Western Alliance Bank presents a CLE-eligible webinar
Women in Law
Becoming the Master of Your Career
According to the National Association of Women Lawyers, there has been a “sustained (albeit small) improvement for women amongst equity partners since the survey’s inception in 2006 (15% compared to 19% – 21% in recent years).”
“This is a positive trend toward a more representative legal profession, but change at this glacial pace will continue to result in future generations of lawyers entering a profession where women and diverse attorneys are underrepresented in positions of power and influence. A continued, rigorous examination of and changes to existing practices – a movement from talk to action – is needed to speed progress in a meaningful way for women and other underrepresented groups.”
As women work to advance their careers amid these market and social realities, there is much they can do on their own initiative to navigate their career in a manner that — over time — will meet or exceed their professional and personal objectives.
We are fortunate two extraordinary women professionals have agreed to share a wealth of insights, tactics and strategies they employed to steadily rise through the ranks of their respective professions.
Mary Beth Foley is General Counsel of Ohio Police and Fire Fund, and President of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys. Joining her is Barbara Hart, Director and Executive Committee Member at the law firm Grant & Eisenhofer. Barbara is also a member of the Thirty Percent Coalition which advocates for diversity on Fortune 500 boards.
Join us for an engaging format in which Mary Beth and Barbara take turns interviewing one another about proven strategies they recommend other women in the profession consider as they chart their careers. Review the topics they will cover, their brief biographies, and register for this complimentary program, underwritten by Western Alliance Bank Settlement Services.
NOW ON DEMAND!
What you get:
- 1+ CLE credits (subject to bar rules).
- 75 minutes of insights from experienced professionals.
- The complete PowerPoint presentation.
- Additional reading materials.
- Ability to watch multiple times.
- Answers to your questions by writing to the speakers.
What they cover:
- Setting career goals and objectives
- Understanding the phases of your career
- Knowing when to acquire new skills
- Building, nurturing, and leveraging your network
- Developing and executing your own business and strategic plan
- Understanding the importance of risk
- Exercising caution effectively
- Building and maintaining resilience
- Recognizing allies to your long-term success
- Becoming “the master of your career” — a personal and professional growth imperative
- Getting in the room and securing your seat at the table
Meet the Speakers
Barbara Hart
Director
Grant & Eisenhofer
Barbara Hart is a director at Grant & Eisenhofer and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. She has nearly three decades of experience as a leader in plaintiffs’ litigation. She has represented institutional investors, including many public pension funds, in securities and antitrust litigation and served as lead counsel in 4 of the top 100 securities class action settlements. Barbara has also achieved substantive antitrust and False Claims Act/Qui Tam settlements on behalf of her clients. In addition, she represents approximately 45 adult survivors of sexual abuse who are bringing claims against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Rockefeller University and the Boy Scouts of America. Barbara is pioneering these claims in light of a change in New York law known as The Child Victim Act. Prior to joining G&E, she was President and CEO of a firm focusing on securities and antitrust litigation, and before that, she spent 17 years representing plaintiffs at the New York office of a complex financial litigation firm.
Mary Beth Foley
Interim Executive Director & General Counsel
Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund
Mary Beth was appointed General Counsel to OP&F in 2008 and recently was named Interim Executive Director. She began her career with the Ohio Attorney General and spent eleven years as a trial attorney defending federal litigation brought against the State of Ohio. During that time she became a managing attorney in litigation and Assistant Chief of the Employment law division. Mary Beth later served as Fiduciary and Labor Counsel to the Attorney General and Auditor of State of Ohio. She was the Auditor’s advisor on the five Ohio Pension Systems as well as the Auditor’s board designee on the State Teachers Retirement System, the Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System and the School Employees Retirement System. Mary Beth is currently the President of the National Association of Pubic Pension Attorneys and Board liaison for the Public Safety Affinity Group. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association and a Mediator for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.