Florida Association for Women Lawyers at Stetson

Today noon, Lisa Gorab the President of New Jersey’s 11th biggest law firm, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, will talk about being the first woman to hold this position in the firms history and the experiences had and challenges she’s faced when rising to President.

Her Bio:
Lisa A. Gorab is President and Managing Director of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., leading all aspects of the firm’s practice and operations.

As Chair of Wilentz’ prominent public finance team, Ms. Gorab represents dozens of government agencies and authorities, municipalities, counties, improvement authorities and school districts throughout New Jersey, advising them as bond counsel in all aspects of their capital financing and related governmental requirements. Her clients rely on her ability to structure and implement a full range of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions for the issuance of: municipal debt obligations, including general obligation notes and bonds; school bonds and lease transactions; revenue bonds for publicly owned utilities and other facilities, including water, sewer, solid waste disposal, resources recovery, pollution control and parking facilities; economic development bonds; health and university facility bonds and other 501(c)(3) corporation bonds and renewable energy financings and related requirements.

Ms. Gorab has played a key role in financings that have funded a variety of development and redevelopment improvement projects throughout the State of New Jersey. In particular, Ms. Gorab has extensive experience in the following areas: Redevelopment Finance, School and Construction Finance and Energy Improvement Finance.

Meeting details:
Time: Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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A reminder that tonight at 6, we will be having our virtual Professional Development Workshop. The workshop will consists of 7 speakers who you will hear from in 10 minute increments before hearing from the next speaker.

The line-up:
Alicia Jackson – Bar prep advice
Cathy Martin – LinkedIn tips for employment
Joann Grages-Burnett/Morgan Dain – How to write a resume and cover letter
Elisabeth Hutchinson – How to be virtually professional
Judi O’Kelley – From the National LGBTQ Bar Association to talk about Lavender Law
Onchantho Am – From Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association
Meghan Irmler/Trisha Cram – From Southeastern Women in Financial Services to talk about JD advantage careers and after law school opportunities

Meeting Details:
Time: Mar 25, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Allison Miller, Public Defender in Florida’s 16th Judicial Circuit, will be talking about the bill she is lobbying in Florida that would define what qualifies as a serious mental illness and would ban those with a serious mental illness from being given the death penalty.

Here is the link to the bill:
Senate Bill 1156 (2021) - The Florida Senate (flsenate.gov)

We also suggest checking out this article beforehand! https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/01/26/assistant-public-defender-wants-florida-to-ban-executions-of-mentally-ill-people?fbclid=IwAR0XnsK_ZZqXlcqKPuoiTBcIsf4u8za-EMBWzpLrFOO46Oubmt5MeU-Usxo

Meeting Details:
Time: Mar 24, 2021 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow, March 24th at 6:00pm, Allison Miller, Public Defender in Florida’s 16th Judicial Circuit, will be talking about the bill she is lobbying in Florida that would define what qualifies as a serious mental illness and would ban those with a serious mental illness from being given the death penalty. Meeting details below!

Allison’s Bio:
Allison Ferber Miller is the Chief of Staff for Pasco County for the Office of the Public Defender for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, managing both offices, attorneys and staff, in New Port Richey and Dade City. She is also the Capital Case Coordinator for the office, and in that capacity, supervises the office’s representation of all defendants charged with Capital First Degree Murder in Pinellas and Pasco counties. Allison also handles her own caseload consisting entirely of the representation of defendants indicted for Capital First Degree Murder, most of whom are facing the possibility of capital punishment upon conviction. She is part of the faculty of the National College of Capital Voir Dire, teaching capital jury selection nationwide using the “Colorado Method.” Allison is board certified in criminal trial law by the Florida Bar.
Allison received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law. She has worked as an assistant public defender at the Office of the Public Defender for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida since 2008. She worked at the Office of the Public Defender in Leon County prior to relocating to the Tampa Bay area.
She is also mom to 5-year-old Annie, and wife to Chris.

