The March luncheon was held on March 18, 2010 at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel. 

Our speakers were Susan Guidry, recently elected to the New Orleans City Council, District A, and Judy Reese Morse, Chief of Staff in the Office of Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, who also heads (along with Doug Thornton) Mitch Landrieu’s mayoral transition team.  Both women spoke about how they came to be in their current positions, as well as their visions for the future of New Orleans.

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession is developing a new book entitled “The Road to Independence: A Woman’s Guide to Forming Her Own Law Firm.” This volume will be a collection of letters (maximum 4 pages double-spaced) focusing on the experiences, challenges, and opportunities of women-owned law firms. 

The Commission is seeking women who have formed their own firms—whether as a solo, with other women, or with men; it is not necessary that the women currently be owners of their firms. The book’s audience is primarily women who are thinking about starting their own law firms as well as those who already have taken that step.

For more information about the book and the procedures for submitting letters, please visit http://www.abanet.org/women/independence.html.