WWBA March 2023 Newsletter - M

Westchester Women’s Bar Association 

MARCH 2023 

Jill Oziemblewski 

O 

n January 26, 2023, WWBA member and cochair 

of the Criminal Law and Programs Committees, 

Amy S. Puerto, was sworn in as a Justice 

of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, before 

her family, professional colleagues, elected officials and 

community leaders, and other district and appellate court 

judges. Honorable Anne E. Minihan, Administrative Judge 

of the Ninth Judicial District, presided over the ceremony 

in the Westchester County Courthouse, at which there 

were five inductees who were elected in November 2022. 

Also inducted as Justices of the Supreme Court were Honorable 

Keri A. Fiore, Honorable Elena Goldberg 

Velazquez, and Honorable David J. Squirrell. Honorable 

WWBA 

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WWBA MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 

Amy S. Puerto Inducted as Justice of the 

Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District 

Maurice Dean Williams was inducted as Judge of the Westchester County Court. 

The induction ceremony opened with the Presentation of Colors performed by the 

New York State Courts Pipes and Drums, the Pledge of Allegiance led by the inductees’ 

children, and the National Anthem sung by Judge Puerto’s daughter, Alexandra. 

By artful analogy, Judge Minihan welcomed the new laborers to the vineyard in the 

Ninth and recognized the special occasion as the one time when the judiciary and 

political worlds would operate and occupy the same space together. Judge Minihan 

continued on page 4 ➥ 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 


Ethics Update: Ethical 

Decisions as Fiduciaries 

(page 4) 

WWBA Present at Pace 

University Wellbeing Fair 

(page 5) 

An Interview with 

Elizabeth Gazay 

(page 7) 

Upcoming Events 

(Page 10) 

Hon. Audrey E. Stone and 

Hon. Amy S. Puerto 

SAVE THE DATE 

WESTCHESTER 

WOMEN’S BAR 

BOOK CLUB 

March 13, 2023 

SPRING NETWORKING 

AND TRIVIA TO BENEFIT 

GRASSLANDS SHELTER 

March 15, 2023 

WIPD FIRST FRIDAY 

MEETING 

April 1, 2023 

WESTCHESTER 

WOMEN’S BAR BOARD 

OF DIRECTORS MEETING 

April 12, 2023 

Westchester Women’s Bar Association News 

PRESIDENT’S 

MESSAGE 

I am thrilled to 

report that the 

Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association 

not only 

achieved but also 

exceeded its membership 

goal of 

reaching 400 

Elizabeth Z. 

Marcus 

members who 

joined or renewed their membership 

between October 1, 2022 and 

January 31, 2023. Thanks to 

everyone’s efforts, we successfully 

maintained our voting status and 

number of delegates as the second 

largest chapter of the Women’s Bar 

Association of the State of New York 

(WBASNY), the largest statewide 

women’s bar association in the 

country. A special thank you to our 

wonderful Membership Committee 

co-chairs, Sherry Bishko and Joanna 

Tulman, who led us in reaching our 

goal. Your hard work and dedication 

is recognized and greatly appreciated! 

Not only have we increased our 

membership numbers, but also we 

continue to expand our presence in 

the legal community. February 

brought several programs in which 

we collaborated with other affinity 

bar associations. On February 7, 

2023, the Westchester Women’ Bar 

Association’s Real Property Committee 

presented a CLE in collaboration 

with the Westchester County Bar 

Association titled, “The Emerging Lecontinued 

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WWBA Member Newsletter 


Published Monthly by the 

Westchester Women’s 

Bar Association, a Chapter of 

the Women’s Bar Association 

of the State of New York 

~ 2022/2023 Officers and Directors ~ 

President ELIZABETH Z. MARCUS 

President-Elect AMANDA K. RIEBEN 

Vice Presidents 

SHERRY A. BISHKO NATANYA L. BRIENDEL JULIE P. PASSMAN 

Treasurer 

DEBORAH FARBER-KAISER Recording Secretary CHRISTINE PASKA 

Corresponding Secretary JILL OZIEMBLEWSKI 

Immediate Past ast President 

AMANDA C. FRIED 

Elected Directors Westchester Board 

ELIZABETH BARNHARD KIM BERG ROBIN D. CARTON 

SHARI R. GORDON SUSAN MILLS RICHMOND 

State Directors Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York 

ELIZABETH CUMMING ANDREA B. FRIEDMAN ANGELA MORCONE GIANNINI 

JENNIFER L. GRAY JACQUELINE HATTAR ANN M. McNULTY 

HON. LISA MARGARET SMITH WENDY MARIE WEATHERS 

Executive Director ELISABETH CAMPOS 

© Copyright 2023 Westchester Women’s Bar Association. All rights reserved. 

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) only and do not reflect the official position of the Association. 

