Annual Golf Outing

To kick off our Program Year, we kick back with a day outdoors.  Casual lunch, followed by a putting contest, short-game lesson and round of golf.   (60+ attendees)  A cocktail hour and awards dinner for golfers and non-golfers and a silent auction complete the day.  The Annual Golf Outing is usually held in mid-September at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison, New York.  The Outing includes a group clinic, driving range, putting contest, greens fees, cart, lunch buffet, snack at the turn, open bar buffet dinner, souvenir photo, and a gift bag.  Click here for golf outing player and sponsor forms.

Annual Holiday Party

A collegial networking opportunity for more than 20 years, attended by WWBA members, non-members and judiciary. ( 750+ invited)  The Holiday Party is held in December, usually at The White Plains Women’s Club.  WWBA Members and guests are invited at no charge.  Vendors sell merchandise and crafts to provide an opportunity for pre-holiday shopping.  Attendees are treated to hors d’oeuvres, desserts and wine.  Attendees are asked to bring an unwrapped gift appropriate for a teenager which the WWBA donates to one or more local charitable organizations.  The Holiday Party is usually attended by more than 200 attorneys, judges and guests.  To sponsor the Holiday Party, please contact Co-Chairs, Julie Kattan, Esq., at (914) 355-2955 or juliek0601@aol.com or Alicia Gaudio at (914) 241-2400 or at agaudioesq@yahoo.com.

Annual Dinner

The Annual Dinner is the Annual Meeting of the WWBA.  Officers and Directors are installed and honored.  Awards, such as the WWBA Family Friendly Employer Award and the WWBA Foundation's Justice Sondra Miller Scholarship, are presented.  Attendance is usually in excess of 250 attorneys, judges and supporters of the award recipients.  

General Membership Meetings
(September, November, January and April)

WWBA holds four General Membership Meetings annually: September, November, January and April  These meetings are open to members and non-members and include programs on diverse topics.  Each Meeting has an educational component with a panel composed of experts in their fields and extended networking opportunities.  Our past programs have included “Torturing the Law: Treatment of Detainees and the War on Terror,” ‘Women and the Art of Negotiation” and “A View from the Federal Bench."  Some programs are offered for Continuing Legal Education credits.  Meetings are usually attended by 40 to 60 attorneys.   (600+ invited)   To sponsor a General Membership Meeting, please contact Program Co-Chair Lonya A. Gilbert, Esq. at (914) 833-5297or at nefesh18@hotmail.com

Committee Meetings

The WWBA maintains approximately 50 committees which meet periodically to do the work of running the organization or focusing on a specific legal topic.  Some programs are offered for Continuing Legal Education ("CLE") credits.  Attendance is open to members and non-members.  Committee events are publicized to the entire membership in the Newsletter, via email and on the website.  For a list of WWBA Committees and their chairpersons, please click here.