Westchester Women's Bar Association

A Chapter of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY)

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Elected 2017-18 WWBA Slate

Proposed 2017-18 WBASNY Slate

Meet the Officers of the WWBA:
A Night of Networking

On September 28, 2016, the New Lawyers, Networking, and Membership Committees presented, “Meet the Officers of the WWBA: A Night of Networking.” A very big thank you to UBS, and in particular Cristina DeBrito, Michael Guild, and Eric Berger, who in participation with the WWBA, helped present the event.

Member NEWS

❑ Donna Frosco has been appointed to the Executive Committee of Entertainment Art & Sports Law (“EASL”) Section of the New York State Bar Association. Donna will Co-chair the Copyright & Trademark Committee for EASL. Donna is a WWBA Board Member and Past President of our parent association, WBASNY. She is a Partner with Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLC where she focuses on matters relating to protection, transfer and licensing of intellectual property; issues relating to technology, data and cyber-security; construction law; general business matters and litigation and dispute resolution. Donna can be reached at dfrosco@dunnington.com and www.dunnington.com.

Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA) Lunch and Learn

September 12, 2017 12:00 PM • McCarthy Fingar, White Plains, NY
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer - Team ORBACH

October 15, 2017 9:30 AM • Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
WWBA Holiday Party 2017

December 13, 2017 5:30 PM • White Plains, NY

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Interview of the Month

An Interview with
Hon. Helen M. Blackwood

by Susan L. Pollet
Chair of the Archive
and Historian Committee

Q: Tell us about your legal career, prior to becoming a Judge, and as a Judge.

A: After receiving my JD, I obtained an LLM in Taxation. I worked in the private sector as in-house corporate tax counsel for approximately twenty years. After leaving the private sector, I became Corporation Counsel for the City of Mount Vernon where I served for seven years. I was appointed Mount Vernon City Court Judge by Mayor Clinton I. Young in 2009.

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President's Message

by Susan Edwards Colson, Esq.

Of late, conversation has centered on questions about winding down my term as WWBA President. The first few times I was asked about this, I hesitated before I answered because I was a little surprised, thinking “A year? Already?” The fact that I am having a hard time believing my term is almost over is evidence that I truly enjoyed being WWBA President.

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