Editor-in-Chief: Jill Oziemblewski • Designed and Printed by IPM Media Group, Inc. (516) 809-0501 

2022-2023 WWBA Committee Chairs 

S T A N D I N G C O M M I T T E E S 

By-Laws ........................................................................................ Kim Berg 

Corporate & Commercial ........................... Lisa M. Bluestein, Virginia Trunkes 

Criminal Law ............................................... Stephanie Baehr, Elizabeth Gazay, 

Amy Puerto 

Families, Children & the Courts ....................... Joy S. Joseph, Alyson Kuritzky, 

Amanda Rieben, Wanda Steinmann 

Grievance/Ethics ....................................... Norma Lopez, Deborah A. Scalise 

Judicial Screening ............................. Theresa Girolamo, Kimberly C. Sheehan 

Judiciary .......................................................................... Hon. Jodi Kimmel 

Lawyering & Parenting ............................................................... Jennifer Gray 

Legislation ...................................... Angela Morcone Giannini, Rebecka Levitt 

Annual Dinner ..................................... Natanya L. Briendel, Amanda C. Fried, 

Jennifer L. Gray, Elizabeth Z. Marcus, Amanda R. Rieben 

Annual Dinner Journal .......... Sherry Bishko, Andrea B. Friedman, Diona Piazza 

Appellate Practice .... Heather Gushue, Hon. Sondra M. Miller, Jill Oziemblewski 

Archive & Historian ................................................................. Susan L. Pollet 

Awards ......................................... Elizabeth Barnhard, Deborah Farber-Kaiser 

Bankruptcy ............................... Susan Mills Richmond, Wendy Marie Weathers 

Book Club ............................................................................. Lisa M. Denig 

Breast Cancer Awareness ............. Hon. Sandra A. Forster, Adrienne J. Orbach 

Collaborative Law ......... Kathleen Donelli, Lynn J. Maier, Hon. Sondra M. Miller 

Community Outreach ....... Hon. Judith C. McCarthy, Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith, 

Deborah A. Scalise 

Construction Law ...................................................................... Diona Piazza 

Continuing Legal Education .................................................. Ann M. McNulty 

Cyber Law .......................................................................... Judith Bachman 

Diversity and Inclusion .......................... Jacqueline Hattar, Stephanie Melowsky 

Domestic Violence ........................ Marian Genio, Beth Levy, Stacey Neumann 

Education ..................... Alison Morris, Julie P. Passman, Susan Mills Richmond 

Elder, Health Law & Reproductive Rights .... Elizabeth A. Cumming, Moira Laidlaw 

Employment Law ........................................................... Kim Berg, Sara Kula 

Environmental & Land Use ........................... Lucia Chiocchio, Jennifer L. Gray 

Gender Dynamics ........................................................... Natanya L. Briendel 

Holiday Party and Boutique .................... Natanya L. Briendel, Michelle A. Calvi 

Immigration ............................... Elizabeth Mastropolo, Karin Anderson Ponzer 

Insurance ..................................................................... Nicoleta Pennacchia 

Intellectual Property ................................. Elizabeth M. Barnhard, Annmary Ittan 

Judgment Enforcement & Collections ..................................... Michelle Tarson 

Litigation ...... Angela Morcone Giannini, Jacqueline Hattar, Rebecca McCloskey 

Long Range Planning ...................................... Lisa M. Denig, Linda Markowitz 

Mediation ..................... Lisa M. Denig, Hon. Sondra M. Miller, Abby Rosmarin 

Mentorship ...................................... Kim Berg, Sherry Bishko, Christine Paska 

Past Presidents ...... Angela Giannini, Deborah Scalise, Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith 

A D H O C C O M M I T T E E S 

Matrimonial ................... Robin D. Carton, Andrea Friedman, Jennifer Jackman 

Membership .................................................... Sherry Bishko, Joanna Tulman 

Networking .................................... Jennifer Netrosio Johnson, Jessica Piperis 

New Lawyers .................................................... Rebecka Levitt, Elisa Mahover 

Professional Development .................................. Juliet Gobler, Sakeena Naqvi 

Programs .................................................... Natanya L. Briendel, Amy Puerto 

Public Relations ....................................................................... Lisa M. Denig 

Real Property ......................................... JoAnne Romano, Robbin E. Sweeney 

Sponsorship ......................................................................................... TBD 

Taxation ...................................................................... Patricia Rusch Bellucci 

Trusts & Estates ............................................. Lonya A. Gilbert, Karen J. Walsh 

Practice Management ................................................. Wendy Marie Weathers 

Pro Bono ..................................................... Marian Genio, Natalie Sobchak 

Social Media ........................................................................................ TBD 

Technology/Website ............................................................................. TBD 

Wellness ... Jennifer Netrosio Johnson, Jill Oziemblewski, Susan Mills Richmond 

Women in Leadership ........................................................................... TBD 

WWBA 

Representatives 

Network of Bar Leaders ....................... Robin D. Carton, Angela Morcone Giannini, Elizabeth Z. Marcus 

Pace Board of Visitors ................................................................................................ Lisa M. Denig 

WWBA Foundation President ............................................................................... Susan M. Corcoran 

WWBA Representative Director to the WCBA Board ....................................................... Jennifer L. Gray 

WBASNY Vice President ........................................................................................... Shari R. Gordon 

WBASNY Judiciary/Courts Committee ............................................................... Gail M. Boggio (Rep) 

WBASNY Nominations Committee .................................. Gail M. Boggio (Rep), Lisa M. Bluestein (Alt) 

WBASNY Awards Committee ................................................................................. Deborah A. Scalise 

WBASNY Chapters-Membership Committee .................................................................... Sherry Bishko 

