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Welcome to Wayne! The Wayne County Region provides a source of professional development, support, and networking for lawyers and law students living, working, or just interested in Wayne County. Our membership includes women working in firms of all sizes and as solos, in corporations, nonprofits, academia, the judiciary and government, and outside the traditional practice of law as well.
As a member of the Wayne Region, you will get to meet impressive, experienced women lawyers, including women like WLAM member Barbara McQuade, who in February 2010 became the first female U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of MIchigan in that office's 198 year history. Barb was our featured speaker at our annual lunch on May 13, 2010 at the beautifully restored historic Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Speaking of speakers and our annual lunch, what a year Wayne Region had from May 2009 - May 2010:
From the End of Summer Wine & Garden Party in September at the home of Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly, the U of M tailgate party, our receptions at the University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State Law Schools, the Rockin' the Holiday Party, the Winter Dinner Wine Down at board member Jeri Parkin's home in January, two quarterly Moms-In-Law lunches, a lunch & learn on ethics, etiquette and practical issues in social media for lawyers, and our fantastic attendance at the May annual lunch with US Attorney ED MI Barb McQuade, we had an active year. Our variety of activities contributed to our membership numbers as we grew from approximately 80 to 110 members.
We continue to reach out to potential new members through our events with the goal of offering something for everyone no matter your career stage.
We also continue to receive the support and friendship of the numerous women judges who are members of Wayne Region. US District Court Judge Marianne Battani, a long time Wayne member, introduced Barb McQuade at the annual meeting. Court of Appeals Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly and former Wayne Region president Judge Lynne Pierce of the 3rd Circuit are go-to members. And at the annual meeting, we presented WLAM banners for the flagpoles of WLAM Wayne members of the judiciary who have not previously received one, including Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly and 36th District Court Magistrate Renee McDuffee. Other WLAM Wayne member judges who are receiving WLAM banners for the first time include Hon. Patricia Fresard and Hon. Connie Kelley from the 3rd Circuit, Hon. Noceeba Southern from 36th District, and Hon. Karen Khalil from Redford District Court. We also presented a WLAM banner to Barb McQuade to be similarly displayed on the flagpole in her office.
NOTE: We've recently added links to photos from some of this past year's events. The links are in the event posts on the Region's "news & updates" pages. Check them out. (Go up to the Regions dropdown menu, hover your cursor over Wayne, and then use the popup menu that appears to the side of Wayne to select "news & updates".)
And be sure to join the WLAM Group on LinkedIn to learn of lots of good postings with useful information and opportunities.
We hope you will join us for a fabulous year from May 2010 - 2011!
