Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association

Teresa Schiller, Laura Vincenzi, Victoria Polidoro, Andrea Long, Joan McFadden-Civitillo, Penny Hahn, Pamela Richardson, Kerri Yamashita

Penny Hahn, Vice President

Victoria Polidoro, Treasurer

Kerri Yamashita, Corresponding Secretary

Joan McFadden, Recording Secretary

Pamela Richardson, Director

Laura Vincenzi, Director 

The new board members were sworn into office by the Honorable Christine A. Sproat, a past president of the chapter and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. 

The Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association is a chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. 

We would like to thank President-Elect Teresa Schiller for attending on behalf of WBASNY. 

Click the link below for the press release.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor 5/26/09

Click the link below for the press release.
New York Family Health Care Decisions Act 5/21/09

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding statewide hearings to determine how to better represent minorities on the bench, after Governor David A. Paterson complained that no women were recommended to him to fill the vacancy on  the Court of Appeals. Karen Richardson, treasure of WBASNY spoke at the County Hall on May 21, 2009: “The Court of Appeals nomination process must be reviewed to make sure women and minorities are included. Candidates recommended for the Court of Appeals are not representative of the many qualified candidates there are for that position.”
Click the link below for an in depth article regarding the hearings.

The Buffalo News 5/22/09