WBASNY Family/Matrimonial Law Committee ......................................................... Jennifer Jackman 

WBASNY Fundraising Committee ........................................................................ Andrea B. Friedman 

WBASNY ERA/Women’s Civil Rights ................................................................ Susan Mills Richmond 

WBASNY Labor and Employment Law Committee ................................................ Kim Berg (Co-Chair) 

WBASNY Legislation Committee .................................................................................. Rebecka Levitt 

WBASNY LGBTQ+ Committee .................................................................................................. TBD 

WBASNY Domestic Violence Committee ......................... Susan Pollet (Co-Chair), Alayne Katz (Member) 

WBASNY Press and Public Relations Committee .......................... Angela Morcone Giannini (Co-Chair) 

WBASNY Long-Range Planning Committee ............................................................... Linda Markowitz 

WBASNY Diversity Committee ................................................................................ Jacqueline Hattar 

WBASNY CLE Liason Committee .............................................................................. Ann M. McNulty 

WBASNY JALBCA Committee .......................................................................... Hon. Sandra A. Forster 

WBASNY Convention Committee .......................................................................... Amanda R. Rieben 

WBASNY Equal Opportunity in the Profession Committee ..................................................... Kim Berg 

WBASNY Sex Trafficking Committee ........................................................................... Stephanie Baehr 

WBASNY Access to Justice Committee ........................................................................................ TBD 

WBASNY Collaborative Law Committee .................................................................. Kathleen Donnelli 

WBASNY Education/Title IX Committee ....................................................................... Julie Passman 

WBASNY Health Issues & Reproductive Rights Committee ....................... Mary Beth Morrissey (Co-Chair) 

WBASNY Intellectual Property Committee .............................................................. Elizabeth Barnhard 

WBASNY Women’s Judges Committee ......................................................... Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith 

WBASNY Criminal Law Committee ...................................................................... Elizabeth Z. Marcus 

9th Judicial District Representative ............................................. Amanda C. Fried, Elizabeth Z. Marcus 

WBASNY Social Action Committee .................................................. Lisa M. Bluestein, Bethany A. Solek 

WBASNY Business Development Committee ............................................................... Judith Bachman 

WBASNY Torts Committee .......................................................................... Angela Morcone Giannini 

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President’s Message 

from page 1 

“I am humbled and 

in awe of each one 

of you and your 

contributions to 

the success of this 

organization. You 

lift me up and I hope 

that we continue to 

lift each other up.” 

gal Cannabis Industry in New York: 

What Real Estate Practitioners Need to 

Know.” On February 8, 2023, our 

Grievance/ Ethics and Corporate and 

Commercial Law Committees presented 

an Ethics CLE co-sponsored by 

the Westchester County Bar Association, 

the White Plains Bar Association, 

the Yonkers Bar Association, the Hudson 

Valley Hispanic Bar Association, and 

the Westchester Black Bar Association. 

On February 27, 2023, the 


co-sponsored a Black History Month 

Event with the Westchester Black Bar Association, 

Black Law Students Association, 

White Plains-Greenburgh NAACP, 

and the NYS Judicial Institute. Additionally, 

on February 16, 2023, the 

WWBA’s Mentor, Matrimonial and 

Families, Children and the Courts Committees 

presented a CLE at the Elisabeth 

Haub School of Law at Pace University 

titled, “Family/ Matrimonial Law 

Overview: Diverse Perspectives From 

Current Practitioners.” 

With March now upon us, in celebration 

of Women’s History Month, I 

say thank you to our members for all 

that you have done and continue to 

do for the WWBA. I am humbled and 

in awe of each one of you and your 

contributions to the success of this organization. 

You lift me up and I hope 

that we continue to lift each other up. 

We are the WWBA! ◗ 

Editor’s Note 


“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will 

endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated 

refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after 

winter.” 

~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring 

Making Dates and Getting Published 

NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS 

❑ Deadline for newsletter submissions is the 10th of the month prior to publication (submissions 

received after the deadline are subject to the discretion of the editor). 

❑ Send submissions as email attachments to Jill Oziemblewski at jill_oziemblewski@yahoo.com. 

❑ Articles should be 1,000 words or fewer. Remove all pagination, headers, footers or other 

formatting, other than bold, underline or italics. Authors are encouraged to submit photographs 

for publication with their submissions and include a short biographical statement with 

their submissions. 

❑ Materials submitted allow the WWBA a limited copyright and full permission to reprint the 

material in any WWBA publication or on its website without additional consent. 

❑ Photographs must be high-resolution (150 dpi or more) and the subject and all persons in 

each photograph must be fully identified. 

PROGRAM SCHEDULING 

❑ First visit the WWBA website: www.wwbany.org and click on the calendar at the home page to 

view scheduled programs. Conflicts in scheduling will be assessed on a case by case basis, with 

priority for early submissions. 

❑ Contact Natanya Briendel at tanyabriendel@gmail.com or Amy Puerto at 

amy.puerto@yahoo.com to schedule a WWBA sponsored or co-sponsored program, including 

committee meetings, CLE programs, etc. 

❑ Once you have reserved the date with Executive Director, Elisabeth Campos, proceed with 

planning your program and creating your flyer. 

