WWBA 2019 Souvenir Journal

WESTCHESTER 

WOMEN’S BAR 

ASSOCIATION 

2019 Souvenir Journal 

Annual Dinner 

June 12, 2019 

Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club 

Mamaroneck, NY

Program 

Welcome and Introduction ............................ Hon. Lisa M. Smith 

Greetings .................................................... Deirdre Hay 

WBASNY President 

Outgoing President’s Remarks ...................... Kim Berg 

Installation of Officers and Directors.............. Hon. Sondra M. Miller 

Incoming President’s Remarks ...................... Angela Morcone Giannini 

WWBA Special Recognition ......................... Hon. Sondra M. Miller 

Presented by 

Hon. Lisa M. Smith 

Presentation of Westchester Women’s Bar 

Association Family Friendly Award to ............ Black, Marjieh & Sanford, LLP 

Presentation of Westchester Women’s Bar 

Association Diversity Achievement 

Award to ...................................................... Karen Cheeks-Lomax 

Presentation of Westchester Women’s 

Bar Association Foundation’s Justice 

Sondra M. Miller Scholarship to..................... Kellie Jo Rivera 

Presented by 

Susan Brown, President 

Closing ........................................................ Jennifer L. Gray

Past Presidents 

Hon. Cheryl J. Bradley 

Hon. Barbara Kaiser 

Hon. Sondra M. Miller 

Mary F. Kelly 

Hon. Ingrid S. Braslow 

Hon. Virginia Knaplund 

Jane Bilus Gould 

Hon. Marianne L. Sussman 

Hon. Jo Ann Friia 

Karen Z. Bell 

Susan L. Pollet 

Carla D. Glassman 

Linda Wishnick Markowitz 

Kathy N. Rosenthal 

Kathleen Donelli 

Jody Fay 

Dawn K. Arnold 

Deborah A. Scalise 

Dolores Gebhardt 

Lonya A. Gilbert 

Lisa M. Bluestein 

Lucia Chiocchio 

Robin D. Carton 

Susan Edwards Colson 

Lisa M. Denig 

Kim Berg

Officers & Directors 

2 0 19 - 2020 

President 

President-Elect 

Vice Presidents 

Treasurer 

Corresponding Secretary 

Recording Secretary 

Elected Directors 

State Directors 

Angela Morcone Giannini 

Hon. Lisa M. Smith 

Amanda C. Fried 

Jennifer L. Gray 

Jacqueline Hattar 

Natanya L. Briendel 

Jennifer Robinson 

Elizabeth Marcus 

Kim Berg 



Lisa M. Denig 

Lonya Gilbert 


Deborah Farber-Kaiser 

Marian Genio 

Shari Gordon 

Annette G. Hasapidis 

Ann McNulty 

Kristen Motel 

Susan Mills Richmond

Souvenir Journal Co-Chairs 

Andrea B. Friedman 

Allison Sloto 

Dinner Committee 

Kim Berg 


Natanya Briendel 



Andrea B. Friedman 

Dolores Gebhardt 


Jennifer L. Gray 

Jennifer Netrosio 

Susan Edwards Colson 

Lisa M. Denig 

Amanda C. Fried 

Deborah A. Scalise 

Allison Sloto 

Katie Wendle

OUTGOING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 

I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve as President 

of the WWBA. Lest there be any doubt, the successes 

the WWBA has had this past year are due to all of 

the hard working, dedicated, members who assisted me 

in so many ways. We certainly are a unique group of 

focused, hardworking, dedicated judges, attorneys and 

law students. I have no doubt our members raise the bar 

of professionalism through their zealous advocacy which 

I have seen conducted with the utmost professionalism 

and respect. Let us continue to serve as a model of 

excellence where our over 500 members will always have 

a meaningful impact and positive influence on others 

and where the spirit of professionalism, camaraderie, and support shine through. 

I am incredibly thankful to my Executive Board and all of the committee cochairs 

for their guidance, support, and assistance during my term. In total, this year’s 

WWBA team put together 40 programs and CLEs, in addition to our “regular” 

monthly events such as the supportive Women in Professional Transition meetings, 

the informative brown bag lunch series with Judge Linda Jamieson, and our ever 

growing Book Club. 

This past year has been tremendously rewarding for me, in large part, due to 

the very successful pilot year of the newly formed mentor program. Connecting with 

my mentee and the dozens of Pace law students was motivating and energizing. We 

had over 90 law students join our ranks, each of whom was hungry for mentorship, 

access to attorneys in the Westchester legal community, knowledge of our diverse 

areas of practice, and guidance on the different paths one may take in the law. Our 

mentees and their fellow law students are our future, both in the WWBA and the 

legal profession. 

The feedback received from our mentor program survey was overwhelmingly 

positive and every participant, both mentors and mentees, has expressed a desire to 

see the mentor program continue into the future. Based on my personal experience, 

and those mentors who have provided verbal and written feedback about their 

mentor role this past year, the mentor relationship has been very rewarding for both 

the mentors and the mentees. Thus, we have now formed a Mentor Committee 

which I will co-chair with Sherry Bishko and the Hon. Christine Sproat, to build upon 

our pilot year and ensure the success of our mentor program for the coming years. 

