Home About NYWBA News & Events Calendar Officers & Directors Committees Membership By-Laws Members Only Job Postings Survey of Manhattan Law Firms NYWBA Foundation Contact Us © 2010 New York Women's Bar Association. All Rights Reserved. NYWBA's committees are a key component in our success. Our Judiciary Committee actively reviews the qualifications of judicial candidates. Through our affiliation with the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), NYWBA also comments on proposed legislation and policy at state, federal, and international levels. Our substantive law committees and practice area committees also provide a forum for members to network and resolve real legal issues, and our Technology and the Internet for Lawyers Committee offers insights to attorneys on things technological that affect the practice of law. If you are a member and would like to join a committee, click here to access our online form to submit your committee choices. If you have any questions about our Committees, contact the Committee Chair(s) or the NYWBA's Executive Director (ED@nywba.org or 212-490-8202). Members can also click here to see a copy of this list with contact information for the Committee Chairs and Delegates. NYWBA Standing Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs By-Laws & Amendments  Elizabeth A. Bryson Cooperation with Other Bar Associations (including local bar associations, NCWBA, National Association of Women Lawyers, and ABA Commission on Women)  Kelly O'Neill Levy Employment and Equal Opportunity for Women  Felice B. Ekelman Louis Pechman Judiciary  TBA Legislation  Jane Bevans Membership  Heather K. Leifer Jessica A. Ventarola Professional Ethics and Discipline  Hon. Barbara Jaffe Sarah Diane McShea Programs, Events and Arrangements  Diana G. Browne Patricia Ann Grant (Annual Dinner) Jo Ann Douglas (Annual Dinner) Publicity/Press  Tamara Lannin Allison P. Lurin NYWBA Special Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs Advance the Status of Women in the Profession  Brenda Pomerance Rachel J. Minter Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR)  Andrea Vacca Leona Beane Awards  Amy Saltzman Business Law, Taxation and Bankruptcy  Cassandra Porter Monique McClure Children's Rights and Issues  Denise Scotto Continuing Legal Education  Yacine Barry Criminal Law  Isiris Isaac Diversity  TBA Domestic Violence  Amanda Norejko Laura A. Russell Elder Law and Disabilities  Miriam Davidson Kay Marmorek Immigration Law  TBA Intellectual Property  Maria Palmese Dana Kaplan Richter Marylee Jenkins (Advisor and NYIPLA Liasion) International Law and Practice  Christa M. Bosch Rebecca Adams Hollis Litigation  Kathy M. Lynch TBA Long Range Planning  Elizabeth A. Bryson Myra L. Freed Matrimonial and Family Law  Briana Denney Sophie Jacobi Hon. Andrea Masley Mentoring & Mentoring Circles  Andrea Vacca Randy L. Shapiro Newsletter  Carla P. Vogel Anahid ("Annie") Ugurlayan Privacy & Cyberlaw  Patrice S. Ettinger Pro Bono  TBA Real Estate Law  TBA Reproductive Rights  TBA Solo and Small Firm Practice  Deborah G. Rosenthal Gina Danetti Students and New Lawyers  Stephanie M. Adduci Jane C. Cowles Summer Program  Cassandra Porter Technology and the Internet / Website  Elizabeth A. Bryson Theresa Widmann Trusts and Estates  Leona Beane Loretta A. Ippolito Women's Health Issues  TBA Working Parents  Christine Harman NYWBA Delegates to WBASNY Committees Advisory Council  Susan L. Bender Myrna Felder Martha E. Gifford Irene Sullivan Amicus Curiae  Elizabeth A. Bryson Awards  Amy Saltzman By-Laws  Martha E. Gifford (Co-Chair) Bankruptcy/ Commercial / Banking Law  Cassandra Porter Monique McClure Chapters - Membership  Heather K. Leifer Jessica A. Ventarola Children's Rights  Jo Ann Douglas Denise Scotto Continuing Legal Education  Yacine Barry Criminal Law  Isiris Isaac Diversity  Joanne D. Quiñones Domestic Violence  Amanda Norejko Laura A. Russell Education  TBA Employment and Labor Law  Felice B. Ekelman Louis Pechman Equal Opportunity in the Profession  Brenda Pomerance Rachel J. Minter Education Law  TBA Employment and Labor Law  Felice B. Ekelman Louis Pechman Equal Opportunity in the Profession  Brenda Pomerance Rachel J. Minter Family and Matrimonial Law  Briana Denney Sophie Jacobi Hon. Andrea Masley Susan M. Moss Dawn M. Cardi Finance  Janet I. Cord (Co-Chair) Health Issues  Barbara A. Ryan Immigration  TBA Intellectual Property  Maria Palmese Dana Kaplan Richter Marylee Jenkins (Advisor and NYIPLA Liaison) International Women's Rights  Christa M. Bosch Rebecca Adams Hollis Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA)  Barbara A. Ryan (Chair) Lisa Sokoloff Judiciary / Courts  Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Legislation  Jane Bevans Liaison to Women Judges  Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Long-Range Planning  Lisa A. Sokoloff Janet I. Cord Newsletter  Carla P. Vogel Nominations  Susan Bender Susan M. Moss Press and Public Relations  Tamara Lannin Allison P. Lurin Professional Ethics  Hon. Barbara Jaffe Sarah Diane McShea Reproductive Rights  TBA Technology/Internet  Elizabeth A. Bryson Theresa Widmann Trusts & Estates  Leona Beane Loretta A. Ippolito Working Parents  Christine Harman NYWBA Liaisons to Other Bar Associations & Committees Network of Bar Leaders  Kelly O'Neill Levy National Conference of Women's Bar Associations  Annie J. Wang (Director, NCWBA) Carole A. Aciman (Past President) "Bar None" - Women's Bar Association Leaders  Donna M. Praiss Julie Hyman Lawyer Assistance Program NYS  Christina Kallas New York County Lawyers’ Association Committee on Women’s Rights  TBA New York State Bar Association Committee on Women in the Law  TBA