Two Rochester-area legal organizations have released their judicial candidate evaluations for upcoming elections.
Read More »GRAWA to hold installation dinner
Stacey Trien and the new board of directors of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys will be recognized at an installation dinner on Wednesday at the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa. This in-person event comes almost four months after the ...
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Read More »GRAWA selects nonprofit for Directors’ Award
RESOLVE of Greater Rochester Inc. has been named the recipient of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys Directors’ Award. The GRAWA Directors’ Award originated in 1986 and has been awarded to exceptional community leaders including the late Rep. Louise ...
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Read More »Judicial candidates share their views
The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys hosted a judicial candidate forum on Thursday at the offices of Nixon Peabody LLP. Only Democratic judicial candidates participated in the luncheon event. Republicans declined the invitation, or did not respond, according to ...
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Read More »GRAWA open house spotlights new members and committees
For many attending the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorney’s Open House on Sept. 24, it was also their first visit to the Woods, Oviatt, Gilman LLP offices on the 19th floor of the Bausch and Lomb building. The view ...
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Read More »GRAWA judicial candidate ratings announced
The Judicial Evaluation Committee (JEC) of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA) has released the following ratings of judicial candidates running for state Supreme Court, Monroe County Court, and Rochester City Court. State Supreme Court Meredith Vacca: Well ...
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Read More »GRAWA announces judicial evaluations
The Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA) has released its ratings for judicial candidates running for seats in November. Candidates who refused to participate in the evaluation process were not recommended. GRAWA’s ratings for ...
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Read More »Justice Smith gets 2018 Dolores Denman Award
State Supreme Court Justice Nancy E. Smith has been presented the 2018 Dolores Denman Award by the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA). The award, named in honor of the late Fourth Department Presiding Justice M. Dolores Denman, was ...
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Read More »Three bars join together to raise important discussion at CLE: diversity, inclusion and retention
On Sept. 25, the three local bar associations — The Monroe County Bar Association (MCBA), The Rochester Black Bar Association (RBBA) and The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA) — hosted a CLE program titled “Diversity, Inclusion and Retention: ...
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Read More »Judge Wolford speaks at GRAWA new member reception
As the 35th president of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, Jodie Ryan opened the meeting portion of the annual New Member Reception at the offices of Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC, this year’s event host, welcoming all and ...
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Read More »GRAWA president has full agenda
Jodie L. Ryan’s plans as the new president of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys include revamping the judicial candidate evaluation process, planning for the group’s 35th anniversary, and possibly creating a foundation arm of the organization. Ryan, of ...
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Read More »GRAWA celebrates new board
Jodie L. Ryan (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP) was sworn in as the 35th president of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys on May 25 as Pamela Reynolds (Littler Mendelson PC) transitions to immediate past president. U.S. District ...
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