FINAL COUNTDOWN! “2020 SENECA FALLS REVISITED VIRTUAL CENTENNIAL EXPERIENCE”
The Seneca Falls Revisited virtual suffrage centennial celebration, hosted by Civically Re-Engaged Women (CREW), will address the significance of the many women who have come before us and the work still to be done to achieve equal opportunity for women. The virtual experience celebrating the 100th Anniversary of women’s right to vote will be held July 23rd-25th. If you are passionate about women’s equality and activism visit Crewomen.com to register for this summer’s virtual celebration TODAY!
Learn about some of the speakers for the 2020 Seneca Falls Revisited Virtual Centennial Experience below.
Margaret O. Sowah Esq. is Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. Ms. Sowah started her career in the Unified Court System in 1997 when she served as law clerk to the Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick of the New York State Court of Appeals. Upon completing her clerkship in 1998, she joined the Appellate Division, First Department as a Principal Appellate Court Attorney. Ms. Sowah was named Assistant Deputy Chief Appellate Court Attorney in 2007, was promoted to Deputy Chief Appellate Court Attorney in 2010, and appointed Deputy Clerk of the Court in 2011. Prior to joining the court system, she was staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Appeals Bureau.
Ms. Sowah received her law degree from the University of Ghana School of LAw. She has a master’s in law degree (LLM) from McGill University School of Law, and an MBA from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Susan L. Harper Esq. is the Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Women in Law Section’s (WILS) Centennial Suffrage Commemoration initiative, where she co-led the creation of a traveling exhibit and booklet, and developed a live presentation concerning women’s struggle to gain New York and federal voting rights.
A champion for advancing women’s legal, professional, and economic rights, Susan is the Founding and Past Chair of NYSBA’s 1000-member Women in Law Section, its former Women in Law Committee, and Legislative Affairs Subcommittee. In these roles, Susan has championed women in the legal profession, as well as promoted policy and legislation concerning constitutional equality, paid worker leave, equal pay, salary disclosures, domestic violence, cyber stalking, revenge porn, women’s health and reproductive rights, human trafficking, and women prisoners’ rights.
Susan is a Managing Director of Bates Group, a financial services litigation, regulatory investigation, and compliance consulting firm. A licensed New York and New Jersey attorney, she has represented America’s largest financial firms before FINRA and the SEC.
She is a Past President and Board Chair of the Financial Women’s Association (FWA) of New York, a New York County Lawyers Association board member, and a member of the NYSBA’s Finance Committee and House of Delegates.
In 2016, she was honored as an “FWA Woman of the Year,” and last year was a recipient of the “2019 Outstanding Women in Law” award from Hofstra Law School. She is a frequent speaker on women’s advancement and is passionate about sharing her knowledge.
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, leads one of the country’s most important national civil rights organizations in the pursuit of equal justice for all. Under her leadership, the organization has been at the forefront of some of the nation’s biggest racial justice problems today. The Lawyers’ Committee seeks to promote fair housing and community development, economic justice, voting rights, equal educational opportunity, criminal justice, judicial diversity and more. Kristen received her A.B. from Harvard University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Terri Mazur Esq. is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses on her practice on federal securities litigation and regulatory investigations, primarily in the financial services industry, antitrust, defense of financial institutions in the consumer financial services industry, and complex commercial disputes. She represents corporate clients, financial institutions, accounting firms, officers and directors in complex individual, class and multidistrict litigation involving securities fraud, lending, leasing, credit reporting and practices, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, professional responsibility and fraud claims. She also represents national and multinational corporations in the chemica, energy, airline and other industries in monopoly, cartel, price fixing, market allocation and conspiracy cases.
Terri has tried numerous cases, including bench and jury trials, and evidentiary hearings for injunctive and emergency relief, in federal and state courts across the country. She has written numerous appellate briefs and argued before the Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sevent, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, as well as in state appellate courts.
She also frequently speaks and writes on securities and antitrust issues, as well as on issues affecting women lawyers. You can hear her speak at the Seneca Falls Revisited virtual conference this July.
