Sentences with phrase «first woman lawyer»

Bertha played a significant and prominent role in the history and growth of Osler — she was the first woman lawyer to practise with the firm, and the first woman partner.

She was called to the Alberta Bar 100 years ago and was the first woman lawyer in Alberta.

The year 1879 was already proving to be a surprising one: on March 3, the first woman lawyer had argued a case before the Supreme Court, and despite the wretched cold, there had been an abnormally scant snowfall.

Not exact matches

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Reshma Saujani is a former hedge fund lawyer, New York City deputy public advocate and the first Indian - American woman to run for Congress (she lost a primary race in 2010).

Our first woman Premier, young, a human rights lawyer with international experience, and yet a reputation for sternness when needed.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Public Advocate Letitia James launched her Democratic campaign for state attorney general Wednesday, casting herself as «the people's lawyer» as she looks to become the first woman of color to hold the post.

The first two women who brought claims were represented by a team of lawyers that included Gloria Allred, the prominent Los Angeles attorney.

Rep. Chris Collins is pushing his business partner's brother, John L. Sinatra Jr., for federal judgeship, stunning good government advocates and raising concerns among women lawyers because he would take the seat that the Obama administration wanted to fill with Buffalo's first - ever female district court judge.

Surrogate: We interviewed Eve Rachel Markewich, a lawyer specializing in estates and one of the first women to become a partner in a «blue chip» law firm.

The first round of voting pitted the two women against Cody McCone, a Bay Ridge - based labor lawyer, and left Ms. Cucco with a slight edge in support but far short of the majority needed.

After the first two of the four women complained, the Assembly lawyers crafted a confidential settlement with them, and paid them over $ 100,000.

Many of the new SNP intake are women with impressive hinterlands: Jo Cherry, a highly regarded QC, spent time as one of Scotland's first specialist sex crimes prosecutors and the multifaceted Tasmina Ahmed - Sheikh is a lawyer, businesswoman and a popular screen actor on the Asian subcontinent.

Lawyers bringing the action said they believed it was the first lawsuit of its kind against eHarmony, which has long rankled the gay community with its failure to offer a «men seeking men» or «women seeking women» option.

Education activists, teachers, lawyers, a PTA leader and a woman who used to work with charter schools in California are among the applicants to the new state commission that is expected to approve some of Washington's first charter schools...

She was the first woman to be awarded the Advocate of the Year in 2004 and the Mort Friedman Humanitarian Award in 2010 by the Capitol City Trial Lawyers (CCTLA).

At just nineteen years old, the law Hulett drafted and pushed through the legislature in 1870 also enabled her to become the first female lawyer in Illinois — and one of the first women licensed to practice law in the country.

«Last week, a panel of in - house counsel at a National Association of Women Lawyers event in Los Angeles told the crowd to keep their personal lives out of the equation: Clients should come first.

According to a survey of 137 of the 200 large corporate defense firms by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), about 48 % of first and second - year associates are wWomen Lawyers (NAWL), about 48 % of first and second - year associates are womenwomen.

A lawyer herself, Anna knows first - hand that these opportunities don't always come easy, particularly for women and minorities.

The Justicia Project was first developed by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a voluntary program for law firms to identify and implement best practices to retain and advance women lawyers in private practice.

British Columbia's Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, looking at suspected multiple murders, has four new lawyers on board to help special interest groups, after First Nations and women's groups threatened to drop out of participating when government refused to fund legal assistWomen Commission of Inquiry, looking at suspected multiple murders, has four new lawyers on board to help special interest groups, after First Nations and women's groups threatened to drop out of participating when government refused to fund legal assistwomen's groups threatened to drop out of participating when government refused to fund legal assistance.

Blogger Chuck Newton points us to the newly published study from the National Association of Women Lawyers, NAWL's First National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms.

This article was published in the April 2018 issue of the ABA Journal with the title «A Birth and Many Firsts: LA lawyer and former congresswoman blazed a trail for women and minorities.»

In her groundbreaking 1993 report «Touchstones for Change», Canada's first female Supreme Court justice Bertha Wilson stressed the difficulties faced by women lawyers with children, urging the profession to measure a lawyer's performance by standards other than hours billed.

In the first case, a 19 - year - old ex-convict from San Antonio, Texas, convinced a woman that he was an attorney, despite the fact that the surname on his ID didn't match the lawyer's he claimed to be.