As I mentioned during my incoming President’s message at last year’s Installation 

of Officers in June 2018, hindsight is 20/20. Hindsight is essential to not only 

understanding the inroads women have made, particularly in the legal profession, 

but also in understanding the current issues facing women in today’s social and legal 

climate.

O u t g o i n g P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e ( c o n t i n u e d ) . . . 

This year the WWBA is proud to honor one of our esteemed co-founding 

“mothers,” the Honorable Sondra M. Miller. Judge Miller is a trail blazer, a woman of 

many “firsts,” and a role model for so many, including myself. She is a pillar of equal 

justice for all and has made many inroads to where we are today. Her willingness to 

share her time with others, mentoring and guiding them, is evidenced by her open 

invitation to meet with and mentor all of the WWBA Foundation scholarship winners 

over the years. It is also evidenced by her mentorship of so many new lawyers 

and law students even through today. There is no doubt that she has, time and time 

again, helped shape and guide the legal profession for the betterment of all, as a 

mentor, role model, zealous advocate and judge. For all of her achievements, and for 

paving the way for future generations, we recognize and applaud Judge Miller. 

I have truly enjoyed every minute spent serving as your President. Yes, it was 

a very “busy” year, but the rewards were immense and certainly outweighed the 

additional time put on my schedule. I know I will look back fondly on my term and will 

continue to expand upon the wonderful connections formed. I leave knowing there 

is still much work to be done to support our mission of expanding opportunities for 

women and raising the level of competence and integrity in the legal profession. 

However, I am departing with a renewed sense of hope and confidence that through 

our dedicated, unique, hardworking members we will continue to blaze a trail where 

none currently exists, influence the future of the legal profession through positive 

mentorship, and bring to the table a restored professionalism that is often forgotten 

in the adversarial nature of our work. 

It is my privilege to now pass the proverbial torch to my colleague and friend, 

Angela Morcone Giannini. I know that the WWBA will continue to push towards its 

mission and that we will continue to prove the absolute relevance of a women’s bar 

association under her strong, able, and fierce leadership, of course together with 

the guidance and support of her amazing, incoming Executive Board. Angela will 

lead, as Judge Miller has over her lifetime, with grace, dignity and the utmost 

professionalism. I depart feeling very motivated to carry the WWBA’s mission forward 

and with my renewed hope of meaningfully contributing to our mission by 

working closely with Angela and successor Presidents in developing the WWBA’s 

future pipeline through our ever expanding mentor program. 

In closing, I must thank my law partner, Jane Bilus Gould, for getting me 

involved in the WWBA as a young attorney, inspiring me to lead, and for all of her 

support this past year. To my family, thank you for your patience and understanding 

given all of my “other” commitments and for sharing this journey with me with 

unending encouragement and praise. You are the best and I am so blessed to have 

all of you by my side.

INCOMING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 

A watershed moment is a turning point; the exact moment 

that changes the direction of an activity or situation. 

That moment for women and families of Westchester 

County and the State of New York occurred in the mid 

1970’s when a group of twelve women including our 

honoree, The Honorable Sondra M. Miller, gathered in 

a living room here in Westchester recognizing the need 

to advance the social, economic and legal status for 

women through the law while promoting justice for all, 

regardless of gender. In order to accomplish this, they 

established the Westchester Women’s Bar Association. 

The mission of our organization remains the same today. 

Many have ideas, but these women put their ideas in motion and acted upon 

them. They saw far and went far. But these women did not stop there. In 1980, they 

worked to establish the statewide organization known as the Women’s Bar Association 

of the State of New York which we refer to as WBASNY and the WWBA today is 

one of its largest chapters having great influence on pending legislation and future 

legislation impacting the lives of women, children and families. 

The WWBA continues today as strong as ever due to the tireless efforts and 

sacrifices of our Past Presidents, Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs. It has 

always impressed me how our members work so hard to bring ideas into action not 

for their own recognition but for the betterment of our membership and community. 

One perfect example is the newly formed Mentorship program established by our 

now immediate past president, Kim Berg. This type of giving back is symbolic of the 

WWBA and I am proud and committed to continuing this program and call upon 

those in our audience who are not already participating to join as mentors. Kim has 

been an inspiration to me this year and I have learned so much about leadership from 

her while serving as President Elect for which I am very grateful. 

I have always believed that it is a privilege to practice law. As lawyers we take 

an oath to support the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of New 

York. We are privileged to be advocates for those in need whether an individual, 

company or organization. We are indeed the voices for those that need to be 

heard. We make their cause, our cause. We are the indispensable guardians of our 

system of justice ensuring there is an organized resolution of disputes where all are 

given a full and fair opportunity to be heard. As officers of the Court, it is our duty 

and responsibility to conduct ourselves in a civil manner, respectful of both our 

adversaries and the litigants. When we act civilly toward each other, we promote the 

values of a democratic society and the very integrity upon which our justice system 

was built. While no system is perfect, in my opinion, there is no better system in 

the world today than the great democracy in which we live.

