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The Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, in conjunction with the Defense Research Institute, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and Women’s Bar Association, is pleased to present a seminar and panel discussion addressing the challenges facing women who try cases.

Suffolk University Law School
Thursday, March 15, 2007
8:00am to 10:00am
(Check-in begins at 7:30 am)

Please join us as our panelists discuss and answer questions about their experiences as women in the courtroom, including:

• How do women communicate with jurors?

• The perception of women in the courtroom

• Can women litigators be as aggressive and confrontational as male litigators?

• The role of women in law firms and management

• Business development as a woman

• Balancing being a litigator with personal life

Online Registration is Required

To Pre-Register by March 9,2007
This event is free to members of the sponsoring organizations.
For non-members the registration fee is $50 per person, by check made payable to the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association.

Guest Speakers:

Hon. Martha Coakley
Attorney General
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Hon. Barbara J. Rouse
Chief Justice
Superior Court of Massachusetts

Lauren Stiller Rikleen
Bowditch & Dewey
Author of Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law

Marsha Kazarosian
Kazarosian Law Offices
President, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys

Julia Huston
Bromberg and Sunstein, LLP
President, Women’s Bar Association

Kimberly Winter
White, Freeman & Winter
Massachusetts Bar Association

Moderators:

Susan Donnelly Murphy
Murphy & Riley
President-Elect, MDLA

Emily G. Coughlin
Ryan, Coughlin & Betke, LLP
Vice-President, MDLA