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December Meeting
Wednesday,
December 5, 2001
12:30 p.m.
Capital Club
Reserve My Spot
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LOCATION: Capital Club
Three James Center, Fourth Floor
1051 East Cary Street
COST: $16.00 for members
$19.00 for non-members
RSVP: Stephanie Grana
voice mail: 644-1400
e-mail:
sgrana@cantorarkema.com
Please respond by 5:00 p.m.,
Friday, November 30th
PAYMENT: Mail in advance to:
MRWBA
P.O. Box 538
Richmond, Virginia 23218-0538
PARKING: Use James Center parking deck
Validated parking up to $5.00
NOTICE:
All
luncheon reservations must be made by the deadline specified
above. Reservations may be cancelled prior to this deadline.
You must make a reservation even if you mail your check. No
reservations made after the deadline are guaranteed. Limited
walk-in spaces are available for each luncheon on a
first-come-first-served basis.
If
you do not attend the luncheon after making a reservation and do not
cancel prior to the deadline, you will be charged for the cost of the
luncheon. If you have made a reservation and cannot attend the
luncheon, you may substitute someone in your place. However, you
(or your substitute) must advise Stephanie Grana (644-1400) or
sgrana@cantorarkema.com) of such substitution prior to or at the luncheon.
If you have any questions about the billing process, please contact Laura White, Treasurer (775-1409 or
lwhite@mcguirewoods.com).
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Luncheon Program:
MRWBA
Women of Achievement Award Presentation to
Darrel Tillar Mason
Please
join us for our annual holiday luncheon, which will feature an awards
presentation of this year's recipient of the Women of Achievement Award
to Darrel Tillar Mason.
Pianist Tommy Witten will provide musical entertainment.
Members are encouraged to invite their assistants or other office personnel to show appreciation for their hard work.
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Darrel Tillar
Mason is an attorney in private practice in Richmond where she focuses
her practice in the area of special education law. She is the
founder of the Virginia Coalition for Students with Disabilities Legal
Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing
families with legal assistance necessary to represent effectively
children's educational rights. Ms. Mason also serves as contract
counsel for the Department for the Rights of Virginians with
Disabilities and has served as a Special Education Hearing Officer
through the Virginia Supreme Court. Ms. Mason formerly served as
Vice President of the State Board of Education. She presently
serves on the Board of Directors of TAP-VA (The Autism Program of
Virginia) and is Vice Continued on Page 3
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MRWBA Newsletter December 2001
Page 1
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Continued from Page 1
Chair
of the Board of Directors of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, a
federally funded education research program.
A
member of the Virginia State Bar, Ms. Mason received her Juris Doctor
from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981 and holds a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Master of Arts Degree in
Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
Ms. Mason has served as a member of the Virginia State Bar Council, the Bar's
Legal
Ethics Committee, and has chaired the Bar's Lawyer Malpractice
Insurance Committee. She is an active member and past president of
the Virginia Women Attorney's Association and has served as editor of
its legal journal. Ms. Mason frequently presents seminars on legal
topics and has written numerous articles on a variety of legal and
social issues.
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MEMBERSHIP NEWS
You Belong in the MRWBA Although
the "official" deadline has passed, it is not too late to send in your
dues and renew your membership! (The deadline this year was July 31st so membership rolls would be updated before the September monthly meeting.)
Also,
please tell the other women attorneys in your office about the benefits
of membership in the MRWBA and encourage them to join. These benefits
include: networking and support, career enhancement opportunities, CLE
programs, judicial candidate development, public service opportunities, a
mentor program and legislative monitoring.
For a renewal form, please contact Renata Manzo at
rmanzo@hunton.com. Applications are available at our website:
www.mrwba.org.
For the first time, MRWBA is offering a reduced rate of $45 for previous MRWBA members who did not renew their memberships
last year. Please spread the word that we want old members back! A "Returning Member" application is available on the website.
Please note that the Returning Member form is not for membership renewals!
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Coming Soon… January 9th Luncheon Meeting:
What is a Multidisciplinary Practice and
What Does it Mean for Me?
(CLE CREDIT APPROVED: 1 HOUR ETHICS) Would
hiring a social worker or a certified financial planner add to your
client base? Would you like to work as a lawyer for one of the big five
accounting firms? Very soon, both of the above may be possible in
Virginia. The VSB is considering a proposal to allow law firms to
associate with, and share profits with,
nonlawyers. The entities created are called MDPs or Multidisciplinary
Practices. Come hear about this highly controversial topic at our
January luncheon meeting and learn what MDPs will mean for you.
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MRWBA ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Our
administrative assistant, Paulette Davidson, has decided she needs to
devote more of her time (when she's not at her full-time job) to her
family. Therefore, we are now seeking a part-time administrative
assistant. This position pays $12/hour with an estimated 4 hours per
week. The administrative assistant reports to the
president-elect.
Duties include: checking bar's post office box and distributing
mail (weekly); checking bar's voice mail box and reporting messages
(weekly); assisting Membership Chair with mailing and processing new
member and renewal applications (Fall) and maintaining member directory
on database and on web site; assisting Public Relations/Newsletter Chair
(Monthly); and assisting Public Service Chairs (Spring).
Application Deadline: November 30, 2001
Resumes should be sent to Carolyn White,
MRWBA President-elect
c/o House & Davidson, P.O. Box K-200,
Richmond, VA 23288
hdesq@erols.com (email),
285-8601 (phone), 285-8604 (fax)
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MRWBA Newsletter December 2001
Page 3
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