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Promoting and assisting women lawyers to obtain positions of influence and leadership in the legal profession, the judiciary, and beyond.

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WLA wants to wish Jen Snow and her Ladue Field Hockey team another great season. Not only is Jen a great litigator, friend and mentor in the legal community, she is an amazing role model for women at Ladue!! https://t.co/nDjn4L5eil

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commercial clients in high-stakes cases throughout the country. She has represented clients in contractual disputes, business torts, consumer fraud disputes and injunctive proceedings. https://t.co/y6LheF6Ejd

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Member Spotlight!

Tanya Maerz is a partner at Husch Blackwell who focuses her practice in the healthcare industry, offering guidance to numerous healthcare providers, pharmacy benefit managers, nursing homes, practitioners and hospitals. Tanya also defends business and

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@22ndCircuitSTL Thank you @22ndCircuitSTL for hanging these portraits in the jury assembly room. Special thank you to Judge Stelzer and his staff for assisting with the process and allowing us to host a ceremony celebrating our judicial trailblazers!

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we’ve come a long way but have a lot of work to still do. 26% of the bench in Missouri is female. Let’s make that 51%!…
Thank you to artist @LisaOberArt, these portraits are beautiful and we can't wait to raise the money to commission more paintings!

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WLA’s Portrait Project was initiated in 2017 as a way to honor our retired female judges. In 1976, when WLA was formed, there were no female judges on the bench in St. Louis County and City. The absence of women on the walls of the courthouses has been noticed by female

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unveiling the portraits of Hon. Evelyn Baker, Hon. Anna Forder, Hon. Joan Burger and Hon. Susan Block (whose portrait will be hung in the county at a later date). Hearing from Judges Forder, Baker and Burger was inspiring and a great reminder that as women of this profession

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Registration link: https://t.co/eM9eHCmXAj

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Join us to honor Pioneering Women Judges at WLA's Judicial Portrait Unveiling Ceremony - Thursday, July 21st at 4:00 p.m. WLA’s Judicial Portrait Project was initiated as a way to honor our retired female judges while at the same time addressing the absence of women judges'

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portraits of Hon. Evelyn Baker, Hon. Anna Forder, and Hon. Joan Burger. A portrait of Hon. Susan Block will be installed in the 21st Judicial Circuit at a later date. Each retired judge will be in attendance and offering remarks on the project. Hope to see you there!

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SAVE THE DATE! Please join us at Brennan’s for the President’s party/annual meeting on August 18th from 5:30-7:30. Open bar, heavy appetizers. Registration to open soon, but space is limited so save the date now and register once you get the link! We hope to see you there!!…

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We can’t wait to see what Jen accomplishes in improving our great city after immersing herself in this curriculum!

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Congrats to WLA’s Immediate Past-President Jennifer Matthew Crompton @JenIheartfairy who was selected for the 47th Leadership St. Louis cohort. We are excited for her to join this prestigious group of more than 2,500 leaders who have graduated from the LSL program since 1976.

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Congratulations to one of our SLU Law Student Liaisons, Taylor Hoffman who was elected to serve as a faculty fellow to Professor Chad Flanders focusing on criminal and civil law. Professor Flanders is lucky to have you!
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Thanks to former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill as well for speaking. Between her speech and Anne-Marie’s stories, we all left inspired!
#BAMSLLawDay2022 #BAMSL #LawDay #SoldOutEvent #SwearingIn #PassTheGavel #WLASTL #TheWomenLawyersAssociationOfGreaterStLouis #WomenEmpoweringWomen

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What an outstanding Law Day! Congratulations to Anne-Marie Brockland on her new position as President of @STLMetroBar and to all of the other award recipients and the 2022 Board of Governors and YLD – special shoutout, and congratulations, to WLA Board Member Sarah Bardol!

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for Eastern District of Missouri.

Thank you Deborah, for moderating the event! The panel ended on an exciting note announcing that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. It was a great day celebrating women! #girlpower #HBCU #stl

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The WLA continues to partner with Harris-Stowe State University in a mentorship series where lawyers and judges volunteer to meet and speak with students who are interested in the legal profession.

On April 7, we were fortunate enough to have a panel of three female judges to

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speak about their careers and "Pathway to Becoming a Judge." In attendance was Judge Nicole Colbert-Botchway from St. Louis City Circuit Court, Judge Ellen Dunne from St. Louis County Circuit Court, & Judge Noelle C. Collins, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court