❑ Flyers must be approved by the Programs Committee. In advance of the 10th of the month, 

please send your flyer to the Program Committee Co-chairs for review and copy the Executive 

Director. Once approved, please send your final flyer to the Executive Director, Elisabeth Campos 

and the President for publication on the website calendar and the newsletter calendar. The 

final flyer will also be emailed to the membership. 

❑ We will also consider publicizing programs from outside organizations that may be of interest 

to our members. 

❑ Post-event: You may report on the success of your program and provide photographs of the 

speakers and participants that can be included in an upcoming newsletter. Send your submission 

to Natanya Briendel or Amy Puerto, following the guidelines above. 

Contacts 

Jill Oziemblewski, Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor-in-Chief: jill_oziemblewski@yahoo.com 

Natanya L. Briendel, Programs Committee Co-Chair: tanyabriendel@gmail.com 

Amy Puerto, Programs Committee Co-Chair: amy.puerto@yahoo.com 

Elizabeth Z. Marcus, President: president@wwbany.org 

Ann M. McNulty, CLE Chair: ann.m.mcnulty@morganstanley.com 

Elisabeth Campos, Executive Director: executivedirector@wwbany.org 

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WWBA ETHICS UPDATE 2023: 

Making Sound Ethical Decisions as Fiduciaries 


from page 1 

further remarked that, on that 

day, the inductees’ journeys 

would turn in a different direction 

from the politics that 

brought them there. Among the 

traits necessary to perform the 

unique role of a judge, which 

were emphasized by several 

speakers during the ceremony, 

and reflected in the inductees, 

were legal ability, courtroom experience, 

integrity, empathy, social 

justice and community commitment, 

judicial temperament, 

stamina, and the ability to be 

fair and just. 

Honorable Helen M. 

Blackwood, Westchester County 

Court Judge, for whom Judge 

Program Cosponsors and Speakers, from left to right: Alejandra R. Gil, Esq., President of the 

Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association; Elizabeth Z. Marcus, Esq., President of the Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association; Hon. Peter Kelly, Queens County Surrogate; Lisa M. Bluestein, Esq., 

Law Offices of Lisa M. Bluestein, LLC; Hon. Tim Lewis, President of Westchester Black Bar 

Association; Deborah A. Scalise, Esq., Scalise & Hamilton P.C.; Hon. Brandon Sall, Westchester 

County Surrogate; Lucia Chiocchio, Esq., President of the White Plains Bar Association, and 

Dolores Gebhardt, Esq., President of the Westchester County Bar Association.” 

On the evening of February 8, 2023, 

the WWBA Grievance/Ethics Committee 

and Corporate and Commercial Law Committees 

presented a CLE program, entitled 

Ethical Issues When Attorneys Are Fiduciaries, 

to a full conference room of about 

40 attendees. The program was cosponsored 

by the Westchester County Bar Association, 

the White Plains Bar Association, 

the Yonkers Bar Association, the 

Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association, 

and the Westchester Black Bar Association-presidents 

from most of those associations 

were in attendance. 

The speakers were the Honorable Peter 

Kelly, Queens County Surrogate, the 

Honorable Brandon Sall, Westchester 

County Surrogate, Lisa M. Bluestein, Esq., 

of the Law Offices of Lisa M. Bluestein, LLC, 

and Deborah A. Scalise, Esq., of Scalise 

& Hamilton P.C. 

The program was structured around 

a hypothetical fact pattern involving attorneys 

of the Wit Law Firm, whose acts of 

misconduct encompassed everything from 

misrepresentation in advertising, to delegating 

fiduciary obligations to non-attorneys, 

to accepting a settlement offer without 

their client’s consent and falsifying their 

client’s signature on the relevant documents, 

and, ultimately, to cashing the settlement 

checks without any estate proceedings 

after it turned out the client had passed 

away. 

The panelists addressed questions 

about the fact pattern in turn, giving them 

each a platform to identify the problematic 

issue, articulate and discuss the applicable 

rule, and provide references to case law 

and advisory opinions. 

The program concluded with a review 

of recent changes to the rules governing 

notary publics, whereby a new law, NY 

Executive Law Section 135-c, creates a new 


Amy. S. Puerto Inducted as Justice of the Supreme 

Court, Ninth Judicial District 

“Judge Puerto affirmed her dedication to service . . . citing 

a lyric by a favorite artist, ‘when you give, you begin to live’ 

(from You Might Die Trying, by Dave Matthews Band). 

She spoke about how this lyric supported the idea that 

giving of yourself in a way that makes society more 

whole, makes you more whole . . . ” 

Puerto served as Principal Law 

Clerk from 2016 to 2022, administered 

the oath of office and 

performed the robing in the presence 

of Judge Puerto’s daughters, 

husband, sister, and parents. 

Honorable Audrey E. 

Stone, now a Criminal Court 

Judge in Bronx County, spoke 

about supervising Judge Puerto 

in her role as the Deputy Chief 

of the Domestic Violence Bureau 

of the Westchester County District 

Attorney’s Office, where 

Judge Puerto worked from 2000 

to 2015. Judge Stone commented 

that Judge Puerto already 

had a reputation as a 

advocating to obtain justice for 

crime victims or supporting the 

work of the Adolescent Diversion 

Part, and Judge Stone remarked 

that this experience and 

care will provide a platform for 

success as a judge. 