Here is the link to the bill:
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1156

We also suggest checking out this article beforehand! https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/01/26/assistant-public-defender-wants-florida-to-ban-executions-of-mentally-ill-people?fbclid=IwAR0XnsK_ZZqXlcqKPuoiTBcIsf4u8za-EMBWzpLrFOO46Oubmt5MeU-Usxo

Meeting Details:
Time: Mar 24, 2021 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Senate Bill 1156 (2021) - The Florida Senate Serious Mental Illness as Bar to Ex*****on; Prohibiting the imposing of a sentence of death upon a defendant convicted of a capital felony if the defendant had a serious mental illness at the time of committing the offense; requiring a defendant to provide a certain notice if he or she intends to ra...

There is one open spot left for Headshots on Friday the 26th!

Sign-up here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ESbnCbqD26YbKTeBEHYfNqXQUFkeaNo7RxO7jdOICWU/edit

The Women in Leadership Panel is going on NOW! Join us!!

Amy Rigdon: https://www.lw.com/people/amy-rigdon
Lynn Sherman: https://www.trenam.com/people-list/lynn-welter-sherman/
Valeria Obi: https://www.mygeba.com/valeria-obi-esq
Danielle Weaver-Rogers: https://minnisbar.com/officers/

Meeting Details:
Time: Mar 22, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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On Monday, March 22nd and Tuesday, March 23rd, women leaders in the community will be offering mentoring sessions for students! The sessions will be approximately an hour long and the women will offer guidance, advice and support based around their experiences and careers. You can sign-up for the mentoring sessions through the google docs below and their biographies are included. Only ten students will be able to sign-up per mentor. This is a great opportunity to get advice and conversate with a professional in the area!

Note: All Zoom links are on the Google doc!
Debra Cook - 11:00 am on Monday
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kPyPvw0H0prdRUQs2HGgL35YGu0ucws4VIiDBebmOSs/edit?usp=sharing

Ashley Kirimdar - 3:00 pm on Tuesday
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECsPbp_NBIpXm2ur7SQo0Xz0kTg1Flg6WcXquoAeBZQ/edit?usp=sharing

Susana Gonzales - 1:00 pm on Monday
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GUs3HP_6RerWSHbSgeX5tB3VCr_EsiJ5FmWs_naN9eM/edit?usp=sharing

Danielle Weaver-Rogers - 4:30 pm on Monday
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tmx2gNBTN_1QrDoUL3NQujhZRUkbUbtDncAHnBqaWPo/edit?usp=sharing

Lynn Sherman - 5:00pm on Monday
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Os8U-SA1rml_Q0R4f88FC27FQEdMXvuI9ypAvuv3Yow/edit?usp=sharing

Fran Haasch
Fran will not have a mentoring session, but you are free to email her at any time for a mentoring like meeting! Her bio and email are in the Google doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XqfDKRCb_AsPqrjgLad328eMegQyGIW_FHH5nxuxa6c/edit

Lynn Sherman - 5:00pm Lynn Sherman 5:00-6:00pm Lynn Welter Sherman represents businesses, financial institutions, trustees, creditors, landlords, debtors, committees and other parties in Bankruptcy, Creditor’s Rights, and Reorganization matters at Trenman Law. Lynn navigates these clients through all aspects of Chap...

Hello Everyone!

Just a reminder as we come closer to Women's Week (March 21-26), to join as a member on Engage so you receive all the emails about individual events! We will keep Facebook updated by creating events and posting updates, but to get more detailed information and sign up links, you will want to receive Engage emails.

Have a wonderful week!

On March 21st at 1:00pm, FAWLS will be hosting a golf tournament/networking event. There are 30 slots, 8 groups of 3 or 4 people. Group 1 will tee off at 1:00, Group 2 at 1:10, Group 3 at 1:20, and so on. The hope is to get an attorney in every group, so students will have a chance to network in that small group along the course! If you know any attorneys that may be interested in joining, please forward this along. There is no charge for students, only a $20 admission for men outside of Stetson. Masks and 6 feet social distancing required throughout the event. If you plan to car share, please wear a mask on the way! We plan to make this event as safe as possible for everyone and this is a great opportunity to let students get back into the swing of networking.

Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AA5A628A1F49-fawls

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