Message from the Chairs
Hello fellow women litigators! As cochairs of the 2024–2025 Woman Advocate Committee, we are delighted to welcome you to our Committee, affectionately referred to as “WAC.” We are a community of women litigators from across the nation with diverse areas of expertise. In WAC, we have the opportunity to share and enhance our knowledge base, create resources, and build relationships that enrich our careers and our lives. Our committee is open to all members of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. Our focus is to support women in the legal profession, provide information on topics of interest to women in the profession on a variety of subject matters, provide a forum to have an open and candid dialogue about issues female attorneys face, and lead the profession in finding solutions to those issues.
We welcome and encourage members to play an active role in our committee work—including by joining our committee events and/or participating in one of our subcommittees. If you would like to introduce yourself, get to know us a little better, or have ideas you would like to share, please join us at our monthly meeting! You can also join us and learn alongside other women litigators across the country through WAC sponsored ABA Roundtables, virtual events, and conferences. Make sure you sign up to get notifications on ABA Communities! Membership in WAC is a wonderful way to grow your network and connect with other women litigators—welcome!
We have a plethora of subcommittees you could join. Some are focused on various types of member benefits and engagement, such as:
- Programming & Roundtables
- Membership, Networking & Inclusion
- Newsletter Editorial Staff
- Website, Audio Content & Practice Pointers
- Book Projects & Work-Life Management
- Social Media & ABA Communities
We also have substantive subcommittees, including:
- Bankruptcy
- Consumer Litigation/Regulatory
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
- Securities Litigation
- Small Business
- White Collar
Members can also serve as liaisons to other Section of Litigation committees and events. We have the following liaison positions:
- Corporate Counsel Liaison
- LGBT Law & Litigator
- Minority Trial Lawyers Liaison
- National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations Liaison
- Professional Success Summit Liaison
- Regional Meetings Liaison
- Women Rainmakers Liaison
- Young Lawyers Liaison
No contribution is too small, and every contribution is what makes this community so vibrant. So, if any of this sounds interesting to you, please reach out. We’d love to have you on the team!
We look forward to welcoming you into our community and actively supporting your professional needs! If you’ve recently joined the Committee and are reading this, please reach out and say hello or join our next monthly call and introduce yourself—we look forward to meeting you!
Chaney Hall, Patricia Astorga, and Becki Kuehn, Lauren Greenspoon, and Julia Whitelock
Woman Advocate Committee Cochairs