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Employer Spotlight: O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Editor’s Note: This is the eleventh and final installment in MSJDN’s series highlighting the employers MSJDN members say are going above and beyond for military spouse attorneys. Each employer in this...
View ArticleMSJDN 2014-2015 Board Nominations are Open
At the MSJDN Annual Reception on May 7, 2014, President Mary Reding passed the MSJDN torch to incoming President Rachel Winkler, our 2014-2015 MSJDN President. Now, MSJDN is accepting applications for...
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MSJDN Announces Founding Member Status
On April 7, 2014, MSJDN asked members to register to pay dues for the first time in the organization’s history. After several years of unprecedented growth and success, MSJDN needed funding to continue...
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MSJDN nominates Justice Sandee Marion for the Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers...
MSJDN is pleased to announce our nomination of Justice Sandee Marion to receive the Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. Justice Marion is thoughtful, intelligent, a consummate...
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Houston Hearts Heroes: Celebration and Advocacy in Action
July 8, 2014 was proclaimed Reda Hicks Day by Houston Mayor Annise Parker. The official proclamation read: WHEREAS, the Military Spouse Appreciation Day held in Spring 2014 celebrated the force...
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Writer’s Corps Adds Four New Members
The MSJDN Communications Team is thrilled to announce the addition of four new members to our writing team. Here’s a little bit about each of them: Jillie Gordon Foerster is a newly-married Air Force...
View ArticleBeing Admitted to the North Carolina Bar Under Military Spouse Licensing...
Author’s Note: Jennifer McBee was the first person to be admitted to the North Carolina Bar under the Military Spouse Licensing accommodations in January 2014. We sat down with her to discuss her...
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MSJDN Past President Mary Reding Smith Honored by Women’s Bar Association of DC
As part of its annual Stars of the Bar recognition, the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) has named Mary Reding Smith, Immediate Past President of the Military Spouse JD...
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MSJDN Board Member receives prestigious Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young...
The Military Spouse JD Network congratulates board member Natalie Wilson on receiving the Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association. This award is...
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Donna Huneycutt has One In Gear Career
MSJDN member Donna Huneycutt is an inspirational reminder of how incredible and supportive military spouses are. She has steered her career in a way that allows her to enjoy every workday, and still...
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MSJDN Pro Bono Week: MilSpouse Attorney Helps Gold Star Mom Keep an Enduring...
Every October, the American Bar Association creates an annual national spotlight on pro bono through their Celebrate Pro Bono campaign. Justice for Military Families is part of the national pro bono...
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MSJDN Welcomes New State Licensing Chair
Military Spouse J.D. Network is pleased to announce that Kari-Lynn Wenciker has accepted the role as State Licensing Chair. MSJDN’s state licensing initiative is run by a committee of state directors...
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A Profile of Colorado’s First Military Spouse Attorney Admittee
“This is amazing. A group that is sympathetic and understanding of what I am going through!” That was Evelyn Guevara’s reaction when she found Military Spouse JD Network (MSJDN) after googling...
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MSJDN Member Named ABA Immigration Justice Project Attorney of the Year
On October 24, 2014, MSJDN Member Maria Chavez-Black received the Attorney of the Year award from the American Bar Association’s Immigration Justice Project (“IJP”) in San Diego, California. The IJP’s...
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Military Spouse Attorney Spotlight: Jocelyn Benson
“I quickly learned that uncertainty would be the norm. And we should embrace the time we have together.” Jocelyn Benson In 2010, Jocelyn Benson became a newly-minted military spouse on the...
View ArticleProfiling Success: Christina Sarchio
MSJDN Member Christina Guerola Sarchio has had a varied, exciting career that would be the envy of any lawyer. It is also the product of a surprising journey. Currently a partner in Orrick, Herrington...
View ArticleSix MSJDN Members Nominated for Military Spouse of the Year – First Round...
Six, yes, SIX of our talented MSJDN members are among the newly announced nominees for the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year. Join us in congratulating Maria Chavez-Black, Tara...
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Transition and the Unconventional Career Path
by Eleanor Magers Vuono Volumes have been written about the stresses of new parenthood, including the exhaustion, the shock of sleep deprivation, and the anxiety about basic life functions (is she...
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LTG Flora Darpino Honored by the American Bar Association with Prestigious Award
MSJDN is proud to announce that Lieutenant General Flora Darpino has been named as a recipient of the ABA’s Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. LTG Darpino, the senior military legal...
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MSJDN Member Honored At Ms. JD Conference
On March 5, 2015, MSJDN Member Angelica Kang received the prestigious "Woman of Inspiration" Award from Ms. JD at its "Ms. JD: Stronger Together" conference in San Francisco, California. Angelica Kang...
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