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WBA PAST PRESIDENTShe Women’s Bar Association owes its existence, in large part, to the women who have dedicated their time and energy to serve asPresident over the last four decades. heir talent, creativity, and vision have made the WBA a powerful resource and advocate for womenlawyers and for equality.With much appreciation, we salute:Ellen C. Kearns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-1998Honorable Wendie GershengornPresident Pro Tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-1979Beth I.Z. Boland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-1999Elaine Epstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-1980Honorable Antoinette E.M. Leoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-2000Maureen M. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980-1981Lisa Brodeur-McGan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-2001Terry Jean Seligmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981-1982Leigh-Ann Durant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-2002Melinda Milberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-1983Gretchen Van Ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-2003Sarah Wald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-1984Patricia Rapinchuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-2004Mary K. Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984-1985Marianne C. LeBlanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-2005Sandra Shapiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-1986Pamela E. Berman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-2006Martha Coakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-1988Kathleen O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-2007S. Beville May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988-1989Julia Huston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-2008Karen J. Kepler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-1990Kathy Jo Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-2009Honorable Judith Nelson Dilday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990-1991Michelle R. Peirce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-2010Honorable Patricia E. Bernstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-1992Deborah DosSantos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-2011Jamie Ann Sabino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-1993Nancy M. Cremins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011-2012Jane Tewksbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-1994Andrea Kramer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-2013Sally J. Greenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-1995Lurleen Gannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013-2014Jane E. Sender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-1996Kara DelTufo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014-2015Sarah McClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-1997Kimberly Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015-20166

WBA LIFETIME PATRON & LIFETIME MEMBERSLIFETIME PATRONMindee WassermanMindee Wasserman JD CFPWBA Lifetime Patron Mindee Wasserman promotesinancial independence and education of women.Her practice includes general inancial planning andportfolio management using mutual funds and stockselection focusing on three major industries: inancialservices, healthcare, and media-telecom-technologyinternet.In addition to general business law, Mindee isinterested in civil rights law. She is active in her temple.She is an avid arts fan, especially photography, dance,movies and theater. Mindee is a board member/Treasurer of the NY Hilton Club.Mindee has a J.D. from Benjamin N. CardozoSchool of Law. She has also earned an M.B.A. from theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business, whereshe was coordinator of the Alumni Financial ServicesRoundtable. Mindee is a Certiied Financial Planner anda member of the Financial Planning Association.LIFETIME MEMBERStefanie A. BalandisAssociate Director Northeast Legal AidStefanie Balandis is the Associate Director of NortheastLegal Aid, a civil legal aid program serving the low-incomecommunities of Lowell, Lawrence and Lynn. Her career hasfocused on legal services for the poor. For over two decades,she was a housing litigator for Greater Boston Legal Services.Stefanie is a graduate of Wellesley College (’88), where shemajored in Women’s Studies, and of Harvard Law School(’93), where she served as President of the Harvard Legal AidBureau. She is a long-time supporter of the WBA. She hasserved on the WBA’s Board of Directors since 2007, and is apast Vice President for Operations. She currently co-chairs theWBA’s Awards, Appointments and Endorsements Committee,which works to promote women’s candidacy for the judiciary.She is also a member of the WBA’s Rosa Parks Committee.LIFETIME MEMBERMary S. BlockVice President & Senior Counsel Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyLIFETIME MEMBERWindy Rosebush CatinoDeputy General Counsel Randstad Professionals.Before beginning her legal practice, Windy served asa law clerk in the United States Attorney’s oice and to theJustices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, where shewas mentored and inspired by strong female role models.In private practice and now as in-house counsel, Windy hasdefended employers since 1998 against employment claimsbrought before human rights agencies, as well as in the stateand federal court. She has also prosecuted and defendedcases involving complex business disputes and tried a varietyof bench and jury trials throughout her career.In 2008, she became a Lifetime Member of the Women’s7Bar Association and joined the WBA’s Appointments,Awards & Endorsements Committee. From 2008-2012, shewas actively involved in the nomination process for the LeliaJ. Robinson Award. She also served as the moderator for theWBA’s program Planting the Seeds to Success: What every newlawyer should know in order to obtain a fulilling career, andwas an active participant in the WBA’s initiative to supportqualiied female lawyers seeking appointment to the bench.In the spirit of the WBA, Windy has passed on thementoring tradition by continuing to mentor more juniorlawyers.

