Committees || Nassau County Women's Bar Association

Join a committee and become an active voice in the Women's Bar, ensuring that events and policies are made that carry out our mission.

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Judicial Committee : To make an appointment to be screened by our committee, please call (516) 221-0400. Or register online.

Steve Schlissell (Chair)

By-Laws: Reviews our By-laws, and drafts proposals to be presented to the Board for revisions and amendments.

Kathleen Wright
kwright933@aol.com

CLE/Programs/Network Luncheons: Assists the Vice President/Director of Programs in planning programs for the chapter.

Hedy R. Horowitz
hhorowitz@kahllp.com

Criminal Law: Reviews legislation and significant issues in the practice of criminal law; has direct contact with the chapter's liaison to the WBASNY Criminal Law committee.

Tammy Smiley
WBASNY liaison
tammysmiley62@aol.com

Diversity: Focuses on the diversity of women among all sectors of the legal field, and issues affecting women of all ethnic origins. Chairperson is the chapter's liaison to the WBASNY Diversity committee.

Ngozi Asonye
asonyelaw@yahoo.com

Domestic Violence: Focuses on the effects of domestic violence on the client, the family, and the legal system. Chairperson is the chapter's liaison to the WBASNY Domestic Violence Committee.

Lois Schwaeber
WBASNY liaison
lschwaeber@cadvnc.org

Elder Law/Trusts & Estates: Reviews legislation and significant issues in elder law, trusts and estates. Has direct contact with the chapter's liaison to the WBASNY Trusts and Estates Committee.

Rita Stein
ritasteinesq@verizon.net

Family/Matrimonial: Reviews legislation and significant issues in family and matrimonial law. Has direct contact with the chapter's liaison to the WBASNY Matrimonial Law Committee.

Stephen W. Schlissel
sschlissel@soklaw.com
Jennifer Goody
jhg@lawyersonli.com
Mary Ann Aiello
WBASNY liaison
liladylaw@aol.com

Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA): Members are liaisons for the chapter to JALBCA and to WBASNY regarding Breast Cancer advocacy. Coordinates Women's' Health programs, including breast cancer screening.

Linda Zuech
zuechl@northhempstead.com
Barbara Gervase
gervaselaw@juno.com

Legislation: Makes recommendations to the Board for the chapter's position regarding proposed legislation on the local, state and national levels. Chairpersons are the liaisons to the WBASNY legislation committee.

Barbara Gervase
WBASNY liaison
bgervase@verizon.net

Newsletter: Responsible for soliciting articles, and the drafting, editing and publishing of the chapter newsletter.

Charlotte Trocchio Ferguson
cferguson@kimcorealty.com

Torts: Reviews legislation and important issues in tort law and tort reform should join this committee.

Working Parents: Discusses issues concerning working parents; presents various programs, including those with substantive legal content and networking opportunities

Mentoring (Equal Opportunity): Matches members as mentors to protégées, woman law students and new graduates; mentors help orient the protégées into the legal field; not job recruitment. The chairperson is the chapter liaison to the WBASNY committee.

Joseph H. Lorintz
jlorintz@courts.state.ny.us

Pro Bono Legal Clinic: Hosts regular legal clinics with not-for-profit groups for free legal screening; seeks attorney members to with clients at the clinic to provide legal information. There is a chapter liaison from this committee to the WBASNY committee.

Gail Broder Katz
gbkesq@aol.com

Take Our Children To Work Day: A well-established event, annually a group of young women are the guests of our chapter throughout the Nassau County court system, followed by a luncheon at the Nassau County Bar Association. The event celebrates National Take Our Children To Work Day, a national event organized by the Ms. Foundation.

Jill Stone
mom3law@aol.com

Holiday Party: This annual event is held during the winter as a time for our members to join together to celebrate the winter holidays.

Dorothy Ohler-Nese
dorothy.nese@aog.state.ny.us

Dressed To A Tea: A wonderful, charitable event that we sponsor with the Nassau County Bar Association to benefit We Care and other local charities.