Judge Puerto affirmed her 

dedication to service at the start 

of her remarks, citing a lyric by 


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WWBA Present at Pace University’s First Wellbeing Fair 


On the afternoon of February 

8, 2023, the Honorable 

Kim Berg, WWBA Past President 

and co-chair of the Mentor 

Committee, and Wellness 

Committee co-chairs Jennifer 

Netrosio Johnson and Jill 

Oziemblewski, represented the 

WWBA at the inaugural Pace 

University Wellbeing Fair. Pace 

held the Wellbeing Fair at all 

three of its campuses, including 

the Elisabeth Haub School 

of Law in White Plains. The 

event was conceived to mark 

the school’s adoption of the 

Okanagan Charter, which was 

created in June 2015 to provide 

institutions internationally 

with a common language, principles, 

and framework for promoting 

health and wellness on 

campuses. The Okanagan 

Charter has two calls to action: 

(1) to embed health into all aspects 

of campus culture, across 

the administration, operations, 

and academic mandates; and 

(2) to lead health promotion 

action and collaboration locally 

Investment Fiduciary Best 

Practices and New Regulations 

Joseph Soricelli, Senior Financial Consultant 

The SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) imposes a new 

standard, beyond existing suitability obligations, requiring brokerdealers 

and their agents to act in the best interest of the retail 

customer when recommending a securities transaction or investment 

strategy involving securities. They must also not place their 

financial or other interests ahead of the interests of the retail customers. 

There are four key components of Reg BI that you’ll need to 

act upon when providing investment recommendations or strategies 

to retail customers in brokerage: 

❑ Duty of care: Brokers must act in the best interest of the retail 

customer when making a recommendation in a brokerage account 

without placing your financial or other interests ahead of the 

customer. 

❑ Disclosure and Relationship Summary: 

~ Broker-dealers must deliver a new disclosure (in writing) 

that discloses services, fees, compensation, and conflicts. It’s usually 

referred to as the Brokerage Compensation and Conflicts 

Disclosure (BCCD). 

~ Only investment adviser representatives (IARs) can refer to 

themselves as “advisors” or “advisers” in their titles or DBA names. 

Brokerage-only representatives will no longer be able to use the 


and globally. The Charter can 

be found online at https:// 

open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/53926/items/ 

1.0132754. 

The Wellbeing Fair was 

highly anticipated and did not 

disappoint. During the two 

hours a steady stream of law 

students stopped at information 

tables in the Tudor Room, where 

the mood stayed celebratory 

with healthy pre- or post-class 

refreshments, swag giveaways, 

and music. The WWBA distributed 

stress balls, self-care 

intention setting and tracker 

forms, and information about 

our organization. At least 20 

students, if not more, said they 

were interested in joining the 

WWBA and having a mentor. 

Among other attendees hosted 

by Pace at this great community 

event were the New York 

City Bar Association Lawyer 

Assistance Program, the Pace 

Women’s Justice Center, and 

the law firm of Black Marjieh & 

Sanford LLP. ◗ 


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Making Sound Ethical 

Decisions as Fiduciaries 

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type of notary-an electronic 

notary public-and allows notarization 

without the principal 

(signer) being physically present 

before the notary. Notaries 

seeking to perform electronic 

notarial acts must first register 

with the New York Department 

of State, and comply with new 

rules. Notaries seeking to provide 

electronic notary services 

were able to start registering 

with the Department of State on 

February 1, 2023. 

The panelists offered remarks 

on the best practices for 

notaries in general-i.e., to learn 

the proper rules and requirements 

for notaries moving forward, 

to develop a procedure 

based on those rules, and to 

adhere to that procedure consistently. 

Jamie O’Connell 

Wealth Director 

Overall, the program emphasized 

the essentiality of 

knowing the rules and maintaining 

our wits in order to make 

sound ethical decisions. Program 

attendees earned two CLE 

credit hours in Ethics and Professionalism. 

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701 Westchester Avenue 

White Plains, NY 10604 

T 914 299 3050 F 955 498 2839 

jamie.o’connell@bnymellon.com 

www.bnymellonwealth.com 

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WWBA and WILS Volunteers 

Stock Local Pantry 

Lisa M. Denig 

WWBA and WILS members 

came together on a brisk, February 

evening to aid Hillside 

Food Outreach in filling their 

stockroom with donated food. 

Every few months, Hillside receives 

a huge shipment of donated 

food from Shop-Rite that 

must be stacked in the two 

storerooms of the Pantry’s new 

location in Mt. Kisco. However, 

the doorways to the storerooms 

are not wide enough for 

the pallets of food to fit through. 

Enter, sixteen Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association and 

Pace Women in Law Society 

volunteers who unloaded all the 

food from the pallets, which 

were temporarily left in a long 

hallway, onto Uboats and into 

rolling bins. The volunteers 

then moved these into the storerooms 

and again unloaded the 

cases of food-including heavy 

boxes of syrup and jars of apple 

sauce!-onto new pallets where 

they will remain until needed in 

the main pantry. 

Besides the backbreaking 

lifting and stacking, this particular 

job posed myriad logistical 

problems due to the narrowness 

of the hallway that 

barely left room for the rolling 

bins and Uboats, much less sixteen 

sweaty bodies! But the 

volunteers worked together 

seamlessly and the job was finished 

in roughly two hours. 

In addition, our littlest volunteers 

did some serious shelf 

stocking, covering their assigned 

pantry shelves with cans 

of soup and tomato sauce. No 

one is too young to begin a life 

of community service! 

Hillside Food Outreach 

serves those in need by delivering 

food to homebound clients 

who otherwise would not 

be able to get to a food pantry. 

To learn more about Hillside 

and its mission, please visit 

www.hillsidefoodpantry.org. ◗ 

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An Interview with Elizabeth Gazay 

Susan L. Pollet 

Chair of the Archive and 

Historian Committee 

Q: When and why did 

you become involved in 

the Westchester Women’s 

Bar Association? 

A: I was working in New 

York City, but live in White 

Plains, and wanted to 

find a professional community 

closer to home. I 

began my involvement 

with the WWBA a few 

years ago after hearing 

of its reputation as a 

strong association with 

great members. I attended 

a Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association 

happy hour where I met 

Lisa Denig, and learned 

more about the chapter, 

and the rest is history! 

Q: Which activities and 

positions of the 

Westchester Women’s Bar 

Association have you participated 

in? 

A: I’ve been a co-chair 

of the Criminal Law 

Committee since I started 

with the WWBA. We put 

together a virtual meetand-greet 

with the then 

newly elected Westchester 

District Attorney, Mimi 

Rocah, where members 

were given the opportunity 

to ask questions 

about her vision and 

goals as District Attorney. 

Then, in the fall of 2022, 

the Committee sponsored 

a CLE in conjunction with 

the Women’s Bar Association 

of the State of New 

York (WBASNY) Criminal 

Law Committee, on the 

Second Amendment in 

the wake of the United 

“[F]ind someone interesting to work for, even 

if the position is not your dream job. Having 

interesting colleagues and supervisors can 

make nearly any kind of work seem very 

interesting! And . . . you never know what 

opportunities will come from it. 

States Supreme Court’s decision 

in Bruen, and the New 

York State Legislature’s response 

with the Conceal 

Carry Improvement Act. 

Q: What would you like to 

see the Westchester 

Women’s Bar Association accomplish 

in the future? 

A: l would like to see the 


continue its practice 

of offering educational and 

networking opportunities to 

its members. 

Q: Please tell us about your 

legal career. 

A: After graduating from college, 

I took a job working as 

an ESL teacher in a Japanese 

public high school. I 

stayed for three years, and 

during my last year, I applied 

to law schools in the United 

States. After my contract 

ended, and while my applications 

were pending, I 

moved to the Philippines and 

spent time volunteering at a 

non-profit. Soon after 

ended, I started law school 

in Boston. I felt like my calling 

was to work with juveniles 

in court, but after an internship 

where I sat through a 

criminal trial, my interests 

changed. 

My first job after graduating 

from law school was 

working at the Ninth Circuit 

Court of Appeals in San 

Francisco, as a staff attorney 

in the criminal and habeas 

unit. After five years, I 

left and took six months to 

travel, eventually landing in 

New York City. For a short 

while, I worked in temporary 

positions at law firms until I 

found a court attorney position 

with a judge in the 

New York State Supreme 

Court, Criminal Division. I 

was there for 13 years until 

my judge retired, and then 

worked as a court attorney 

with a judge in Bronx Supreme 

Court, Criminal Division, 

for 3 years. In January 

2023, I started working 

as a court attorney in the 

Ninth Judicial District for 

newly elected judge and 

fellow WWBA member, Amy 

Puerto, and I am so excited! 

Q: What advice do you 

have for new lawyers entering 

the profession? 

A: First, be open to new opportunities, 

because you 

never know what will come 

of them, and who you will 

meet! Second, find someone 

interesting to work for, 

even if the position is not 

your dream job. Having 

interesting colleagues 

and supervisors can make 

nearly any kind of work 

seem very interesting! 

And again, you never 

know what opportunities 

will come from it. 

Q: How have you balanced 

family responsibilities 

and your legal career? 

A: I’m not sure I have 

found that balance yet, 

but I am working on it! 

Q: When you are not lawyering, 

which community 

activities and other interests 

do you sometimes like 

to pursue? 

A: My kids are still rather 

young (9 and 7) so my 

hobbies, for now, mostly 

include shuttling them to 

activities. My husband 

and I both love traveling, 

though, and we have 

made many trips as a 

family which has been 

great. I have also been 

a member of the Junior 

League of Central 

Westchester for seven 

years, and that has been 

a great place to give my 

time and energy, and I’ve 

met a number of amazing 

women! ◗ 


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Chapter News and Announcements 

Announcements & Notes on Members 

❑ “ Prolific author and WWBA Archive & Historian Chair, Susan L. 