LIFETIME MEMBERElaine M. EpsteinPartner Todd & Weld LLPElaine practiced for almost 20 years in Brocktonbefore joining Todd & Weld LLP in 1994 to direct theirm’s domestic relations and probate litigation practiceswith Gary Owen Todd. Elaine has tried dozens of casesin the Probate & Family courts and resolved hundredsmore short of trial, ranging from substantial assetdivisions to contested parental rights and novel issuesinvolving the property rights of non-married cohabitantsand the rights of non-biological parents. She has litigatedcomplex jurisdictional issues and actions involvingnumerous cutting edge issues in the Probate & Family,Superior, Federal and Appellate Courts.Elaine was one of the founders and the irst presidentof the Women’s Bar Association and is a past presidentof the Massachusetts Bar Association. In 2015, she wasappointed to the Judicial Nominating Commissionby Governor Baker. She has been appointed by theSupreme Judicial Court to the Board of Bar Overseers,its Advisory Committee on the Rules of ProfessionalConduct and the Massachusetts IOLTA Committee. Shehas been a Trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundationand Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, as wellas a member of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Boardof Editors. She has been active on numerous bar-relatedcommittees and is a frequent lecturer and commentatoron domestic relations law and trial practice. She is a longtime supporter of the Women’s Bar Foundation and sitson the Emeritus Board.In 1999, Elaine received the Women’s BarAssociation’s Lelia J. Robinson Award in recognitionof outstanding accomplishments and contributions towomen in the legal profession. In 2013, Elaine was therecipient of a Lawyers Weekly Top Women of Law Awardand in 2015 was inducted into its Circle of Excellence.In 2015, Elaine received the President’s Award from theMassachusetts Bar Foundation. She has been repeatedlynamed in the Best Lawyers in America, a “Massachusettsand New England Super Lawyer” by Boston Magazine infamily law, and in Boston and New England “Top RatedLawyers” by the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal.LIFETIME MEMBERPoppi Georges-MasseyJulia HustonPartner Foley Hoag LLPJulia Huston is a partner in Foley Hoag LLP’sIntellectual Property Department. She is the Chairof the irm’s Trademark, Copyright and UnfairCompetition Practice Group and the Co-Chair ofthe irm’s Advertising and Marketing Practice Group.She is well-known for her high-proile victories intrademark, copyright and false advertising cases.Julia’s practice includes litigation, counseling andstrategy in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, tradesecrets, internet commerce, domain name piracy, falseadvertising, unfair competition, and patents. Julia hasobtained several multi-million dollar IP judgmentsand settlements, including a 20.7 million verdict ina false advertising case. In the context of corporatetransactions, Julia has led due diligence teams thathave investigated and evaluated intellectual propertyrights, and provided comprehensive advice concerningthe protection of intellectual property in licensing andassignment transactions.Julia served as President of the WBA from 20072008. During her ive years on the WBA board, Juliafocused on various initiatives to advance women in8the legal profession. A committed advocate for socialjustice and professional excellence in the law, Julia hasalso held leadership positions in several other civic,professional and charitable organizations. She is a pastpresident of the Boston Bar Association, a past presidentof the Greater Boston Legal Services, and past chairof the Equal Justice Coalition. She has also chairedcommittees for the International Trademark Associationand the Intellectual Property Owners Association.Julia has received many honors, including thehighest peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Invarious publications, she has been named as one of thetop 100 lawyers in New England and one of the top 50female lawyers in Massachusetts. She received the LeliaJosephine Robinson Award from Boston UniversitySchool of Law Women’s Law Association in 2008 forexemplary leadership in the community, was selectedby Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for a “Woman ofJustice” award in 2009, and received the Dow-GardinerLandrum Award from Greater Boston Legal Services foroutstanding commitment to legal services for the poorin 2011.

