gender Equity and the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession invite you to register for a webinar about compensation negotiation. Learn the dos and don'ts of negotiating your own compensation by applying effective negotiation techniques. Laurel Bellows, Past ABA President, will moderate a panel discussion using video clips of effective and ineffective negotiations as discussion prompts. Issues addressed will include origination credit, intelligence gathering, and differing compensation systems. The webinar is directed toward equity partners and also will provide equity track women attorneys with valuable information they will need in the future. It offers tools to ensure that pay is comparable to contribution so that women will be less likely to leave their places of employment and the legal profession altogether. To view a video sneak peak, click here.

Check Out the Latest Women Lawyers Journal

The National Association of Women Lawyers publishes the Women Lawyers Journal, which includes articles about current legal issues of interest to women lawyers. To view the latest edition, go to http://www.nawl.org and click on the Women Lawyers Journal link on the right hand side of the website.

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Welcome New and Returning Members

Christine Hanisco

NH Public Defender

Caitlin McCurdy

Attorney at Law

Kaitlin O'Neil
Normandin, Cheney & O'Neil, PLLC

Jaye Rancourt

Brennan Lenehan

Kristin Sheppe
Ora Schwartzberg, Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C.

Brooke Shilo

USDC - District of NH

Kimberly Sullivan

Hinckley Allen

Autumn Tertin

GoffWilson, P.A.

Sarah Warecki

Attorney at Law

Keri Welch

Attorney at Law

Board of Directors

Executive Director:
Gretchen E. Pyles
NHWBA
Gretchen@nhwba.org

President:
Karyl Roberts Martin
University System of NH

Immediate Past President:
Holly J. Barcroft
Nixon Peabody LLP

Vice President:
Kara M. Simard
NH Public Defender

Secretary:
Marcia Brown
Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C.

Treasurer:
Christina A. Ferrari
Bianco Professional Association

Networking Director:
Talesha L. Caynon
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.

Programming Director:
Kathleen M. Mahan
Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, PLLC

Co-Membership Secretary:
Heather A. Flanner
NH Attorney General's Office

Co-Membership Secretary:
Hannah E. Zaitlin
McLane Law Firm

Member at Large:
Sandra H. Kenney
Upton & Hatfield LLP

Out of State Liaison:

Erin Desmarais Wolf

Attorney at Law

UNH School of Law Liaison:
Courtney Q. Brooks
UNH School of Law

Belknap:
Lissa Mascio
Martin, Lord & Osman, P.A.

Cheshire:
Lindsey B. Gray
Abramson, Brown & Dugan

Coos:
Sandra Cabrera
Waystack Frizzell

Grafton:

Viktoriya Kovalenko

Decato Law Office

Hillsborough North:
Heidi A. Ames
Moore Devlin & Ames, PLLC

Hillsborough South:
Laura K. Maistrosky
Shanelaris & Schirch, PLLC

Merrimack:
Jeanine Kilgallen
CruCon Cruise Outlet Plus, Inc.

Rockingham:
Sarah Wolf-Boyd
Electric Insurance Company/General Electric

Sullivan:
Caroline K. Lyons
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC