Marsha Anastasia is Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of the global technology company Pitney Bowes. We recently sat down with Marsha to discuss her career trajectory, her involvement with the National Association of Women Lawyers and what advice she has for women starting their careers. Q: What was your career path before you arrived at …
Gillien Todd, a consultant with Triad Consulting Group, executive coach and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, recently joined us at Debevoise’s New York office to facilitate a workshop on Leadership and Identity for women lawyers at all levels in the firm. Following the workshop, Gillien sat down with the Debevoise Women’s Review to …
Deborah Gillis is President and CEO of Catalyst, a leading international nonprofit organization working to accelerate progress for women through workplace inclusion. We recently sat down with Deborah to discuss her leadership style, spearheading the sponsorship movement and her work towards continued corporate diversity and inclusion. Q: You’ve occupied many leadership positions during your career. …
Justin Trudeau Perfectly Sums Up Why We Need More Women In Power by Madeline Farber, Fortune, April 7, 2017 At the Women in the World Summit in New York, Justin Trudeau addressed the importance of promoting women to positions of power, and the role that men need to play to make it happen. Women’s March …
Much can be said for the benefits of cultivating strong and supportive mentoring relationships. In recent years, mentoring has had to share the spotlight with another form of professional relationship: sponsorship. Admittedly, at the outset of my legal career, I was unaware of the distinction between a more traditional mentoring relationship and sponsorship. While I …
Deborah D’Aubney is Chief Counsel, Litigation & Investigations at Rolls-Royce. She qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1992 and then worked for two years at a law firm in Birmingham. After a maternity leave in 1995, Deborah went on secondment to Forward Trust, the asset finance arm of Midland Bank which had …
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Kathryn (Katie) Wagner is the Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA), which provides legal and education services to the New York arts community. She is responsible for developing VLA’s legal services, education and advocacy programming and for facilitating pro bono legal representation for hundreds of artists and arts and cultural organizations in …
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For over 25 years, the Charging Bull has stood alone at the center of the world’s financial capital as a symbol of Wall Street’s prosperity and power. But to some, the iconic New York statue also represents the aggressive atmosphere often associated with the male-dominated corporate world. Last week, on the eve of International Women’s …
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As a speech coach whose passion is helping women speak out I’m often asked: how can I do a better job of holding the floor? The question comes from women who want to throw out ideas in meetings and presentations but dread being interrupted, shot down or ignored. Women lawyers are under pressure to demonstrate …
Dean Kathleen Boozang has been Dean of Seton Hall Law since July 2015. Dean Boozang was initially recruited to Seton Hall in 1990 to found the Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, one of the top health law programs in the nation. During her tenure at the school, she has also served as Vice …