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Update 2015
In This Issue - April 30, 2015
Spotlight on our Member - Hon. Gary E. Hicks
Members on the Move
Next Thursday: Join the Table for Eight Featuring Jeff Strelzin
NHWBA's Food Drive Continues
Join us for an Informative Workshop: It's About Time - A Workshop Especially Designed with the Attorney in Mind
Join our Nine and Dine Golf Outings
Join our Popular Golf Clinics
Nominations Sought for the 2015 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award
Consider Accepting an Abuse and Neglect Case
Plan to Attend NAWL's Pipeline to Partnership Program
Check out NH Women's Foundation's "Gender Matters" Spring Report
Spotlight on Our Member - Hon. Gary E. Hicks
Our Spotlight this month is on Hon. Gary E. Hicks.  Earlier this month, Justice Hicks received the Manchester Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award.  He is the senior associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and received the Philip S. Hollman Gender Equality Award in 2012.  He also received the New Hampshire Bar President's Award for distinguished and compassionate service in 1988.  He currently chairs the American Inns of Court Leadership Council.
 
Justice Hicks in a long-standing member and supporter of the NHWBA.  Congratulations to him on his well deserved Distinguished Service Award.
 
Members on the Move

 

Some of our members have changed jobs:

 

Clara Dietel is now Assistant General Counsel for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

 

Susan Duprey is now of counsel wtih Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. in Manchester, NH.

 

Viktoria Kovalenko is now an associate with Brannen & Loftus, PLLC.

 

Elsabeth McGohey is now with Beliveau Law Group, LLC.

 

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

 

Next Thursday:  Join the Table for Eight Featuring Jeff Strelzin with a Focus on Effective Trial Techniques
 

When:
Thursday, May 7, 2015 
Time:
6:00 p.m.
Where:
The Common Man Restaurant
25 Water Street
Concord, NH

Reserve your seat at the Table for Eight with Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeff Strelzin.  Attorney Strelzin is chief of the homicide unit.  In that position, he supervises all homicide prosecutions in New Hampshire and has handled some of the state's highest profile cases including State v. Michael Addison and State v. Christopher Gribble.  He received last year's NHBA Outstanding Service in the Public Sector/Public Interest Law Award.  Come learn from one of the best trial attorneys in the state.  

Dinner is Dutch treat and is limited to seven NHWBA members.  To register, click here.

NHWBA's Annual Food Drive Continues

For the seventh consecutive year, the NHWBA will be collecting food and monetary donations to help feed hungry families here in New Hampshire. From April 13th to May 11th, the NHWBA will be collecting canned or boxed food items and monetary donations for the New Hampshire Food Bank. Checks should be made payable to "NH Food Bank" and sent to NHWBA at P. O. Box 915, Manchester, NH 03105.

Food donations can be dropped off at individual firms and offices, and they will be collected by NHWBA representatives from May 11th to May 13th. If you would like to collect items at your office or would like to donate items and need to know where to bring them, please contact Gretchen Pyles or Heather Cherniske.

All food items and monetary donations collected during the drive will benefit the New Hampshire Food Bank to help with the increased need for food during the summer months. Specifically, the New Hampshire Food Bank and local food pantries have the added strain of families needing more food because they cannot rely on the schools for hot lunches for their children.

Donations of all sizes are welcome and encouraged. Thank you to all who donate to the NHWBA's Food Drive!   

Plan to Attend a Brown Bag Lunch with Honorable Patricia B. Quigley

When:

Time:

Where:
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Nashua Courthouse
30 Spring Street
Nashua, NH
Join Circuit Court Judge Patricia Quigley for a brown bag lunch.  Discuss probate law issues and learn first hand what practices Judge Quigley finds effective in her court.  Judge Quigley was appointed to the Circuit Court in 2013.  Prior to being appointed to the bench, she served as a staff attorney in the Circuit Court as well as a part-time Referee in the Circuit Court probate and district divisions.

Mark your calendars now for this informative lunch time program.

Join us for an Informative Workshop:  
It's About Time - A Workshop Especially Designed with the Attorney in Mind


When:

Time:

Where:
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

6:00  - 7:00 p.m.
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Jefferson Mill Buidling
670 North Commercial Street
Manchester, NH

Cost:
$10 for NHWBA members
$20 for non-members

Do you ever feel that your day is not your own?  Do you find it hard to stay on task and get things done?  Join Carol Williams of Efficient Productivity Systems to learn what to do when your day gets chaotic and how to prioritize so that deadlines are dealt with effectively but allow you to still be "in the moment."  Learn how to deal with e-mails when they send you into a tailspin of distraction.  Carol is a certified trainer of the GO (Get Organized) system.  She teaches businesspeople how to use their time and technology to their greatest benefit to meet or exceed their personal productivity goals.  