I n c o m i n g P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e ( c o n t i n u e d ) . . . 

I see my role as President also as a privilege. I thank the Presidents before me 

for their confidence in me and promise to continue their good work toward our 

mission with civility and integrity. I very much look forward to working with our 

newly elected Officers and Directors and our Executive Director to ensure that the 

voices of our members and our community are indeed heard. I thank my law partner 

Lucille and my entire firm for their encouragement and support as I take on this new 

role. Most especially, I thank my family for their love, support and sacrifices and for 

making every day a better day for me. 

Collaboration is an important part of growth, renewal and advancement. As 

President, I will be dedicated to this organization’s collaboration with other bar 

associations and community groups. I strongly believe it is the responsibility of 

our members to reach out to attorneys of all genders, orientations and races to 

welcome them as members and encourage them to take on leadership roles within 

our organization. Commitment to a forum where different views can be freely 

expressed will help us successfully recruit and retain new lawyers which will promote 

the advancement of our association and our legal profession. 

So please join me as we work toward new watershed moments. I welcome your 

ideas and look forward to working with you as “we see far and go far” in the year 

ahead!

About Our Officers 

ANGELA MORCONE GIANNINI (President) 

Angela Morcone Giannini is a founding partner of Fontana Giannini LLP 

in White Plains, New York. Angela began her law career at the prestigious 

firm of Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C. where she was a partner for many 

years. Angela has practiced for 30 years representing plaintiffs in the areas 

of personal injury including automobile, premise, construction and medical 

malpractice cases. She is a fellow in the International Academy of Trial 

Lawyers and has served as past co-chair for the State of New York in the 

Academy. She has the honor of being selected a New York Super Lawyer 

since 2010, a Top Women Lawyer and is rated AV Preeminent with Martindale- 

Hubbell. 

Ms. Giannini served as WWBA President Elect this year. She is a cochair 

of the WWBA Litigation Committee and authors the monthly Litigation 

Tip for the Westchester Women’s Bar Association newsletter, chairs the 

Legislation Committee and is a Westchester representative on WBASNY’s 

Legislation Committee. She is also a past WWBA State Director, Recording 

Secretary and member of the Judicial Screening Committee. She is a 

member of the Westchester County Bar Association where she serves on the 

Judicial Screening Committee and is a Past Board Member, Liaison with 

Pace Law School and Member of the Medico-Legal Committee. She is a 

member of the New York State Bar Association and has served on the 

Balanced Lives Committee. She presently serves as a 9th Judicial 

Representative and Judiciary Committee Member for the New York State 

Trial Lawyers. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and 

Columbian Lawyers. 

Angela has lectured on various litigation topics and presented at 

numerous continuing legal education seminars for the Westchester Women’s 

Bar Association, Academy of Trial Lawyers, CLE Center/Law.com, Pace 

Law School, Westchester County Bar Association, New York State Bar 

Association and PLI. Ms. Giannini has also been a Judge for Pace Law 

School’s Advocacy Program, National Trial Competition and Moot Court 

competition. She has enjoyed being a mentor over the years for many law 

student interns. 

Angela received her JD from Pace Law School in 1988 cum laude 

and graduated with a BS from Fordham University summa cum laude in 

1985 and was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is admitted to 

the New York and Connecticut Bars.

About our Officers (continued)... 

ANGELA MORCONE GIANNINI (continued) 

She has been married to her husband Robert for 30 years and is 

the very proud mother of two sons, Michael and Thomas. 

HONORABLE LISA MARGARET SMITH (President-Elect) 

The Honorable Lisa Margaret Smith is a United States Magistrate 

Judge for the Southern District of New York. She sits in the Charles L. 

Brieant Federal Building and United States Courthouse in White Plains. She 

was originally appointed in 1995 and is currently serving her fourth term as a 

Magistrate Judge. From 2006-2008 Judge Smith served as Chief Magistrate 

Judge for the SDNY. 

Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Smith was an Assistant 

United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s 

Office for the Southern District of New York (1987-1995). Before becoming 

an AUSA she served as a Kings County (NY) Assistant District Attorney 

from 1980-1985, rising to Supervising Senior ADA in the Appeals Bureau, 

following service in several other bureaus. From 1985-1986 Judge Smith was 

an Assistant Attorney General in the Appeals and Opinions Division of the 

New York State Department of Law, located in Albany. She represented 

the State of New York on appeals in state and federal courts throughout 

New York, and she co-authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the 

National Association of State Attorneys General filed in the Supreme Court 

of the United States. In 1986 Judge Smith re-joined the Kings County District 

Attorney’s Office as a Supervising Senior ADA. She remained there 

until 1987, when she became an AUSA for the Southern District of New 

York. 