Pollet 

ollet, has published a collection of poems in 2023, entitled “Susiku, 

And More.” Susan has been writing poems daily for the last three 

years, and her poems have appeared in various publications, but this 

is her first book of poetry. Its title is a play on words between haiku 

and her first name. The first part, “SEEKING CONNECTION, HOW- 

EVER TENUOUS,” contains poems which examine struggles within 

relationships and in communications between people, as well as poems 

which explore internal dialogues. The second part, “REDEMPTION AND RE- 

NEWAL, ON OCCASION,” probes universal questions about existence, history, survival, 

violence, beauty, love and more. Looking forward to a warm coffee and inspiration 

in Susan’s poetry on a spring day. 

Please visit SusanPollet.com for more information. “Susiku, And More” is available 

on Amazon.com; Barnesandnoble.com; and other online and local retailers. 

❑ The Women in Professional Development group meets on the first Friday of each 

month, at 1:00pm, at the 445 Café in White Plains. Its goal is to provide WWBA 

members with informal support to effectively deal with the inevitability of change in our 

lives and careers. The group aims to provide peer-to-peer networking and conversation, 

and to leverage the experience and expertise of fellow WWBA members. The next 

meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2023, with a new discussion topic to be circulated 

closer to then. Please contact Sakeena B. Naqvi at sakeenan26@gmail.com, or Juliet 

Gobler, at juliet@goblerlaw.com, with any questions or to join the email list. ◗ 

Proposed Slate of Officers and Directors 

for the 2023-2024 Membership Year 

 

PROPOSED OFFICERS: President-Elect - Sherry A. Bishko; 

Vice Presidents - Julie P. Passman, Jill Oziemblewski, Deborah Farber-Kaiser; 

Treasurer - Christine Paska; Corresponding Secretary - Jennifer L. Gray; 

Recording Secretary - Megan Lundin 

ELECTED DIRECTORS 

ORS: Elizabeth Barnhard; Robin D. Carton; Shari R. Gordon; 

Ann M. McNulty; Sakeena Naqvi 

STATE TE DIRECTORS 

ORS: Elizabeth Cumming; Tracy Forrest; Andrea B. Friedman; 

Jacqueline Hattar; Elizabeth Z. Marcus; Susan Mills Richmond; 

Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith; Wendy Marie Weathers 

Fiduciary Best Practices and New Regulations 

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title financial “advisor” or a DBA containing the words “advisor” or “adviser.” 

~ Broker-dealers and RIAs are required to deliver a two-page Relationship Summary 

(Form CRS) to new and existing advisory and brokerage customers. Dual registrants 

are able to deliver a four-page Relationship Summary (Form CRS) to new and 

existing advisory and brokerage customers. 

❑ Conflict of interest: Firms are required to identify, mitigate, and eliminate conflicts 

of interest where reasonably possible and fully disclose them where they cannot be either 

mitigated or eliminated. 

❑ Compliance: Firms must establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures 

to achieve compliance with Reg BI. ◗ 

Joe Soricelli, AIFA, CMP (joseph.soricelli@lpl.com) has been an advisor and planner since 1985, 

providing education and solutions from professional experience and empathy to individuals and 

families for 38 years. Securities offered through LPL Financial, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment 

advice offered through Private Advisor Group, a registered investment advisor and separate entity 

from LPL Financial. 

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. 

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. 

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Westchester Women’s Bar Association New Members 

The Westchester Women’s Bar Association proudly welcomes our newest members: 

ADRIENNE ABRAHAM, ESQ. 

SHELLY AUCAY 

Student 

THOMAS S. BELLONE, JR. 

Sher Herman Bellone Tipograph 

5 Waller Ave., Suite 303 


shbtlaw11@yahoo.com 

MICHAEL J. . CALLAN, , ESQ. 

STELLA CAPPARELLI 

ARELLI 

Student 

CATERINA CATALANO 

ALANO, , ESQ. 

JILL CHOW, , ESQ. 

Jackson Lewis P.C. 

44 South Broadway 

14th Floor 


Jill.Chow@jacksonlewis.com 

BILL COLEMAN, , ESQ. 

MARY Y E. . DESMOND, , ESQ. 

Abrams Fensterman, LLP 

81 Mail Street 

Suite 400 


mdesmond@abramslaw.com 

EILEEN DONOVAN 

AN, , ESQ. 

2 Overhill Road, Suite 400 

Scarsdale, NY 10583 

eileendonovanlawyer@gmail.com 

 

LINDSEY ELLISON 

Student 

DANIELLE GRECO, , ESQ. 

Klein Greco & Associates LLP 

50 Main Street, Suite 1000 


dgreco@kleingrecolaw.com 

FREDRIC I. GREEN, , ESQ. 

Westchester County District Attorney’s 

Office 

CHARLOTTE A. GUDIS, , ESQ. 

Westchester County District 

Attorney’s Office 

111 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd 


cgudis@westchesterda.net 

RENEE W. . HASSEL, , ESQ. 

DAVID IMAMURA, ESQ. 

ALEXIA LOPEZ 

Student 

MATTHEW MATTESI 

Student 

ANTHONY MATTESI, ESQ. 

Law Office of Anthony Mattesi, P.C. 

1 North Broadway, Suite 412 


amattesi@aol.com 

SARAH MOSKOWITZ, ESQ. 