To register for this informative workshop, click here.

Join Our Nine and Dine Golf Outings


When:


Time:

Where:
Fridays:  May 15, June 12, July 17 and August 21, 2015

4:00 p.m.

Stonebridge Country Club
161 Gorham Pond Road
Goffstown, NH

Cost:
$29.00 to be paid at event 

Back by popular demand, join our indomitable hosts, Judge Kathleen McGuire, former Marital Master Deborah Kane Rein and Attorney Beth Deragon, on the greens at Stonebridge Country Club.  Golfers of all levels are invited to join other NHWBA members and friends for nine holes of golf (scramble format) followed by drinks and dinner.  

Feel free to attend as many of the golf outings as you would like.  We will accept registrations for each golf outing individually.  To attend the first outing on May 15, 2015, click here.

Join Our Popular Golf Clinics
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When:





Time:

Where:
Beginners:  Wednesday, June 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2015

Intermediate:  Thursday, June 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2015

6:00 p.m.

Derryfield Country Club
625 Mammoth Road
Manchester, NH

Cost:
$100 for NHWBA members
$125 for non-members
(includes rental of golf clubs)

Join Golf Pro Steve Poremba at Derryfield Country Club for a beginner clinic or an intermediate clinic.  Each clinic is a series of four 1-hour private lessons conducted in a group of no more than 12 participants.  For beginners, the first two lessons will cover golfing basics such as swing, technique and terminology.  Lesson three will include chipping and putting and the importance of a golfer's "short game" in reducing strokes and improving scores.  The fourth lesson will be an actual 4-hole game.

For intermediate golfers, the first lesson will be a refresher designed to get everyone back "in the swing."  The second lesson will focus on chipping and putting.  Lessons three and four will focus on course experience as well as the rules and etiquette of the game.  Course management and what to do with different lies will also be covered.

To register for the beginner's clinic, click here.  To register for the intermediate clinic, click here.

Nominations for the 2015 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award Now Being Accepted

The NHWBA is now accepting nominations for the 2015 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 12, 2015.  If you have any questions about the nomination process, please e-mail our Executive Director, Gretchen Pyles.  

Consider Accepting an Abuse and Neglect Case

 

Please consider registering to accept an abuse and neglect case from the Circuit Court's Family Division.  The fee structure for these cases is set forth in NH Supreme Court Rule 48-A.  To register, send a letter to the clerk of the Family Division from which you are willing to accept case assignments. 

 

To review The Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency Planning, click here.  

 

Plan to Attend NAWL's Pipeline to Partnership Program in San Francisco

The National Association of Women Lawyers' (NAWL) Pipeline to Partnership (P2P) program is scheduled for June 3, 2015 at UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.  
 
Supporting its challenge to increase the percentage of women

equity partners to 30%, NAWL's P2P program is specifically designed for women lawyers on the path to equity partnership at their respective law firms. This program combines hands-on learning with insights and guidance from distinguished panel members on the new skills, strategies, and priorities that women lawyers need to develop to become business owners.

  

P2P allows for frank conversations about the ethical and professional challenges women lawyers encounter on their path to equity partnership. Guidance on such topics as gender bias, effective and ethical client management, and the risk of internal politics will set the stage for participants to learn how to align their skills to their particular firm's strategy, culture, and position in the marketplace.


To learn more and to register, click here.  Use the code P2PNCWBA2015 to receive a 10% discount.

Check out New Hampshire Women's Foundation's "Gender Matters" Spring Report

The New Hampshire Women's Foundation publishes a quarterly report addressing various issues, which includes gender statistics from New Hampshire and beyond.  The Spring 2015 report focuses on the issue of paid sick leave in New Hampshire.  Click here to read the report.
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Welcome New and Returning Members

Elizabeth Lantz
UNH School of Law
IP LL.M. Program

Emily Lawrence
NH Supreme Court Clerk

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

Public Relations Officer:
Jeanine Kilgallen
CruCon Cruise Outlet Plus, Inc.

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. Cherniske 
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
Brannen & Loftus, PLLC

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

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

Merrimack:
Molly M. Lynch 
NH Department of Health and Human Services

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

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