WWBA October 2022 Newsletter

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Chapter News and Announcements Announcements & Notes on Members ❑ Abrams Fensterman, LLP is pleased to announce that Amanda K. Rieben has joined their firm as an Associate in the Family/Matrimonial division. Through her legal work in the non-profit and private sectors, Amanda has concentrated her practice in all facets of family/matrimonial law. Prior to joining the firm, Amanda served as Director of the Pace Women’s Justice Center’s Walk-In Legal Clinic. She helped develop and launch the Clinic, which provides pro bono legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse, primarily in the areas of family and matrimonial law. Amanda is also a former associate of one of the largest family law firms in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Earlier on in her career, she worked as a Staff Attorney at Legal Services of the Amanda Rieben Photo by Alex Towle Photography Hudson Valley in the organization’s domestic violence unit. Additionally, she was a Staff Attorney at the Center for Family Representation, Inc., where she represented parents in child protective proceedings in New York County Family Court. Amanda brings to the firm a compassionate and deep understanding of the difficulties that the court process can pose. She recognizes the impact that a court order can have on a litigant’s emotional state and wellbeing, and on the litigant’s family. Amanda is empathetic toward each of her client’s needs and dedicated to providing each client with high-quality legal services and counsel. Amanda currently serves as a co-chair of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association Families, Children and the Courts Committee and the Annual Dinner Committee, and she is the Westchester Women’s Bar Association representative of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) 2023 Convention Committee. She is also the President Elect of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association. In her legal profession, she carries with her an acute appreciation and understanding of the importance of family as she is a proud and devoted mother to her three young daughters. Become a New Member Today RENEW YOUR WWBA MEMBERSHIP TODAY FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1, 2022 TO MAY 31, 2023. RENEW NOW! DON’T WAIT! WWBA Membership includes membership to the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY). January 31, 2023 is the closing date in order to count the WWBA members towards our certification to WBASNY and assure our number of delegates. Renewing before this date will allow our Westchester Chapter (WWBA) to continue to be a strong presence in our statewide organization (WBASNY) while you will enjoy its many benefits, events, newsletter and CLE programming. ❑ In her newest collection of adult short stories, “Disappearing From View,” prolific author and Westchester Women’s Bar Association Archive & Historian Chair, Susan L. . Pollet ollet, explores the following: “No matter when you live your life, you will experience, amidst ephemeral periods of joy and harmony, that the world is constantly changing, and what you once thought was solid and stable, disappeared from view, sometimes for the better, and other times not. This collection of short stories describes that phenomenon in different contexts, whether it is in the form of a person who purposely continued on page 9 ➥ Hélène Côté, Sherry A. Bishko, Elisabeth Campos It is easy to renew by going to the WWBA Website at www.WWBANY.org. You can use a credit card or PayPal to make payment. Page 8 Westchester Women’s Bar Association News
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