Jany Martínez-Ward is co-owner of the Ward Law Group with her husband, Gregory Ward. The firm, which has more than 200 employees and offices in Miami; Orlando, Florida; and New York City, primarily represents Hispanic victims of car accidents and other serious personal injury cases.
Mary Shen O’Carroll has been named the new CEO of the LegalEng Consulting Group, a boutique legal consulting and services company based in San Francisco.
A Black female associate at McDermott Will & Schulte has accused the law firm of discrimination after allegedly being repeatedly passed over for promotion to partner.
Lucie Allen will become a co-CEO of Barbri, a leading bar exam prep company, and will share leadership duties with Steve Fredette, the current CEO and chairman, until he becomes the executive chairman early next year, the company announced Wednesday.
From as early on as I can remember, my mother told my three sisters and me that we could be anything we wanted—except lawyers. She should have known better.
The American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession has chosen five women lawyers to receive its 2026 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. The award ceremony and reception will take place from 3-5:30 p.m. CDT on Aug. 2 during the ABA Annual Conference in Chicago.
Jayne Fleming is a human rights attorney who has worked with survivors of torture and sexual gender-based violence from Central America, Greece, Jordan and Haiti. She became a lawyer in 2000 and now is the global director of a foundation that she established in 2010 in honor of her late mother. Fleming recently spoke about her career and foundation with the ABA Journal.
Of the top 10 most-cited U.S. legal scholars, seven are women—and that's more than double than in previous years, according to a new study by George Mason University law librarians posted last week.
Stacy Leeds, the dean of the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, has been named the next president of the University of Tulsa, effective July 1.
In addition to pushing for equity in the U.S. Army, ABA member Dominique Dove volunteers with organizations that support female veterans. She also raises awareness of issues facing female veterans, including homelessness and sexual trauma, through her participation in pageants. She is reigning Dr. World 2026, which celebrates women with doctoral degrees.
M. Elizabeth Magill, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and the dean of the Georgetown University Law Center, effective Aug. 1, the university announced last week.
“A courthouse is not just for jurors and employees and attorneys,” Jennifer Feld says. “It is a place for the people to come, whether they’re there to pay a parking ticket or get a marriage license, or maybe they’re just driving through and need a lactation space. Having the courthouse be a safe place for mothers to pump or feed their children, I think is really moving.”
When lawyer Mary Noel Pepys met U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in 1994, she never imagined that one day she would become her matchmaker.
In Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds, Harriet Newman Cohen chronicles her journey as a divorce lawyer, with clients including actress Linda Lavin, actor Laurence Fishburne and many other celebrities. Cohen recently talked with the ABA Journal about her book, which is available Feb. 5.
The Washington Supreme Court overturned a recommendation to censure and remove a municipal court judge last month, saying the disciplinary action was inappropriate for the accusations that she was "rude, condescending or harsh toward staff and litigants,” and racism in the justice system could have been at play.
