E-Honora: GRAWA’s Electronic Newsletter

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Laurie A. Giordano received the Young Lawyer Award and Chair of the Year Award from the Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association during its recent annual meeting. Giordano, a 1996 graduate of UB School of Law, has been with the litigation firm of Wolford & Leclair since August 2000.

For a CLE program titled “New York FMLA Update 2005,” Greta Kolcon of Woods Oviatt Gilman is serving as moderator. The Council on Education in Management program is slated for February 18.

 

Susan Laluk, Greta Kolcon and Sharon Stiller all contributed articles to a recent Employment Law Supplement to The Daily Record.

Margaret Burt has been selected as this year's recipient of the Stephanie E. Kupferman Juvenile Justice Award, given to a WBASNY member who has shown outstanding achievement in legal matters involving juveniles over a period of three or more years. Watch for more details about the award to be presented at the WBASNY Annual Convention.

Clemens And McCall Among Athena Nominees Two GRAWA members were among the 26 females honored at the 2005 Athena Awards luncheon in Rochester on January 13, 2005. Margaret A. Clemens was nominated by her law firm, Nixon Peabody LLP and Jennifer A. McCall-LaSalle, McCall Staffing Associates, Ltd., was nominated by GRAWA's Nominating Committee. For details, click here.

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Nicole M. Marro has joined the law firm of Jill M. Cicero & Associates as an associate attorney. She brings nine years of legal experience to the firm and concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration. Marro previously worked at Nixon Peabody LLP.

The New York State Bar Association has selected Laurie Lambrix as this year's recipient of the Haywood Burns Award, given each year to an individual who has worked to advance the civil rights of people in New York , assisting powerless people in the struggle for justice. More details are provided about this in Member News.

 

Janice Styles-Hall, CFP, has joined J.P. Morgan Chase Bank as a personal banker in the Brighton Office (12 Corners), where she helps individuals and business owners with banking products, home equity loans, retirement planning and investments. Styles-Hall was recently profiled in Rochester Women's Magazine.

 

The Steering Committee for Women United, a special fundraising group associated with the United Way of Greater Rochester, is chaired this year by Sharon Stiller , partner at Underberg & Kessler, and includes Anita Pellitier, an associate at Nixon Peabody LLP. Other Women United committees include participation by GRAWA members Carolyn Nussbaum, Audrey Peartree and Nora A. Jones.