2020 Mid-Year Meeting
Wednesday, March 11 - Thursday, March 12
*As of March 8, the NAWL Mid-Year Meeting will proceed as a VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. More information to come.*
On behalf of the National Association of Women Lawyers, we personally invite you to join us at the 2020 NAWL Mid-Year Meeting in Chicago on March 11-12, 2020, at the Swissotel Chicago.
As Co-Chairs of NAWL’s 2020 Mid-Year Meeting Planning Committee, we are truly excited about this year’s program which includes a mix of professional development and substantive sessions, as well as plenty of networking time. This year’s sessions include topics such as leveraging technology in your practice, inherent bias in the legal profession, mindfulness, and an interactive session on best practices to help women lawyers succeed. This comprehensive and rich program is relevant to women in all fields of legal practice. Our confirmed speakers include Walgreen’s Chief HR Officer Kristin Oliver, Northern Trust’s General Counsel Susan Levy, Northwestern Law’s Dean Kimberly Yuracko, and Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, Northern District of Illinois. Click the "agenda" tab above for more information on the program and other speakers.
While we hope that you learn a lot from the meeting, we also want you to enjoy yourselves in Chicago, NAWL’s hometown. We believe that you will leave the 2020 NAWL Mid-Year Meeting inspired.
Tamela Merriweather
The Northern Trust Company
Chicago, IL
Conference Co-Chair
Jennifer Mikulina
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago, IL
Conference Co-Chair
Kelly Clark
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Board Liaison
Thank You to Our Planning Committee
Kristy Gonowon
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Program Co-Chair
Johnna Darby
Fox Rothschild LLP
Wilmington, DE
Sponsorship Co-Chair
Nicole Denise Allen
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Atlanta, GA
Lisa Atty
McGuireWoods LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Eleanor Atkins
McDermott Will & Emery
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Banzhoff
Perkins Coie LLP
Denver, CO
Kathleen Blaszak
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Washington, DC
Gretchen Miller Busch
Faegre Baker Daniels
Denver, CO
Elizabeth Carter
JAMS
New York, NY
Melodie Craft
McGrath RentCorp
Dallas, TX
Diedre Dunn
McDonald's Corporation
Chicago, IL
Leora Freire
Gray Robinson
Boca Raton, FL
Susan Freeman
Freeman Means Business
San Francisco, CA
Rachel Reingold Mandel
Ogletree Deakins
Boston, MA
Program Co-Chair
Lauren Steinhaeuser
Faegre Baker Daniels
Minneapolis, MN
Marketing Co-Chair
Nioura Ghazni
Manatt
San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Gingold
Clark Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA
Megan Gold
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Jenny Goltz
Cozen O'Connor
Chicago, IL
Erika Goven
Kutak Rock LLP
Omaha, NE
Cassie Johnson
Alston & Bird
Atlanta, GA
Barbara Joan Klas
Casepoint LLC
Minneapolis, MN
Kaitlyn Lavaroni
Jackson Lewis, PC
Sacramento, CA
Teresa Lii
Paul Weiss
New York, NY
Rosanna Lopez
Lopez and Wu
Reston, VA
Mimi MacDonald
AT&T
St Louis, MO
Amie Penny Sayler
Bassford Remele
Minneapolis, MN
Logistics Co-Chair
Sara Markert
Bryan Cave
Irvine, CA
Brigid McCarthy
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago, IL
Jordan McCarthy
Perkins Coie
Chicago, IL
Margie Meier
The Rudnicki Firm
Oklahoma City, OK
Michele Miller
Cozen O'Connor
Santa Monica, CA
Jodie Wilner Moran
Jackson Lewis PC
Chicago, IL
Aracely Munoz
Center for Reproductive Rights
Washington, DC
Lauren Nevidomsky
McDermott Will & Emery
New York, NY
Maureen O'Brien
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago, IL
Lizbeth Ochoa
Fisher and Phillips
Irvine, CA
Rana Odeh
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Linette Wright
State Farm
Bloomington, IL
Logistics Co-Chair
Emily Pontius
Fredrickson & Byron
Des Moines, IA
Sree Surya Rao
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Carolyn Rashby
Covington & Burling
San Francisco, CA
Katherine Sandberg
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
San Francisco, CA
Heather Stenmark
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
Libby Stennes
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Minneapolis, MN
Daniel Taylor
Faegre Baker Daniels
Minneapolis, MN
Carrie Trabue
Carrington Legal Search
Austin, TX
Phi Tran
Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Denver, CO
Gabriela Traxler-Romin
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Anna Wermuth
Cozen O'Connor
Chicago, IL