WBA celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the Latinx members of our community. "Dedicating this time each year to highlight the immense value we bring to the world is not only important but also serves as a powerful reminder that we are embraced and welcomed, no matter where we choose to sit at the table." [...]
By Daniela de la Piedra First published in American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, The Woman Advocate on August 30, 2022. For 13 years, I worked as an attorney representing low-income seniors in Washington, D.C. When I started practicing law, I was single, had no kids, and was ready to dive into this new legal [...]
WBA celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the Latinx members of our community. "Witnessing the unequal treatment that migrants and women faced in many contexts, particularly in Mexico and the United States. I also saw becoming a lawyer as an opportunity to find my own voice, and to advocate for myself and for my community." [...]
Michelle Webster is Counsel at Mayer Brown LLP. She was born and raised in a town of 2,800 people in eastern Washington state. Her father was a small town lawyer and her mother was a social worker. She followed in her father’s footsteps and her brother followed in her mom’s. Michelle loves to travel and [...]
The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis in which the Court permits a business, though open to the public, to turn away a class of customers it would rather not serve. Now, for the first time in U.S. history, the [...]
The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBADC) is extremely disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al.[1] cases, overturning nearly 50 years of precedent allowing colleges [...]
WBA celebrates Pride Month by celebrating the LGBTQ+ members of our community. The Honorable Deborah Israel is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Judge Israel was WBA president in the 2001-2002 bar year, and WBA Foundation president from 1996-1998. Judge Israel served in private practice for nearly 30 years [...]
WBA celebrates Pride Month by celebrating the LGBTQ+ members of our community. Ava Benach is a founding partner of Benach Collopy LLP. Ava has practiced law for close to 25 years. She told us: “I know I look much too young- and have done nothing but immigration. I love people and getting to know about [...]
By Anne E. Collier and Sameena Safdar Kluck First published in Law Journal Newsletters on October 1, 2022. Law firms, along with many others, seem to have transitioned from the challenges associated with the Great Resignation to wondering whether they overhired. Some lawyers will be the victims of a layoff. Victims? And that’s the problem. [...]
Kandis Gibson, WBA President (2023-2024), is an Associate at Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP. After spending over a decade at a small (~7 attorney) law firm, she recently moved to the large firm sector. Kandis focuses her practice on Section 337 proceedings at the US International Trade Commission. She has participated in over 45 Section 337 [...]