LIFETIME MEMBERTamsin R. KaplanDavis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C.Tamsin R. Kaplan is a shareholder at the Bostonlaw irm of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. Shepractices in the business law, employment, andlitigation areas. Tamsin has extensive experiencerepresenting businesses, executives and other high-levelprofessionals on a full range of employment-relatedissues, including recruitment, hiring, discrimination,negotiation of employment agreements, breach ofcontract, non-competes, discipline, termination, andreduction in force. Tamsin regularly litigates businessand employment cases in federal and state courtsand agencies. She frequently conducts workplaceinvestigations and trainings on diversity, harassment,and other topics, as well as writes and lectures in thecomplex ield of employment law. She also providesalternative dispute resolution services to partiesinvolved in business and employment disputes andother civil litigation matters. Tamsin works with clientsin a wide variety of industries, including education,health care, manufacturing, technology, and serviceindustries.Tamsin is a former board member of the Women’sBar Association. She serves on the ExpeditedCommercial Panel of the American ArbitrationAssociation and on the Labor and EmploymentCurriculum Advisory Committee for MassachusettsContinuing Legal Education. Tamsin also serves onthe board of Community Rowing, Inc., and she is amember of he Boston Club and Womenade Boston.She is recognized in he Best Lawyers in America,by Chambers USA as a Recognized Practitioner, andby Massachusetts Super Lawyers as one of the Top50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts. Tamsin alsogarnered the title “Funniest Lawyer in Massachusetts2014” for her stand-up comedy at the Women’s BarFoundation Comedy Night. She earned a J.D. (cumlaude) from Boston College Law School and a B.A.(magna cum laude) from Tuts University.LIFETIME MEMBERMichelle KeithAttorney at LawIn 2015, Michelle Keith was appointed as aCommissioner on Bristol County’s MassachusettsCommission on the Status of Women. Ms. Keithserved as WBA Regional Director for New Bedford/Fall River, 2011-2015. During her irst term, shehelped organize the monthly “View from the Bench”series for the WBA at UMass Law broadcastingthe series on Dartmouth Community Television.In March 2014, she graduated from University ofLondon (UOL) earning her Master of Laws (LL.M.)degree with a specialization in public internationallaw focusing, in particular, on women’s rights. From2010-2011, she served as a law fellow to the Justicesof the Massachusetts Superior Court assisting the9Justices in all phases of civil and criminal litigation.As a law fellow, she worked extensively with theJustices on trials, hearings and motion sessions,and prepared drat decisions, legal memoranda andproposed jury instructions.Ms. Keith also earned a Master of BusinessAdministration (MBA) with specialization in inancefrom University of Massachusetts Boston. Prior tolaw school, Michelle has worked at the MassachusettsBay Transportation Authority ensuring EEO/AAcompliance with federal and state civil rights laws,Title VI, VII, 151b, and ADA. Born in Boston, Ms.Keith currently resides in Dartmouth, Massachusettswith her husband and two sons.

