| December 2, 2009, 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Please join us for breakfast with the Honorable Judith S. Kaye,
former Chief Judge of the State of New York, now Of Counsel at Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. Judge Kaye will speak about Turning Crisis into
Opportunity.
Location: The Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street (between 5th and Madison
Avenues).
At Judge Kaye's request, please bring new children's books to donate to the
NYWBA's Judge Judith S. Kaye Children's Book Club.
Please be sure to reserve early, as we expect that we will not be able to
accommodate all interested attendees.
Click here to download the invitation (PDF)
Click here to download the RSVP form (PDF)
Please mail your RSVP with payment to:
NYWBAF, Inc.
c/o Katherine B. Posner, Esq.
Condon & Forsyth LLP
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036 |
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| Past Speakers in the Breakfast Speaker Series have included:
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| On May 8, 2009, Carol Frohlinger, who is the co-founder of Negotiating Women, Inc., provided insights on negotiation and leadership training, and she discussed her book, Her Place at the Table: A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success.
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| On November 17, 2008, Rep. Carolyn Maloney spoke about her new book, Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters.
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| On March 6, 2008, Dr. Sarah Weddington, nationally known attorney who successfully argued Roe v. Wade, Professor, Presidential Advisor and Author of the best-selling book, A Question of Choice. This program was in recognition of the 35th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.
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| On February 2, 2007, Margaret Heffernan, Author of The Naked Truth: a Working Woman's Manifesto and How She Does It: How Women Entrepreneurs Are Changing the Rules of Business Success.
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| On November 3, 2006, Lynn Sherr, Journalist for ABC-TV News, 20/20 Correspondent and Author of newly released, Outside the Box: A Memoir.
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| On June 9, 2006, the seventh Breakfast in our series featured Joan Biskupic, a Supreme Court Reporter for USA Today and author of, Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice.
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| Linda Greenhouse, Legal Columnist for The New York Times and author of Becoming Justice Blackmun:
Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
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| Martha Burk, Columnist, Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations and author of
Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It
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| Beth Harpaz, journalist and author of "The Girls in the Van: A Reporter's Diary of the Campaign Trial and
Finding Annie Farrell: A Family Memoir
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| Gail Collins, Editorial Page Editor at The New York Times and Best-selling author,
America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines
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| Kati Marton, award-winning journalist, human rights advocate, and best-selling author of
Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages that Shaped Our History
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| Linda Fairstein, former Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney's Office,
and bestselling author of books such as Bone Vault and Death Dance.
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