Patton Boggs Women's Forum - Events Archive

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2009 EVENTS

• Tweeting, Tagging and Blogging: How Social Media Can Help You and Your Business Gain Visibility
  November 2009
  Patton Boggs Women's Forum was pleased to host their annual meeting on "Tweeting, Tagging and Blogging: How Social Media Can Help You and Your Business Gain Visibility" in our Washington, D.C. office on November 6, 2009. This year's guest speaker was social media consultant Lindsay Maines, who gave an in-depth presentation on the professional uses of such social media platforms as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In addition to Lindsay's presentation, the audience broke into small groups to discuss various topics within social media. For those with questions and concerns, there was a lively discussion on the merits of this new media and its impact on the audience's personal and professional lives.
  
  The event was "live tweeted" from Patton Boggs' Twitter account using the hashtag #PBWomensForum. To see what was said in detail, visit http://twitter.com/pattonboggs.

• Women's Refugee Commission
  June 2009
  At its June monthly meeting, the Patton Boggs Women's Forum hosted Dina Dublon and Joan Timoney from Women's Refugee Commission.  Ms. Dublon, co-chair of the organization, spoke to the group about the Commission's mission since being founded in 1989. The Commission advocates for laws, policies and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women and children from around the world. Ms. Dublon also spoke in general about the impact individuals can make through leadership and service whether via a donation of money or time or by learning more about a cause and sharing the information. For more information, visit the Women's Refugee Commission online  or on youtube.
  

• DC Lawyers Volunteer Project
  May 2009
  Jenny Brody, Erin Larkin, Karen Barker Marcou and Daisy Rosen from the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project delivered a presentation on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 to the Patton Boggs Women’s Forum about the legal challenges facing victims of domestic violence.
  
  Their mission is to tap into the stream of lawyers who have taken time off from practicing law full time to provide pro bono legal services to local low-income women, children and families tangled in domestic violence, custody, guardian ad litem, foster care and other family law cases.
  
  The non-profit group works to place children in safe environments and to protect women from being abused with protective orders from the court.
  
  The non-profit group provides volunteer lawyers with malpractice insurance, office space, legal research tools, training and mentoring, so that they can use their skills to help some of the District’s poorest and most vulnerable residents find a life of stability.
  
  The group started out last year with three lawyers handling four cases. Over the past year, the group has grown to over 50 active volunteers who have helped more than 65 clients achieve safety and stability in their lives. In the coming year, they hope to expand both their caseload and practice areas.
  
  For more information about the project's work, click here: http://dcvlp.org/
  
  

• April 2009
  Denver Women's Forum Networking Event to Benefit Work Options for Women

  The Denver Women's Forum hosted its first event of the year: a networking reception that benefited Work Options for Women (WOW).

  The turnout at the event was about 60 people and $1,500 was raised (all proceeds from ticket sales went directly to WOW).Cafe Options (WOW's newest culinary skills classroom) was the setting for the evening, and  food  included smaller "versions" of items on the cafe's regular menu. The event was a good opportunity for attendees to  mingle with business associates while at the same time Cafe Options got exposure as a new downtown business lunch destination.

  WOW's mission since 1997 has been to help give homeless and impoverished women the training and skills necessary to be successful in the work force. It began as a partnership between a social worker and a chef, and the program continues to provide participants with the skills they need to work in foodservice. For 16 weeks, women are taught foodservice skills in a commercial kitchen that serves more than 300 meals a day. Cafe Options is the newest "classroom" for the program; with the added benefit of 100% of proceeds from breakfast and lunch sales going back into WOW. Upon graduation, the women are placed in foodservice jobs with a rate of 86% still being employed after 12 months. This is far above the national success rate of similar programs.

  For more information, please visit the program's website at www.workoptions.org.
  

• Women’s Forum Luncheon
  March 2009
  Rebecca Carr, director of media relations and communications at Patton Boggs, will present ideas for raising the visibility of the female partners in the firm. Prior to joining the firm in May 2008, Rebecca was an award-winning reporter who covered some of the biggest stories to hit Washington and the nation, from the impeachment of President Clinton to 9/11. Rebecca will talk about the best ways to showcase our attorneys' legal talents by pitching them to local and national media outlets and helping them target publications for article submissions.
  
  
• February 2009
  Managing Partner Stuart Pape was the Women’s Forum guest speaker. He discussed such issues as the firm’s compensation structure, cross-selling, and diversity issues.
  
  

• January 2009
  Patton Boggs Women’s Forum had its 2009 kick-off meeting and the firm’s Chairman Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. was the guest speaker. He spoke to the Forum about the state of the firm, the Obama Administration, and how the Administration and the new Congress may affect Patton Boggs. Mr. Boggs also took questions from the group.

• Women's Forum Luncheon - Running Start
  October 2008
  Patton Boggs Women’s Forum hosted Running Start’s “Path to Politics.” October’s program is one in a series of seminars being presented throughout the year. The panel will discuss “The Importance of Running and Losing.”  Running Start is an organization that brings young women to politics so that they are knowledgeable about the process, invested in the outcome, and interested in participating as elected leaders. Their programs educate the public about young women’s unique role in politics and the importance of getting more young women engaged and involved in politics. By educating young women and girls about the importance of politics, and imbuing them with the skills they need to be leaders, we will give women the “running start” they need to achieve greater political power. With an earlier start in politics, women will climb higher on the leadership ladder, allowing more women to share in the decision making power of this country. More>>
  
  
• Annual Women's Breakfast Forum
  September 2008
  Patton Boggs Women’s Forum hosted it's seventh annual program on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  Guest speakers  Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr of Riverside Endeavors addressed the audience about the differences between leadership by advocacy and leadership by inquiry.  This interactive program ended with a signing of their newly-released book "A Managers Guide to Coaching." 
  
  
• Summer Break
  August 2008
  
  
• Annual Cocktail Reception
  July 2008
  The Patton Boggs’ Women’s Forum hosted a cocktail reception for the 2008 female summer associates.  The event was a great opportunity for many of our attorneys and professionals to meet colleagues from Patton Boggs' regional offices who were in town for the firm’s partnership meeting.
  
  
• Women’s Forum Luncheon
  June 2008
  Mary Beth Bosco, Executive Committee Member and Co-chair of the Diversity Committee spoke to the Women's Forum on diversity-related initiatives being undertaken by the firm.  These initiatives included the just released Corporate Social Responsibility Report, and a memorandum setting forth the Diversity Committee's recent activities, an assessment of the Committee's progress, what remains to be accomplished and future recommendations for the coming year.
  
  
• SPECIAL EVENT - Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care
  May 2008
  
  
• Women’s Forum Networking Lunch
  April 2008
  
  

• Women’s Forum Luncheon - Women, Wisdom, & Wealth
  March 2008
  Financial consultant Melissa Voight of Nearman Financial Consulting, Inc. spoke to the Women’s Forum regarding financial strategies and how it is essential for women to take charge of their finances.

• Women’s Forum Luncheon
  February 2008
  Mary Kimber, the firm's Chief Marketing Officer, spoke to the Women's Forum about all things marketing during lunch.  She discussed what the Marketing Department can do internally and externally to help our female attorneys highlight their successes, secure speaking engagements, publish articles, and identify other ways they can spotlight themselves.

• Women’s Forum Luncheon
  January 2008
  Lorelie Masters, former president of the Women’s Bar Association, spoke to the Women’s Forum on how women and women of color make up only 17% of law firm partners and general counsel, and what this means for the legal profession as well as our own personal careers.

2007 EVENTS