Women Criminal Defense Attorneys: Happy Women’s Year
Happy New Year! In spite of the holidays being hectic there always seems to be time for reflection as the New Year approaches. And I have been doing my own reflecting about this blog. I had meant to acknowledge the two year milestone of the blog in October, but I forgot. We have never missed a weekly post in two years which was a personal goal.
In 2014 we highlighted some amazing women which I want to do more of in 2015. I had women share with me that they were shocked at the positive reaction they got from doing an interview, I had women tell me that potential clients read about them on the blog when researching them, and I had women tell me their firm marketing directors absolutely loved the interview.
All in all it has served as a wonderful tool for us to get to know each other and for women criminal lawyers to get more exposure and recognition. I couldn’t be more thrilled about that.
We started a series called What makes a Great Defender which I would love to see grow. I would love to see more women contribute and participate in the blog in the New Year. And I would love to find more women criminal lawyers highlighted in the media and women involved in the representation of big cases. So in the spirit of reflection I created a list of my top ten successes for women criminal lawyers for 2014:
WCDA blog interviews 5 women (more next year) and highlights 10 women (more next year)…just killing it on specific cases
March 2014 ABA panel “Women in White Collar in Today’s Global Community”
March 2014 Women White Collar Subcommittee holds cocktail at ABA White Collar Conference
March 2014 Women White Collar Defense Association holds “Spa day” event at the Biltmore with over 175 women white collar practitioners participating from all over the country
March 2014 Jan Little is one of the recipients of NACDL White Collar Criminal Defense Award
March 2014 NACDL Women’s Initiative holds panel “Career path for Women in Criminal Defense: Challenges and Triumphs”
May 2014 NACDL Women’s Initiative holds panel on “Mentoring and Your Career”
August 2014 Cynthia Orr installed as co-chair of ABA Criminal Justice Section and receives NACDL Robert Heeny award
November 2014 Women’s Initiative networking luncheon organized at NACDL White Collar Conference
Cris Arguedas hired to represent FedEx in controversial drug trafficking Indictment.
Here is to a New Year of prosperity and full of continued successes! Happy Women’s Year!