Judge Smith earned her BA degree, with honors in political science, 

from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana in 1977, and her JD degree 

from Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina in 1980, 

where she was a member of the Moot Court Board. She is a member of the 

Boards of Editors of the Federal Courts Law Review, an on-line and print 

journal of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association, and of the Federal 

Bar Council Quarterly. Judge Smith has served in various positions on the 

Board of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, and currently serves as 

a Vice President and member of the Executive Committee. She is active in 

the Federal Magistrate Judges Association, the Federal Bar Council, the


HONORABLE LISA MARGARET SMITH (continued) 

Federal Bar Association, for which she has served as a Circuit Vice President, 

and JALBCA. In 2014 Judge Smith was honored to receive the Judith 

S. Kaye Access to Justice Award from the Women’s Bar Association of the 

State of New York. In 2018 Judge Smith was also honored to receive the 

Kay Crawford Murray Award from the New York State Bar Association’s 

Committee on Women in the Law. 

Judge Smith has been an Adjunct Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School 

of Law at Pace University (formerly Pace Law School) since 2006, where she 

has taught Evidence and Federal Courts, and co-teaches Civil Procedure 

with Professor Michael B. Mushlin. Judge Smith frequently lectures at CLE 

and Bar Association programs, with a particular focus on e-discovery and 

evidence. She is a regular participant in events which educate children 

about the courts, including Take Your Children To Work Day, an annual 

program of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, as well as visits to 

the Courthouse by school and scout groups, and she advises the Rye Neck 

High School Mock Trial Team. 

Judge Smith published an article, co-authored with Professor Mushlin, 

entitled “The Professor and the Judge: Introducing First-Year Students to 

the Law in Context.” The article appears in the Journal of Legal Education, 

Volume 63, number 3 (February 2014). Judge Smith also wrote an article 

entitled “Top Ten Things You Probably Never Knew About Magistrate Judges,” 

published in The Federal Lawyer in May, 2014. She has also contributed 

numerous articles to the Federal Bar Council Quarterly. 

AMANDA C. FRIED (Vice President) 

Amanda C. Fried is an attorney at Carton & Rosoff PC in White 

Plains, NY, a law firm focusing on matrimonial law, family law, adoption, 

and guardianship. Prior to joining Carton & Rosoff PC, she was an associate 

at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where her practice focused primarily on 

representing large financial institutions in multi-billion dollar debt offerings 

and exchange offerings. She earned her degree in 2005 from Fordham 

University School of Law and was the Editor of the Fordham International 

Law Journal. She received her bachelor’s degree from Tufts University in 

2000. 

Amanda just completed a term as a Vice President of the Westchester


AMANDA C. FRIED (continued) 

Women’s Bar Association and was the co-chair of the Programs Committee 

for a third year. Since joining the WWBA, she was the Treasurer for two 

years and the chair of the Annual Dinner Souvenir Journal for four consecutive 

years. She has loved every minute of being a part of this organization. 

She is also an Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Westchester 

County Bar Association’s Family Law Section. 

Amanda sings with The Greenwich Chorale Society, and spends her 

free time rehearsing for their numerous concerts. She is the proud parent of 

a Havanese, Zoe, who will gladly show off her many tricks in exchange for 

cheerios. 

JENNIFER GRAY (Vice President) 

Jennifer L. Gray is a partner at Keane & Beane, P.C. where her practice 

is devoted to the areas of planning and zoning, and litigation pertaining to 

land use, municipal and real estate matters. Ms. Gray regularly appears 

before municipal boards throughout the Hudson Valley on behalf of 

developers, businesses, franchises, religious institutions and individuals. She 

also serves as counsel to local planning and zoning boards. Her litigation 

experience includes matters related to compliance with the New York State 

Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), challenges to local planning 

and zoning board decisions, disputes concerning real property, as well as 

both prosecution and defense of zoning and building code violations. Ms. 

Gray is a lecturer on issues related to land development and zoning for the 

Westchester Municipal Planning Federation, New York Planning Federation 

and local bar associations. 

Ms. Gray received her juris doctor, cum laude, from the Elisabeth Haub 

School of Law at Pace University in 2006, with a Certificate in Environmental 

Law, and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont in 

2002. She is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and the Southern 

District of New York. Ms. Gray is a past Vice-President of the Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association, Co-Chair of the WWBA’s Environmental & Land 

Use Committee and the Lawyering & Parenting Committee, Co-Chair of the 

Municipal Law Section of the Westchester County Bar Association, and an 

elected member of the Alumni Board of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law 

at Pace University where she recently concluded two terms on its Executive


JENNIFER GRAY (continued) 

Committee as Secretary. Ms. Gray is also a member of the New York State 

Bar Association. 

Ms. Gray was selected as a “SuperLawyer” Rising Star and one of the 

New York Metro Region Top Women “SuperLawyers” in the field of land use 

and zoning. Ms. Gray was also selected by the Business Council of 

Westchester as one of the County’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars. 

JACQUELINE HATTAR (Vice President) 

Jacqueline Hattar is a partner in the New York Metro offices of Wilson 

Elser, and a member of the firm’s Complex Torts & General Casualty practice 

group. She has practiced law for more than 27 years, almost 18 of them as 

an attorney at Wilson Elser. Jackie is an experienced and accomplished 

litigator, who focuses her practice on general tort liability matters and the 

defense of complex litigation. She has extensive trial experience in all courts 

throughout the state of New York and has a strong background in alternative 

dispute resolution/mediations and appellate work. 

