WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION BOOK SIGNING: FINDING JUSTICE by Terri Beck practice of law from Mary Sanders, Ann Turnbull, Tiffany Franc, Julie Landau, Sally Gold, Judge Barbara Howe, and others. The packed house included retired appellate judges Robert Bell, as well as Irma Raker, an ABA Margaret Brent Award recipient. Judge Battaglia, who served by name as editor, but was actually the source of the inspiration for the book, as well as the source for much of the labor that produced this work, thanked the many who helped produce the book. She credited a bar event featuring the history of African-American attorneys and Frances Hughes Glendening’s earlier related project as the seed for this book. In addition to receiving a copy of the book, a highlight of the event was the address given by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The Secretary’s remarks put a national and international veil around the history of women lawyers in Maryland.
Baltimore County active practitioners and judges were well represented at the Women’s Bar Foundation book signing event to celebrate the publication of “Finding Justice” A History of Women Lawyers in Maryland since 1642. In addition to those in this photo, Judge Fader and his Photographs courtesy of Judge Vicki Ballou-Watts. wife, along with MSBA President Schubert, active Baltimore County practitioners including Carrie Polley and Susan Elgin, as well as others, were in attendance at the Maryland Archives on April 27, 2015. The book includes a historical time line of notable women attorneys, as well as a list of the names of all of the women admitted to practice since 1902 when Etta Maddox was admitted. A quick thumb review of the book also Judges Vicki Ballou-Watts and Kathleen Cox, Suzanne Farace, Bambi Glenn, shows reflections on the Judges Ruth Ann Jakubowski and Judith Ensor, Carolyn Thaler, Magistrate Wendy Schenker, Christine Malanga and Magistrate Terri Beck THE ADVOCATE
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