2010 Executive & Committees
Executive Committee
Following our AGM on 19 November 2009:
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President – Mary Snell |
A more detailed introduction to our executive committee members follows.
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Mary Snell |
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Rebecca Barry Rebecca practices as a Solicitor at TressCox Lawyers in the area of Corporate and Commercial Law. Rebecca’s clients are publicly listed and private companies (small to medium), financial service providers, insurers, trusts, associations and colleges. Rebecca is particularly interested in women’s history and completed her thesis “Stepping Stones: the Role the Women’s College Played in the Professions at the Turn of the Century” as part of her honours degree in history at the University of Sydney. Rebecca is on the Editorial Committee of the Clarion publication for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and a member of the Women's Initiative Practice Group for ALFA International. Rebecca is also on the Business Law Committee and the Social Committee of NSW Young Lawyers. |
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Lee-May Saw Lee-May is a barrister practising at Martin Place Chambers. Before coming to the Bar, Lee-May worked as a solicitor in private practice and regularly appeared as an advocate in court matters. She has also worked at community legal centres including Women's Legal Services New South Wales and the Intellectual Disability Rights Service. She has been involved with the WLA NSW Committee and other professional legal organisations, since she was a student. Lee-May is the current Director and Representative for New South Wales on the Australian Women Lawyers Board of Directors, was President of WLA NSW for two years in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, and has held various positions on the WLA NSW Committee including Treasurer and Media Officer. She has been appointed to the Board of Women's Legal Services New South Wales for 2009-2010. Lee-May is keenly interested in policy and law reform issues particularly those affecting access to justice and women in the legal profession. She looks forward to continuing her involvement with the WLA NSW Committee in 2009-2010. |
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Leigh Liebowitz (nee Burland) |
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Eirene Garnsey Eirene is a senior associate at Clayton Utz in the Mergers & Acquisitions group, advising on mergers and acquisitions, listing rules, directors' duties and other general corporate issues for a range of public and private companies and investment funds. |
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Heidi Fairhall |
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Pauline Wright Pauline was admitted in 1985 and is currently in private practice with P J Donnellan & Co in Gosford. She is a Councillor of the Law Society of NSW, serving her third term and is presently chair of the Law Society’s Criminal Law and Environmental Planning and Development Law committees and is a past chair of the Human Rights, Gender & Industrial Issues Taskforce and On-Line Services committees. She has served on the Professional Standards committee since1996 and also served on the NSW Young Lawyers Executive Council, Business Law and Children’s Legal Issues committees. Pauline has a keen interest in criminal and social justice and civil liberties issues and has been Vice President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties since 1996. She also sits on the Board of Governors of the Law and Justice Foundation. |
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Felicity Lee |
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Carrie Peterson |
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Caroline Cook |
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Louise Hazelton |
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Lucy Geddes |
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Margaret Holz Margaret first joined WLA when she was a student in the mid-70’s. She was admitted as a solicitor in 1976 and practised at Hunt & Hunt, rising from articled clerk to partner, until 1991. She then left to establish the firm Ferguson Holz where she was managing partner until being called to the Bar in 2003. Her work has always been in personal injuries litigation, specialising in motor accidents. She was a Supreme and District Court Arbitrator and a Costs Assessor for many years and is presently both an assessor for the Motor Accidents Authority and a District Court mediator. Margaret has been a member of the Costs, ADR and Common Law Committees of the Law Society. She later spent three years as a Bar Councillor and has chaired the New Barristers Committee. She is presently a committee member of the Women Barristers Forum and the Bar’s Professional Conduct Committee |
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Janet Coombs Janet came to the Bar in 1959 and practised for 38 years. Joining WLANSW as a law student, Janet has maintained an active interest, serving on various committees, and is a Life Member. She has a continuing and proactive interest in Law Reform. Janet is the WLANSW representative on the National Council of Women of NSW committee. |
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Kate Blue |
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Samantha Low |
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Louise Jardim |
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Kathryn McKenzie Kathryn has extensive experience in administration, association and event management. She has worked with small business to large corporates, non-profit organisations and many committees. With senior management experience in a diversity of business sectors, successfully organising numerous events, sponsorships, government and media liaison, she has qualifications in business management and counselling, franchising, mediation, journalism and public relations. Kathryn is also the Public Officer for WLANSW. Kathryn McKenzie, Principal of Business Angel Services Pty. Ltd., officially took over the responsibility as at 12 August 2003. In welcoming Kathryn, WLANSW would like to thank Anne Stewart and her team at Creative Conferences for their assistance and support as our Executive Officer over the previous five years. |
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2009 Executive Committee Page
2008 Executive Committee Page
2007 Executive Committee Page
2006 Executive Committee Page
2005 Executive Committee Page
2004 Executive Committee Page