Jackie is currently a member of Wilson Elser’s national Diversity and 

Inclusion Committee. She is also one of five women partners, who helped 

to establish Wilson Elser’s Women Attorneys Valued & Empowered (WAVE) 

Initiative, which exemplifies the firm’s enlightened approach to advancing 

the professional and personal well-being of its women attorneys. She has 

served as a mentor in the WAVE’s Mentorship program since its inception. 

Jackie is also a member of Wilson Elser’s National Attorney Training program, 

which provides in-house legal training for new attorneys. Earlier in her career, 

Jackie served for six years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx 

County, New York, District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted major 

high-profile offenses from grand jury through trial. 

Jackie is a long-time, involved member of the WWBA, who has served 

in various positions, including four terms as a WBASNY state director and 

a local director, current co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee 

and Litigation Committee. Jackie co-founded the WWBA’s Continuing Lecture 

Series on Diversity in the Legal Profession. For over a decade, Jackie has 

organized the WWBA’s participation as volunteer readers in the National 

Education Association’s Read Across America program in the Yonkers Public 

Schools. This also led to the WWBA including Yonkers Public School 23 in 

its annual Law Day program at the Federal Courthouse in White Plains.


JACQUELINE HATTAR(continued) 

After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Fordham 

University in 1988, Jackie obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Pace 

University School of Law in 1991. She is admitted to practice law in the state 

of New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New 

York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme 

Court. 

A member and fellow of the American Bar Association and New York 

State Bar Association (NYSBA), Jackie is also a member of the National 

Association of Women Lawyers, the New York City Bar Association and the 

Westchester County Bar Association. She is an active member of the NYSBA’s 

Women in Law Section, and has co-chaired the awards subcommittee since 

2014. 

Jackie is also a current member of the Ninth Judicial District’s Committee 

to Promote Gender Fairness in the Courts. She served for three years as the 

president of the Claims and Litigation Management’s New York City chapter. 

Jackie is a member of the Pace Women’s Justice Center’s Friends of Gail 

Advisory Board and has been a supporter of the Center for many years. 

Jackie has received several awards, including the Pace Women’s Justice 

Center’s Making a Difference award, Westfair Communications Diversity 

Champion award, the 914 Inc./Westchester Magazine Women In Business 

award, and Wilson Elser’s Thomas Wilson, Sr.’s Outstanding Achievement 

award. 

NATANYA L. BRIENDEL (Treasurer) 

Natanya Briendel is an Adjunct Professor at Mercy College where she 

teaches Constitutional Law/Criminal Justice, Introduction to Criminal 

Procedure and Introduction to Family Violence. 

Until the summer of 2018, Ms. Briendel worked at the Pace Women’s 

Justice Center. As Director of the Westchester Division, she managed PWJC’s 

Free Legal Helpline, the Moderate Means Program, and the Uncontested 

Divorce Project. 

Prior to joining PWJC, Ms. Briendel had been a prosecutor with the 

New York City Human Rights Administration and New York City Law 

Department and had started the Pro Bono Domestic Violence initiative at 

the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. Ms. Briendel is a 

graduate of Brandeis University and received her law degree from Suffolk 

University School of Law.


JENNIFER ROBINSON (Corresponding Secretary) 

Jennifer A. Robinson’s practice focuses on the defense of school districts 

and municipalities in New York’s state and federal courts. Jennifer is a graduate 

of Pace Law School where her studies focused on trial advocacy and appellate 

argument. While maintaining a full course load, Jennifer also clerked at 

Silverman & Associates. In addition, she held a judicial externship with 

Judge Alfieri in Rockland County Supreme Court. 

Prior to law school, Jennifer graduated from Iona College, cum laude, 

and then clerked for a general practice firm in Rockland County for three 

years. Jennifer is a native of Rockland County, fluent in Spanish, and comes 

from a law enforcement family. Jennifer participates in the annual Light the 

Night fundraising walk in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 

ELIZABETH MARCUS (Recording Secretary) 

Elizabeth is an Assistant District Attorney at the Westchester County 

District Attorney’s Office. She is assigned to the Local Criminal Courts 

Bureau which prosecutes cases in the city, town, and village criminal courts 

throughout Westchester County. Elizabeth graduated from the University of 

Michigan Law School (Go Blue!) where she was an Executive Editor of the 

Michigan Journal of International Law. While at Michigan, Elizabeth also 

served as a Student-Attorney with Michigan’s Juvenile Justice Clinic and 

Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic. Additionally, she interned for the 

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. 

Prior to law school, Elizabeth earned a Master’s degree in Human Rights 

Studies from Columbia University. Her research focused on the intersection 

of disability and aging with her final thesis titled, “The Human Rights-Based 

Approach to Disability: Opportunities for the World’s Aging Society.” While 

pursuing her Master’s degree at Columbia, Elizabeth interned at the United 

Nations Headquarters for the UN’s focal point on disability rights. Elizabeth 

is also a graduate of New York University, having earned her B.A. degree, 

magna cum laude, in history and politics. 