Law Office of Sarah C. Moskowitz PLLC 

16 Middle Neck Road, Suite 196 

Great Neck, NY 11023 

Sarah@scmesq.com 

Amy. S. Puerto Inducted as Supreme Court Justice 

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a favorite artist, “when you give, you begin 

to live” (from You Might Die Trying, by Dave 

Matthews Band). She spoke about how this 

lyric supported the idea that giving of yourself 

in a way that makes society more whole, 

makes you more whole – a message Judge 

Puerto attributed to her parents and has tried 

to live by throughout her legal career. 

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ROXANA MOUSSAVIAN 

VIAN, , ESQ. 

PATRICIA M, PETROSKY, , ESQ. 

190 Fawn Hill Rd 

Tuxedo, NY 10987 

NICOLE POCCIA 

Student 

PIERRE RIVERA, ESQ. 

Benimovich Currie Asjasin LLP 

41 Flatbush Ave 

Brooklyn, NY 11217 

pierre@bcbclaw.com 

SHOSHANA RUBIN, , ESQ. 

JENNIFER SCULCO, , ESQ. 

DANTE SHEERIN 

Student 

EDWARD SMITH, ESQ. 

STEVEN T. . STILL, , ESQ. 

Abrams Fensterman, LLP 

81 Main Street, Suite 400 


sstill@abramslaw.com 

ALYSSA STROTHER 

THER 

Student 

MONIKA ZARSKI, ESQ. 

Jackson Lewis PC 

44 South Broadway, 14th Floor 


monika.zarski@jacksonlewis.com 

 

Judge Puerto offered eloquent thanks 

to all who have supported her in her life, 

legal career, and journey to the judiciary, 

including her mentors, professional colleagues, 

campaign staff and supporters, 

and friends and family. Additionally, she 

recognized her newly appointed Principal 

Law Clerk, Elizabeth Gazay, who Judge 

Puerto met through the WWBA as her cochair 

of the Criminal Law Committee. 

Judge Puerto was elected for a 14-year 

term. She is currently presiding in the Supreme 

Court, Rockland County, Civil Term. 

The Westchester Women’s Bar Association 

joins with Judge Puerto’s family and 

friends in offering sincere congratulations 

for her exceptional accomplishment, and 

we wish her much success. ◗ 


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WWBA Schedule of Upcoming Events 

COMMITTEE DATE/TIME PLACE TOPIC RSVP (also online at www.wwbany.org) 

Paint Night 3/08/23 

7:00 p.m. to 

9:00 p.m. 

WWBA Book Club 3/13/23 

6:00 p.m. to 

7:00 p.m. 

WWBA Wellness and 

Community Outreach 

Committees 

WBASNY Board of 

Directors Meeting 

WWBA Professional 

Development Committee 

WWBA Board of Directors 

Meeting 

3/15/23 

Event begins at 

6:00 p.m. 

Trivia (optional) 

begins at 7:00 

p.m 

3/18/23 

10:00 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m. 

4/01/22 

1:00 p.m. to 

2:00 p.m. 

4/12/22 

6:00 p.m. 

Muse Paintbar 

84 Mamaroneck Avenue 

White Plains, NY 

In person at White Plains 

Residence or Zoom 

Captain Lawrence 

Brewing Company 

444 Saw Mill River 

Road, Elmsford, NY 

Virtual 

445 Café 

445 Hamilton Ave. 


BNY Mellon 

701 Westchester Ave. 


Painting the Scales of 

Justice in Celebration of 

International Women’s 

Day 

Book Selection: “The 

Spy and the Traitor,” by 

Ben Macintyre 

Spring Networking and 

Trivia Night to Benefit 

The Grasslands 

Homeless Shelter 

In support of women’s 

health, we will collect 

feminine hygiene 

products, new or gently 

used maternity clothing, 

and monetary donations 

to benefit The 

Grasslands Homeless 

Shelter in Valhalla, 

New York, and other 

local shelters. 

First Friday Discussion 

See www.wwbany.org for 

registration link 

Cost: $45/person 

Email Lisa Denig to RSVP or for 

the Zoom link at 

lisadenig@yahoo.com 

Registration recommended at 

www.wwbany.org or by email to 

executivedirector@wwbany.org 

Donations to the project are 

required to attend; there is no cover 

charge to the venue. Food and 

drink will be available for purchase 

from Captain Lawrence Brewing 

Company. Attendees will receive 

Happy Hour pricing. 

For questions contact: 

Sakeena B. Naqvi at 

sakeenan26@gmail.com, 

or Juliet Gobler at 

juliet@goblerlaw.com 

See www.wwbany.org for 

information 

WWBA is a chapter of WBASNY, which is an approved provider of CLE credit. Full and partial scholarships for CLE programs based 

on financial need are available. For information on the guidelines and procedures for applying, please contact the person running 

the program. All requests are strictly confidential. All programs are for transitional credit unless the program states otherwise. 

Unless otherwise indicated, events are for WWBA members and invited guests only. 

The opinions expressed by any program presenter are the presenter’s own, and do not reflect 

the official position of the WWBA. 

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND THE WBASNY WEB PAGE 

AT WWW.WBASNY.ORG. 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO RECYCLE 

Connect 

with 

us 

THE WWBA MEMBERSHIP PERIOD FOR 

2022-2023 BEGINS ON JUNE 1, 2022. 

PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TOD 

ODAY AT 

WWW.WWBANY 

.WWBANY.ORG 

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