Member Spotlight: Consuela Pinto

Consuela Pinto is a partner at PintoBrown PLLC. She has been in practice for almost 30 years, and her experience includes representing employers on a nationwide basis in compliance reviews before the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and systemic investigations initiated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Consuela counsels clients on pay [...]

By |2025-06-28T20:05:46+00:00July 9th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Consuela Pinto

Member Spotlight: Sasha Hodge-Wren

Sasha Hodge-Wren is an accomplished attorney and WBA Board Member. In addition to her service on the Board, Sasha has served as the Co-Chair of the WBA Executive and Judicial Endorsements Committee and Treasurer of the WBA. In her professional life, she serves as Counsel at Miles & Stockbridge, P.C. where her practice focuses on [...]

By |2025-06-23T20:52:45+00:00June 25th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Sasha Hodge-Wren

Re-Energized for 2025: Goal-Setting and Well-Being for Women Lawyers

By Candace Beck, WBA past president (2022-2023) Did the first few months of 2025 fly by? Did you feel a bit out of sync with your goals? You weren't alone! The WBA recently hosted "Goal-Setting 2025: Reflect, Reset, and Plan for Q2" as part of the "Rooted in Well-Being Series," sponsored by the WBA Well-Being [...]

By |2025-06-17T14:20:27+00:00June 16th, 2025|Blog|Comments Off on Re-Energized for 2025: Goal-Setting and Well-Being for Women Lawyers

Message from the President, Jennifer Mammen

It is such an honor to be the president of this organization. I am so grateful for this opportunity, and I am committed to working with our board, our co-chairs, and all of you to embody our mission: to maintain the honor and integrity of the profession; promote the administration of justice; advance and [...]

By |2025-06-16T15:49:38+00:00June 16th, 2025|Blog|Comments Off on Message from the President, Jennifer Mammen

Member Spotlight: Nudrat E. Piracha

WBA celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by celebrating AAPI members of our community. Dr. Nudrat E. Piracha is an accomplished arbitrator, mediator, and legal scholar with over two decades of experience in international arbitration, investment law, and dispute resolution. Her career has been shaped by my passion for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) [...]

By |2025-05-06T17:12:27+00:00May 7th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Nudrat E. Piracha

Member Spotlight: Emily Lagan

Emily Lagan is an Associate Attorney at Regan Zambri Long PLLC. Emily represents victims who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries, as well as families who are seeking justice in wrongful death cases. She joined Regan Zambri Long straight from law school after two summer clerkships with the firm. Since joining the firm, she has represented [...]

By |2025-04-23T18:47:43+00:00April 23rd, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Emily Lagan

Member Spotlight: Emmanuela Saint-Jean

Emmanuela Saint-Jean is a law clerk at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She is a first-generation Haitian-American and proud attorney. After graduating from law school, she had the incredible opportunity to begin her career as a prosecutor in Miami. During that time, she honed invaluable skills, built lifelong friendships, and developed a deep passion [...]

By |2025-04-07T17:54:24+00:00March 26th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Emmanuela Saint-Jean

A Message to Our Members from the WBA Board of Directors

March 5, 2025 Dear Members, These are challenging times. In the last six weeks, we have witnessed numerous attacks on and other actions in opposition to the core values that the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) has stood for over its more than 100-year history. At the same time, we have [...]

By |2025-03-08T21:06:20+00:00March 7th, 2025|Blog, News|Comments Off on A Message to Our Members from the WBA Board of Directors

Member Spotlight: Jennifer Mika

Jennifer C. Mika is Counsel at Crowell & Moring. She joined the WBA in 2008 when she was a 1L! She’s been involved in many WBA committees, including mentoring, young lawyers, and membership. Jennifer is a first generation lawyer who came to DC after undergrad and has made it her adult home. After 12 years [...]

By |2025-02-05T20:01:46+00:00February 19th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Jennifer Mika

Member Spotlight: Adaoma (Ada) Okafor

WBA celebrates Black History Month by celebrating the Black members of our community.  Adaoma (Ada) Okafor is a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Anna Blackburne- Rigsby at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Ada was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and moved to the United States at 12, settling in Hampton, VA. [...]

By |2025-02-25T18:34:49+00:00February 5th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Adaoma (Ada) Okafor
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