Prior to serving as Recording Secretary for the WWBA, Elizabeth served for 

two years as Corresponding Secretary. She also serves as Co-Chair of the 

New Lawyers Committee.

THE WWBA FOUNDATION 

EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE THANKS AND 

APPRECIATION TO THE SPONSORS OF OUR 

ANNUAL “MOCKTAIL” FUNDRAISER 

OUR PATRONS 


Margaret Neubart Foundation 

OUR BENEFACTORS 

Gould & Berg, LLP 

Jackson Lewis P.C. 

Kramer Kozek, LLP 

Law Office of Milton M. Kreppel, Esq. & Julie S. Kattan, Esq. 

Rosenthal & Markowitz, LLP 

Walsh & Amicucci, LLP 

OUR FRIENDS 

Benchmark Title Agency, LLC • Black, Marjieh & Sanford LLP 

Citrin Cooperman, LLP • Court Street Abstract, Inc. 

Danziger & Markhoff, LLP • DelBello, Donnellan Weingarten 

Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP • Eve Bunting-Smith, Esq. 

Fontana Giannini, LLP • Glassman & Brown, LLP 

Daniel Kolko, Esq. • Christopher L. Mangold, PLLC 

McCarthy Fingar, LLP • Tamara Mitchel, Esq. 

Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLC 

Alan S. Well, Esq./Sidley Austin, LLP 

THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES 

ALL OF OUR 2018-2019 SUPPORTERS 

Angiolillo, Hon. Daniel 

Angley, Patricia & James 

Bell, Sanford (i/m/o Karen Z. Bell) 

Benchmark Title Agency, LLC 

Black, Marijeh & Sanford LLP 

Boggio, Gail 

Brown, Gary & Deborah Woll 

Brown, Susan S. & J. Frank 

Bunting-Smith, Eve 

Cady, Sue & George 

Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP 

Corcoran, Susan 

Court Street Abstract, Inc. 

Dalco Reporting, Inc. 

Daley, Thomas & Carol 

Danziger & Markhoff, LLP 

Delbello Donnellan Weingarten 

Wise & Wiederkehr LLP 

Denig, Lisa M. 

Donelli, Kathleen 

Fay, Jody 

Fontana Giannini, LLP

THE WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S BAR 

ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, INC. 

SUPPORTERS (CONT’D) 

Forster, Hon. Sandra A. 

Gaynor, Magdalene 

Gebhardt, Dolores 

Georgiou, Anna 

Gilbert, Rita 

Glassman, Loren & Carla 

Glassman & Brown, LLP 

Goldschmidt & Genovese, LLP 

Goldstein, Jeffrey S. 

Gould & Berg, LLP 

Hirsch, Bruce E. 

Jackson Lewis, P.C. 

Kananack, Pamela, Michael & Claude 

Kattan, Julie & Milton Kreppel 

Katz, Alayne 

Kolko, Daniel 

Kommer, Bave & Ollman LLP 

Kramer Kozek, LLP 

Levy, Carole 

Maier, Lynn 

Mangold, Christopher 

Marcus Gould & Sussman 

Margaret Neubart Foundation 

Markowitz, Linda 

Marx, Honorable Paul I. 

Faust, Marilyn 

Miller, Hon. Sondra M. 

Mitchel, Tamara 

Orbach, Adrienne J. 

Pollack, Miles 

Rosenthal & Markowitz, LLP 

Sall, Hon. Brandon 

Swidler, Steven 

Tressler, Gloria 

Ullman, Gladys 

Walsh & Amicucci, LLP 

Weil, Alan (Sidley Austin, LLP) 

Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLC 

Tortorella, Geraldine 

Baer, Susan Taxin 

THANK YOU!

Sustaining Members 

Catherine S. Allen, Esq. 

Hon. Daniel D. Angiolillo 

Susan Taxin Baer, Esq. 

Elizabeth M. Barnhard, Esq. 

Kim Berg, Esq. 

Sheila Miller Bernson, Esq. 

Patricia Bisesto, Esq. 

Sherry A. Bishko, Esq. 

Lisa M. Bluestein, Esq. 

Carole M. Boccumini, Esq. 

Gail M. Boggio, Esq. 

Natanya L. Briendel, Esq. 

Susan S. Brown, Esq. 

Eve Bunting-Smith, Esq. 

Joelle M. Burton, Esq. 

Bonnie Carney, Esq. 

Lucia Chiocchio, Esq. 

Margaret A. Clark, Esq. 

Susan Edwards Colson, Esq. 

Hon. Francesca E. Connolly 

Susan Corcoran, Esq. 

Hélène Côté, Esq. 

Kitley S. Covill, Esq. 

Elizabeth A. Cumming, Esq. 

Wendy Dunne DiChristina, Esq. 

Kathleen Donelli, Esq. 

Lisa Dorman, Esq. 

Hon. Lawrence H. Ecker 

Linda A. Eichen, Esq. 

Jody Fay, Esq. 

Lucille A. Fontana, Esq. 

Hon. Jo Ann Friia 

Donna E. Frosco, Esq. 

Magdalen Gaynor, Esq. 

Dolores Gebhardt, Esq. 