Rachel created and led MoFo's first annual summit for women in - house counsel and MoFo's Odyssey program, which provides mentors for female and ethnic minority lawyers.

Sam Glover: Yeah, I'm a big fan of trying to find win wins when it comes to anything but often when you're trying to control for diversity or inclusion, when you're trying to make sure that your firm is friendly to disabled clients and lawyers or women lawyers or mom lawyers, one of the first things to look for is things that are not just going to make it better for moms but everyone and that toxic environment of competition in publishing hours and fostering competition among associates probably isn't healthy for anyone.

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein in 1997, Ms. Webber received a Women's Law and Public Policy fellowship which funded the first of her four years at the Washington Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in their Equal Employment Opportunity Project.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first chair of the Commission, set the pace for the Commission to change the face of the legal profession by issuing a groundbreaking report in 1988 showing that women lawyers were not advancing at a satisfactory rate.

Holmes, an African - American female, may be the first black woman to lead a national law firm of more than 50 lawyers that is not women - or minority - owned, according to a press release.

Simmons has made up nine lawyers to its partnership, with women making up more than 40 % of the intake for the first time in the firm's history.

They are completely different films — the first a light romantic comedy and the second a dark Oscar - winning film — and yet they depict women lawyers similarly.

Talking to each other and building up networks among women lawyers was the first step.

Understanding powerful women lawyers as necessary outsiders may be an important first step to bringing them into the community.

But the original idea for public defenders actually came in 1893, from one of the nation's first prominent women lawyers, Clara Foltz.

* When «the only way to be successful [as a first - year associate] is to go into the role expecting to be treated poorly,» it's no wonder that Biglaw firms continue to fail their women lawyers.

The lawyer suddenly rushed out of the house, put a towel over the woman's head and threw her to the ground face first, causing a nose bleed.

1 National Association of Women Lawyers» First National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, October 25, 2006 (www.nawl.org)

Roam the hallways and you might spot big shot lawyers like Ted Olson (who helped overturn Proposition 8), Orin Snyder (attorney to Bob Dylan and Jerry Seinfeld) and Debra Wong Yang (the first Asian American woman to serve as a federal prosecutor).

7 See, e.g., Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Princeton, Princeton University Press) 2003; National Association of Women Lawyers» First National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, October 25, 2006 (www.nawl.org)

Linda previously became the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Georgia and during her term in that office, she devised a proposal and advocated for the state to allocate funding for Georgia Legal Services and Atlanta Legal Aid to hire lawyers to help indigent victims of domestic violence.

In honour of International Women's Day Osborne Clarke says it wanted to shine a light on its female lawyers, so this year it is quite literally putting its women fWomen's Day Osborne Clarke says it wanted to shine a light on its female lawyers, so this year it is quite literally putting its women fwomen first.

Based on these findings, the government appointed five commissioners to lead the inquiry: Marion Buller (chief commissioner, member of the Mistawasis First Nation and first Indigenous woman appointed to British Columbia's provincial court bench), Michèle Audette (former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada), Brian Eyolfson (human rights lawyer), Marilyn Poitras (constitutional law expert) and Qajaq Robinson (lawyer raised in NunaFirst Nation and first Indigenous woman appointed to British Columbia's provincial court bench), Michèle Audette (former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada), Brian Eyolfson (human rights lawyer), Marilyn Poitras (constitutional law expert) and Qajaq Robinson (lawyer raised in Nunafirst Indigenous woman appointed to British Columbia's provincial court bench), Michèle Audette (former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada), Brian Eyolfson (human rights lawyer), Marilyn Poitras (constitutional law expert) and Qajaq Robinson (lawyer raised in Nunavut).

Trevor, a personal injury lawyer who works with health and social care teams to help improve pathways for patients following serious injuries, believes that recognising Mary's contribution to the nursing profession will be a historic step, as the statue will also be the first of a named black woman in the UK.

Greene Broillet & Wheeler's partners have been listed in Super Lawyers since the first issue, with many being named to its prestigious Top 10, Top 100 and Top Women's lists.

We had, when I first started, an unofficial women lawyers group that met at a roundtable in the Arizona club, one table.

She is the founder of the first Political Action committee for Muslim Women called American Muslim Women PAC and is a founding member of Dulles Justice Coalition — a proud airport lawyer!

My first major concern is that I can't tell what makes these women different from any other lawyer billboard out there.

I'd been invited by the Women's Legal Forum and Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association to speak at an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first woman called to the bar in Alberta, Lillian Ruby Clements.