| In This Issue - March 31, 2016 |
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Spotlight on Our Members, Lissa Mascio and Liz LaRochelle
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Congratulations to Lissa Mascio and Liz LaRochelle for receiving the New Hampshire Bar Association's Pro Bono Rising Star Awards at this year's Midyear Meeting.
Lissa is an attorney with Martin, Lord & Osman, P.A. in Laconia. She is a NHWBA board member, Vice Chair of the Family Law Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association, and a graduate of the Leadership Lakes Region Class of 2015.
 Liz is an attorney with the Law Office of Katherine J. Morneau, PLLC in Nashua. She is Vice Chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association's Ethics Committee, Secretary of the Nashua Bar Association and a board member of the Young Philanthropists for Mentoring.
Congratulations to both of them on this well deserved honor.
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| Last Chance to Register for the Networking Dinner or Lunch Program at Our 14th Annual Work Stress Relief Clinic |
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Cost: | Friday, April 8 & 9, 2016
Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel
250 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH
$45 - Friday's dinner
$40 - Saturday's lunch/program |
Join us Friday, April 8, 2016 for a Networking Dinner at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. There will be a social hour with cash bar from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. with a seated dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. The dinner choices include: Garlic and Herb Statler Chicken, Caribbean Seared Salmon or Roasted Garden Vegetable Ragout (Gluten free). If you have special dietary needs, we will work with the hotel to accommodate them.
Join us Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11:45 a.m. for a buffet lunch with guest speaker, Cotton Cleveland, a Principal at Mather Associates and Interim President of the New Hampshire Women's Foundation.
To register for Friday's networking dinner only, click here. To register for Saturday's lunch and program, click here. The deadline for registering is Monday, April 4, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
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NHWBA's Annual Food Drive Starts April 13, 2016
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For the eighth 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 made within individual firms and offices will be collected by NHWBA representatives from May 9th to May 11th. 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. 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!
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| NHWBA Member, Mary Ann Dempsey, to Receive Manchester Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award |
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Cost: | Tuesday, April 19, 2016
5:30 p.m. - Cocktails
6:15 p.m. - Dinner
Bedford Village Inn
2 Olde Bedford Way
Bedford, NH
$42 - Manchester Bar members / $50 - Non-members |
The Manchester Bar Association will host its Annual Award Dinner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at the Bedford Village Inn. At the dinner, Mary Ann Dempsey, Counsel to Governor Hassan, will be presented with this year's Distinguished Service Award.
To attend, register by April 12, 2016 by sending your dinner selection (herb roasted Statler chicken breast or soft herb crusted Atlantic salmon) and check made payable to the Manchester Bar Association to Joey Mattson, Esq., Wadleigh, Starr and Peters, PLLC, 95 Market Street, Manchester, NH 03101.
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| Join Us for a Pilates Class at Concord Pilates |
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Cost: | Wednesday, April 20, 2016
5:30 p.m.
Concord Pilates
2 1/2 Beacon Street
Concord, NH
$10.00 per person
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Join us for a fun workout at Concord Pilates. On April 20th, join other NHWBA members and friends as we use pilates to not only strengthen our core but to learn to engage our minds, bodies and souls. If you've never tried pilates, here's your chance.
To register, click here. Space is limited. Reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
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| Women's Law Student Association of UNH School of Law to Host Panel Discussion Regarding Diverse Career Paths |
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| Thursday, April 21, 2016
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
UNH School of Law
2 White Street
Concord, NH |
Join the Women's Law Student Association of UNH School of Law for an informative panel discussion and networking event. Panelists including Marty Van Oot and Connie Rakowsky will discuss a range of topics including diverse and unique career paths. They will disucss how to transition between practice areas and the difficulties and benefits that arise from those transitions.
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| Would You Like to Join the NHWBA's Board of Directors? |
Elections for positions on the NHWBA's Board of Directors will take place in May, 2016. If you or someone you know is interested in being on the ballot for any position, please contact our President, Karyl Martin at Karyl.Martin@usnh.edu. A complete listing of our board positions can be found on our website by clicking here. We are eager to have representatives on our board for each county and especially need representatives from Cheshire, Grafton and Sullivan Counties. Please consider joining the board to help direct the future of the NHWBA.
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| Nominations for the 2016 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award Now Being Accepted |
The NHWBA is now accepting nominations for the 2016 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 10, 2016. If you have any questions about the nomination process, please e-mail our Executive Director, Gretchen Pyles.
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| Plan to Attend the Campaign for Legal Services' Kick-Off Breakfast |
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| Tuesday, April 19, 2016
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Registration at 7:30 a.m.
Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH
$50 per person |
Join the New Hampshire Campaign for Legal Services for its Kick-Off Breakfast on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 featuring the presentation of the first John E. Tobin, Jr. Justice Award to Keynote Speaker, John T. Broderick, Jr. Proceeds from the event benefit Legal Advice & Referral Center and New Hampshire Legal Assistance. To register, e-mail Sarah Palermo at spalermo@nhla.org.
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| Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire to Present "Collaborative Rescue Squad: Strengthening the Interdisciplinary Team for Emergency Interventions" |
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| Thursday, May 5, 2016
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Nackey S. Loeb School of Communication
749 East Industrial Park Drive
Manchester, NH
$200 per person (Early bird discount of $50 ends today) |
Join the Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire for this advanced training session that will focus on identifying factors that contribute to explosions in collaborative law cases and defining and exploring tools to defuse them.
To learn more and to register for the training session, click here.
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| Other Events of Interest |
NH-VT Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association's "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Leadership Skills for Women" Program at the Manchester Country Club in Manchester, NH on April 8, 2016. To learn more, click here.
Ms. JD's "Intergenerational Relationships - Making Strong Connections" Program on April 13, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. A live event will be held in New York with viewings in other large cities. A conference line will be available for those unable to attend a viewing. Register by April 7, 2016 by clicking here.
NAWL's Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, July 14, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt New York. To learn more, click here.
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| Contact Us | |
Contact our ED:
Gretchen E. Pyles
P. O. Box 915
Manchester, NH
03105-0915
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| Welcome New and Returning Members | |
Cindy Bodendorf
Law Office of Cindy M. Bodendorf
Clara Conklin Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
Juliaana DiGesu Orr & Reno, P.A.
Nicole Faille Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA
Mary Gibbons NH Public Defender
Andrea Lamy Office of the City Solicitor - Manchester
Eunice Lee Stebbins Bradley, PA
Lisa Rick Merrimack Police Department
Eleanor Spottswood NH Public Defender
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Board of Directors
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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
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Public Relations Officer: Jeanine Kilgallen CruCon Cruise Outlet Plus, Inc.
Networking Director:
Talesha L. Saint-Marc
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Programming Director:
Kathleen M. Mahan
Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, p.l.l.c.
Co-Membership Secretary:
Heather A. Cherniske
NH Attorney General's Office
Co-Membership Secretary:
Hannah E. Zaitlin
Foley & Lardner LLP
Member at Large:
Sandra H. Kenney
Upton & Hatfield LLP
Out of State Liaison: Erin Desmarais Wolf Desmarais Law Group
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 Ames Law, PLLC
Hillsborough South:
Laura K. Maistrosky
NH Public Defender
Merrimack:
Molly M. Lynch
NH Department of Health and Human Services
Rockingham:
Sarah Wolf Cornerstone Title LLC/Catalano Law Offices
Strafford:
Laurie Smith
Wyskiel, Boc, Tillinghast & Bolduc, P.A.
Sullivan:
Caroline K. Leonard
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC |
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