Anna L. Georgiou, Esq. 

Amy E. Gewirtz, Esq. 

M. Theresa Giacomo, Esq. 

Angela Morcone Giannini, Esq. 

Lorraine M. Girolamo, Esq. 

Carla D. Glassman, Esq. 

Loren I. Glassman, Esq. 

Sylvia Goldschmidt, Esq. 

Shari R. Gordon, Esq. 

Jane Bilus Gould, Esq. 

Annette G. Hasapidis, Esq. 

Jacqueline Hattar, Esq. 

Lisa L. Johnston, Esq. 

Diana D’Amico Juettner, Esq. 

Alayne Katz, Esq. 

Marion C. Katzive, Esq. 

Hon. Susan I. Kettner 

Dawn Kirby, Esq. 

Georgia Kramer, Esq. 

Moira S. Laidlaw, Esq. 

Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz 

Ujju Mahatme, Esq. 

Lynn J. Maier, Esq. 

Linda Markowitz, Esq. 

Ann M. McNulty, Esq. 

Katherine Eisold Miller, Esq. 


Lauren S. Morrissey, Esq. 

Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq. 

Jodi A. Mosiello, Esq. 

Carol W. Most, Esq. 

Frances M. Pantaleo, Esq. 

John A. Pappalardo, Esq. 

Clare A. Piro, Esq. 

Kevin J. Plunkett, Esq. 

Hon. Kimberly Ragazzo 

Hillary Raimondi, Esq. 

Andrea Carapella Rendo, Esq. 

Kathy N. Rosenthal, Esq. 

David M. Rosoff, Esq. 

JenniElena Rubino, Esq. 

Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman 

Hon. Susan C. Simon 

Hon. Mary H. Smith 

Hon. Marianne L. Sussman 

Steven A. Swidler, Esq. 

Carol Swidler, Esq. 

Geraldine N. Tortorella, Esq. 

Hon. Gretchen Walsh 

Marion Walsh, Esq. 

Arlene Gold Wexler, Esq. 

Katherine Zalantis, Esq.

Congratulations To 

Karen Cheeks-Lomax, Esq. 

this year’s recipient of the 

WWBA Diversity Achievement Award 

and to 

Black, Marjieh & Sanford LLP 

this year’s recipient of the 

WWBA Family-Friendly Employer Award 

and to 

Kellie Jo Rivera 

this year’s recipient of 

The Westchester Women’s Bar 

Association Foundation’s 

Justice Sondra M. Miller 

Scholarship Award

A SPECIAL 

THANK YOU 

TO ALL OUR 

SUBSCRIBERS 

 

The Westchester Women’s 

Bar Association 

P.O. Box 926 

Hartsdale, New York 10530 

(914) 505-6045 

executivedirector@wwbany.org 

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WE CELEBRATE 

THE WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S 

BAR ASSOCIATION 

WE THANK 

KIM BERG 

WE CONGRATULATE 

ANGELA MORCONE GIANNINI 

WE CELEBRATE 

HONORABLE SONDRA MILLER 

 

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(Planning, Administration, Litigation) 

Guardianship & Elder Law 

Disability Planning 

Real Estate 

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WE APPLAUD 

KELLIE JO RIVERA 

WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION 

JUSTICE SONDRA MILLER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 

We remember Karen Z. Bell

Congratulations 

and 

Best Wishes to the Honoree 

Honorable Sondra M. Miller 

and to all of the 

Incoming Officers 

Glenn S. Liebman CPA/ABV 

David L. Gresen CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE 

David Gralnick CPA/ABV 

Jeffrey F. Gibralter CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE 

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Is Proud to Congratulate 

Outgoing President 

KIM BERG 

and Incoming President 


and to Celebrate the Life 

and Career of 

Our Chief Counsel 

HON. SONDRA M. MILLER

CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME TO 

the Incoming President, 

ANGELA GIANNINI 

and the 

2019 Incoming Officers and Directors of the WWBA 

We salute 

HON. SONDRA MILLER 

trailblazer, mentor and friend to so many 

We honor the leadership and mentoring of Judge Miller, past 

and present. We reflect on this year’s accomplishments, 

including the establishment of the WWBA’s Mentorship Program 

and the year ahead with a focus on our new members and “next 

generation” of the WWBA. Judge Miller and the Mentorship 

Program epitomize the WWBA’s Mission: promoting justice for 

all, regardless of gender; advancing the social, economic and 

legal status for women through the law; expanding 

opportunities for women; and raising the level of competence 

and integrity in the legal profession. 

ROSENTHAL& MARKOWITZ, LLP 

salutes this year’s 

impressive slate of Incoming Officers and Directors 

and looks forward to their leadership 

and 

we congratulate and thank 

KIM BERG and the Outgoing Officers and Board, 

including our own SHERRY A. BISHKO, outgoing 

Recording Secretary, on completing another 

successful year for the WWBA 

 

ROSENTHAL & MARKOWITZ, LLP 

LINDA MARKOWITZ KATHY N. ROSENTHAL 

SHERRY A. BISHKO

CONGRATULATES 

THE INCOMING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF 

THE WWBA 

◆ 

Special Thanks and Good Fortune to 

All OUTGOING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 

WWBA 

for a Job Well Done 

◆ 

Congratulations to this Year’s Honorees 

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To 

Our Mom 

“The President” 

You have always made our world 

a better place 

and 

you will do the same for the WWBA 

this year! 

