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Lauren Palmer of CSW Law Firm recently passed that NYS Bar and is now an attorney with the firm. _____________________________________________________________________

CSW Law Firm has launched a new and revised website. New layout and design will halp clients easily navigate CSW services and staff. _____________________________________________________________________

November 18, 2011:  Michelle Wildgrube, as President of the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District helped to organize a Fall CLE program at which she and Deb Slezak both presented.  They traveled to lovely Lake Placid, New York where Michelle presented on real estate and Deb on Elder Law to fellow attorneys.    

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November 24, 2011:  CSW likes to play together while they support causes in our community.  Cris Cioffi, the Chair of the Board at Ellis Medicine is a supporter of all things Ellis and our staff enjoys running…a perfect combination!  Ellis Medicine’s Cardiac Classic was held, as it always is, on Thanksgiving morning.  This year the race was run on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:00am.  Lauren Palmer, Law Clerk at CSW, and a member of the planning committee, participated in the run; as did, Claudia Jakubowski, CSW’s Co-Director of First Impressions, and Connie Carrigan, our Closing Coordinator. 

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Liz Schalk, a paralegal at CSW and her daughter Jennifer, together with Christina Vincent and her sister Missy participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.  The event was held at Washington Park in Albany, New York. 

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Lynn M. Coles, as a member of the CLE Committee of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association, along with her fellow committee, organized a continuing legal education event entitled “The Portrait of a Judge: The Honorable Judith S. Kaye: A Look at Her Continuing Legacy of Writings, Initiatives, Landmarks for Women in the Law”.  The event was sponsored by the Capital District Women's Bar Association, in conjunction with the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

The program highlighted the remarkable legal and administrative legacy of Judge Kaye.  The speakers included three superb presentations by Judge Susan Read, who discussed the history of the portraits, Professor Susan Herman, who analyzed Judge Kaye’s jurisprudence over the years and Judge Juanita Bing Newton, who revealed the impact of Judge Kaye on the access to the court system through her judicial initiatives.  The seminar included a phenomenal panel discussion about Women as Judges and Partners.  The panelists included Judge Judith Hard, Judge Leslie Stein, Judge Christine Clark, Janet D. Callahan, Melanie L. Cyganowski, and Kathryn Grant Madigan, all of whom shared their unbelievable stories of the discrimination they had encountered in their careers – both as attorneys and from the bench.  The discussion was structured around three general subjects: handling adversity on entering the profession, the challenges of balancing a family life with a career, and the impact of Judge Kaye’s service as Chief Judge on these issues. The panel discussion was moderated by Albany Law School Professor Patrick Connors.

The participants also included: Chief Judge Lippmann and the Associate Judges of the Court of Appeals; Andrew Klein, Clerk of the Court; Cynthia McCormick, Director, Court of Appeals Management and Operations; Frances Murray, Court of Appeals Chief Legal Reference Attorney; Lisa Bohannon, Senior Court Analyst; Bryan Lawrence and the technical staff of the Court of Appeals; Lisa Cleary, Principal Court Stenographer; and all the other Court personnel.

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CSW participated for the fourth year in a row in the Festival of Trees at the Schenectady Historical Society.  The attorneys and staff at the firm enjoy letting their creative side show and this year they chose Alzheimers:  Remembering Christmases Past as their theme.  They are awaiting the results of the tree raffle at this time.