We are pleased to announce that the MHWBA is once again supporting the American Cancer Society at their annual MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER walk on OCTOBER 16TH at 7:30 AM at DUTCHESS STADIUM in FISHKILL.

Please consider taking just a couple of hours out of your day and join us on October 16th at 7:30 a.m. You’ll spend time in the fresh air with friends and colleagues and get a bit of (not too strenuous) exercise, all while raising money for this worthy cause. You can join our team by clicking the link at the bottom of this e-mail or, by responding to Pam Richardson at

prichardson@gklaw.us. If you can’t join us at the event, please consider making a donation on the Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association Making Strides website. Just click the link here: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCFY12Eastern?team_id=1024566&pg=team&fr_id=36003

 

Save The Date - November 15, 2011

secretary | September 12, 2011

The Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association

is pleased to announce our upcoming CLE:

 

Ethics and Professionalism in the Courtroom and Online

November 15, 2011, 4:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.

The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel

 

Our speakers will

The Honorable George D. Marlow

Chair of the New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics

 

and

 

Professor Jeremy Feinberg of Columbia Law School

Statewide Special Counsel for Ethics at the Office of Court Administration

 

2 CLE ETHICS CREDITS

$30 for Members, $45 for Non-Members

 

Please RSVP to Kerri Yamashita at KerriLYamashita@gmail.com.

Installation Dinner 2011

secretary | July 6, 2011

The Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association has unanimously elected a new board of directors. The 2011-2012 MHWBA Board of Directors will consist of the following attorneys:

Laura Vincenzi-President
Andrea Long, Immediate Past President
Pamela Richardson, Vice President
Rachel Flanagan, Treasurer
Victoria Polidoro, Corresponding Secretary
Penny M. Hahn, Recording Secretary
Kerri Yamashita, Director
Mariel Gil, Director

The new board members were sworn into office by the Honorable Joan Posner, a Justice with the Family Court, Dutchess County.

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 2010-2011 WBASNY President Deborah Estis and 2011-2012 WBASNY Corresponding Secretary Irene Villacci for attending on behalf of WBASNY.

Bench Meets Bar

secretary | April 20, 2011

The MHWBA will host the annual Bench Meets BarEvent on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Bull & Buddha Restaurant in Poughkeepsie.  This event willl include a vote on the proposed slate of officers and directors for MHWBA for 2011-2012.  The proposed slate is as follows:

Laura Vincenzi – President

Andrea Long-Immediate Past President

Pamela Richardson – Vice President

Rachel Flanagan – Treasurer

Victoria Polidoro – Corresponding Secretary

Penny Hahn – Recording Secretary

Kerri Yamashita – Director

Mariel Gil – Director

Kate Metzger – Delegate to WBASNY 

 

Location: Bull & Buddha Restaurant
Link out: Click here
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2011-05-12

Fall Networking Event

secretary | October 22, 2010

Double O Grill, 1536 Route 9, Wappinger Falls

 

Please join us next Thursday, October 28th at 6:00 for great food, drink and conversation with your colleagues.  We’ve extended the deadline to Monday, October 25th so contact Pamela Richardson at (845) 454-3250 or prichardson@gklaw.us to join in!

 

 

 

Installation Lunch

secretary | July 20, 2010

 

 

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

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

 The Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association has unanimously elected a new board of directors.  The 2010-2011 MHWBA Board of Directors will consist of the following attorneys:
Andrea Long, President

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