Our love, 

Michael & Thomas

Congratulations to 

HONORABLE SONDRA MILLER 

+ 


ON HER INSTALLATION AS PRESIDENT 

+ 

Our Colleagues 

LUCIA CHIOCCHIO 

ON HER INSTALLATION AS LOCAL DIRECTOR 

+ 

KRISTEN MOTEL 

ON HER INSTALLATION AS STATE DIRECTOR 

and to 

THE 2019-2020 

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 

with Best Wishes 

for Continued Success to 

WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S 

BAR ASSOCIATION


Black, Marjieh & Sanford, LLP, 

Karen Cheeks-Lomax & 

Kellie Jo Rivera

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S 

~ to ~ 

THE NEWLY ELECTED 

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 

~ of ~ 

THE WESTCHESTER 

WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION 

AND TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT 


“The only thing necessary for the triumph of 

evil is for good men to do nothing” 

~ Edmund Burke 

SYLVIA GOLDSCHMIDT 

BARBARA LERMAN 

LYNN J. MAIER


to the 

Westchester Women’s Bar Association 

on another successful year 

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It was an honor to serve as your publisher. 

We are proud to have worked with you for 

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CONGRATULATIONS 

~ to ~ 

The Newly Elected Officers and Directors 

~ of ~ 

The Westchester Women’s Bar Association 

And To Our New President 


A special Thank You to 

all outgoing Officers and Directors 

 

John S. Kommer, Esq. 

Patricia A. Bave, Esq. 

Robert Charles Ollman, Esq. 

Rachel F. Ciccone, Esq. 

 

Joann D’Emilio, Esq. 

Regina Lynch, Esq. 

 

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With Affection and Appreciation to 

Our Colleague and Dear Friend 

KIM BERG 

For Her Outstanding Leadership 

as President 

and 

Special Congratulations To 


As She Begins her Presidency 

We have great confidence 

that this will be 

another great year. 

 

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Erica Guzman, Director of Operations 

Linda Hunter, Managing Director

Along with the WWBA . . . 

We salute and celebrate our Foremother and Colleague 

the HON. SONDRA M. MILLER! 

We congratulate the incoming WWBA President 


and our newly installed Officers and Directors. 

And, we express our Sincere Gratitute to 

Outgoing President 

KIM BERG 

as well as 

Our Officers and Board Members 

for their support and dedicated commitment 

this past year. 

We look forward to another successful year!


~ to the ~ 



~ and ~ 

THANK YOU TO OUR 

OFFICERS FOR 

ALL THEIR HARD WORK 

 

SUSAN C. SIMON 

Attorney at Law 

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(914) 763-8831 

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SUSAN AND LES SIMON

Silverman & Associates 

Congratulates 

Jennifer Robinson 

and all of the 

Westchester Women’s Bar Association’s 

2019 Officers and Directors 

445 Hamilton Ave., Suite 1102 

White Plains, NY 10601 

914-574-4510 

info@silvermanandassociatesny.com 

www.silvermanandassociatesny.com

Judge Michael Tawil 

Democratic Nominee 

For Westchester County Court 

Congratulates the Honorees: 

BLACK, MARJIEH & SANFORD LLP 

KAREN CHEEKS-LOMAX 

KELLIE JO RIVERA

Kellie Jo Rivera

Congratulations to Kim Berg 

this year’s WWBA Officers 

and Directors for a job well done! 

Best wishes to Angela Morcone Giannini and 

the incoming Officers and Directors. 

You will do the WWBA proud! 

Congratulations to all of 

the award winners. 

 

Law Offices of Lisa M. Bluestein, LLC 

670 White Plains Road 

Scarsdale, New York 10583 

(914) 948-4320 

We extend out sincerest congratulations to 


for being inducted as the 2019-20120 President of 

The Westchester Women’s Bar Association 

 

The Accounting Office of 

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37 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD 

SUITE 101 

HAWTHORNE, NEW YORK 10532 

(914) 347-4370 FAX (914) 347-3541


The Hon. Sondra Miller 

2019 Award Winners 

~ and ~ 

Newly Installed Officers of the WWBA 

 

The Law Office of 

JEFFREY S. GOLDSTEIN 

23 Meadowbrook Drive 

Ossining, NY 10562 

(914) 738-2692 

Concentrating in 

Elder Law 

www.jsg-elderlaw.com

Congratulations to our dear friend 

Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith 

On your installation as WWBA President-Elect 

Your friends and colleagues 

at the Hon. Charles L. Brieant, Jr. Courthouse 

Hon. Kenneth M. Karas, Hon. Cathy Seibel, 

Hon. Vincent L. Briccetti, Hon. Nelson S. Román, 

Hon. Paul E. Davison, Hon. Judith C. McCarthy 

& Hon. Robert D. Drain

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