LIFETIME MEMBERMichelle MenkenSolo Practitioner The Law Oice of Michelle MenkenMichelle Menken is an appellate practitionerconcentrating on criminal cases in the Massachusettsand First Circuit courts of appeal. She serves on boththe CPCS post-conviction panel for indigent appellantsin state court, and the First Circuit’s CJA appellatepanel for indigent appellants in federal court. She isalso available to other attorneys to consult on issuepreservation at the trial level, and for research andwriting assignments involving complex or novel issues.Prior to opening her own oice in January 2016,Attorney Menken was a partner at Rankin & Sultan, acriminal litigation and appellate law irm. She appearedregularly in state trial courts, in state and federalappellate courts, and before various administrativeagencies and disciplinary bodies as well.Attorney Menken joined Rankin & Sultan atergraduating from Northeastern University School ofLaw in 1999. While in law school, Michelle’s internshipemployers included the Lawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law, the CPCS Youth Advocacy Project,and the law irm of Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg and Garin.Attorney Menken is a member of the MassachusettsBar, the U.S. District Court Bar, and the Bar of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She sitson the Criminal Justice Act Board of the U.S. DistrictCourt. She belongs to the Massachusetts Association ofCriminal Defense Lawyers and is a lifetime member ofthe Women’s Bar Association.LIFETIME MEMBERStephanie Perini-HegartyPresident and Managing Attorney Perini-Hegarty & Associates, P.C.For over 18 years, Ms. Perini-Hegarty has counseleda wide spectrum of multi-national companies basedboth in and outside the United States. She hasexperience assisting clients in every context in whichan international or domestic business law issue mayarise and has successfully negotiated a wide variety ofcomplex transactions in these areas.In addition to her focus on international businesslaw, Ms. Perini-Hegarty has grown the residentialand commercial real estate practice of the irm by10providing representation for buyers and sellers as well aspartnering with key banks to provide real estate closingservices.Ms. Perini-Hegarty is licensed to practicein Massachusetts and before the U.S. Court ofInternational Trade as well as the U.S. Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit. She is a Certiied GlobalBusiness Professional (CGBP), an accreditation givenby NASBITE International and is a licensed real estatebroker in Massachusetts.

LIFETIME MEMBERRebecca G. PontikesPontikes Law LLCRebecca G. Pontikes, the principal owner ofPontikes Law LLC, has been a passionate advocate forthe rights of employees, particularly women, since1997.Rebecca focuses her work on gender relatedissues, particularly sex and pregnancy discrimination,accommodation for pregnant women, and familyresponsibilities (caregiver) discrimination.Since becoming a lawyer in 1997, she has dedicatedmost of her bar association involvement to the WBA,becoming a Lifetime Member in 2012. Rebeccacurrently serves on the WBA’s Board of Directors andco-chaired the Solo and Small Firm Committee for adecade. Under her leadership, the Solo and Small irmCommittee received the 2011 Outstanding MemberProgram Award from the National Conference ofWomen’s Bar Associations for its Fee Circles program.She is also active with the WBA’s Legislative PolicyCommittee. She was a member of the Legislative PolicyCommittee’s Pay Equity Task Force and currently servesas one of the WBA’s liaisons to the Massachusetts EqualPay Coalition, an association of advocacy groups thatlobbied for the passage of the Equal Pay Law.Rebecca is also an active member of theMassachusetts Chapter of National EmploymentLawyers Association (MELA). A graduate of theUniversity of Michigan Law School and TutsUniversity, Rebecca has repeatedly been selected by herpeers as a “Superlawyer” and was named a Top Womanof Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2012,and was named one of the top 50 women lawyers bySuperLawyers in 2015.The Women’s Bar Foundation would like to invite you to a training forThe Family Law ProjectProviding pro bono legal assistance to low-income survivors of domestic violence“What matters most is thatyou will give your client a gift- not just of your time orresources. The gift you giveyour client is the ability tostart sentences with, ‘Mylawyer.’”Amy C. Egloff, Esq.Egloff & Wood, LLPWednesday, April 12, 20179 a.m. to 5 p.m.Morgan Lewis1 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110Lunch and a practice manual will be provided.Space is limited and registration is required.Please register at wbawbf.org/events-calendar.For more information, contact Kristy Nardone at knardone@womensbar.org.11

WBA FIRM MEMBERSHIPhe WBA Firm Membership Program is ideal for law irmsand other legal employers interested in making a strong commitment to advancing women in the legal profession. hisprogram provides a way for organizations to enroll all Massachusetts-based women attorneys as WBA members at a discounted membership rate. Firm members are recognized regularlyin WBA advertising materials, through special articles in ourpublications, and on the WBA website. Each woman who is partof a irm membership receives an enhanced listing in our onliner

Prior to her career in government, Rep. Haddad was a health and physical education teacher in her native town of Somerset where she also served on the Recreation Commission and chaired the Somerset School Committee. She is a member of the South Coast Development Partnership St