❑ Jacqueline Hattar, Esq., has been awarded the NYSBA Trial Lawyers Section 5th Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vanguard Award for 2024!!  The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vanguard Award is presented to a Trial Attorney who has made extraordinary efforts in addressing and raising awareness about issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Congratulations to Jacqueline from everyone at the WWBA! Read more here: New York State Bar Association To Honor Westchester Attorney for Promoting Diversity in the Legal Profession - New York State Bar Association (nysba.org)

❑ Two Westchester Women’s Bar Association members have joined Cuddy & Fedder LLP in the White Plains office: Deborah Farber-Kaiser and Isabella Pisani. Deborah is an associate in the Trusts, Estates & Elder Law group, and Isabella is an associate in the Real Estate, Corporate and Finance practice groups. Congratulations Deborah and Isabella!

❑ Melissa G. Andrieux, Esq., Co-Chair of the WWBA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, attended the Office of the NYS Attorney General’s first Affinity Bar Association Meet and Greet on behalf of the WWBA on July 16th in NYC with Attorney General Letitia James.  The event’s purpose was to foster a relationship between bar associations and the OAG with the aim of keeping bar members informed about the various career opportunities at the OAG. The OAG is committed to recruiting and hiring attorneys with unique perspectives and from diverse backgrounds. Similarly, the WWBA is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging within our membership.

❑ Congratulations to Joy Joseph on being awarded the WBASNY Stephanie E. Kupferman Juvenile Justice Award. This Award is given to a WBASNY member who has shown outstanding achievement in legal matters involving juveniles over a period of three or more years, as a prosecutor, defense counsel, or law guardian or judge.

❑ Susan L. Pollet, Past President of the WWBA and Archive and Historian Chair, published a second poetry collection entitled “Palpable Ponderings,” as an ebook on Amazon Kindle.  It is free for those with Kindle Unlimited.

❑ Lisa M. Denig, Commissioner of Human Resources at Westchester County and former President of the WWBA, has published her first

novel, Trial and Error. The novel follows Katie Richter, a divorced mom of two teenage girls, who works full time during the day and attends

law school at night, all while fighting to keep her younger daughter from spiraling into a life of endless partying and drug use. When Katie finally graduates from law school and begins working as an Assistant District Attorney, one of her daughters is murdered. She is forced to reckon with her failings as a mom as well as the ethical dilemma she faces when she realizes her remaining child might commit perjury to secure the killer’s conviction. The book is available for purchase on Amazon. ◗

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