REGISTER HERE OR BECOME AN EVENT SPONSOR BELOW! The deadline to sponsor this event is COB April 3, 2026.  Thank you to all of our amazing event sponsors: ANNUAL JUDICIAL RECEPTION 2026 CDWBA’s keystone event, the annual JUDICIAL RECEPTION, is April 14, 2026, at City...

CDWBA’s Annual Installation Dinner August 21, 2025

We had such a great night at our Annual Installation Dinner celebrating our Incoming President, Renée Behrens, our Incoming Officers and Board, all of the Award Winners, and all of our Honorees! Thank you to everyone who attended and SOLD OUT this event. We would also...

Miss our Founders Day Event? Listen to the recording!

Through a panel of Capital District Women's Bar Association (CDWBA) Past Presidents, we explored how CDWBA began, how our organization grew, we celebrated our roots, and honored the people who got us here! We heard about CDWBA's contribution as a founding chapter of...

Thank you to our 46th Annual Judicial Reception sponsors!

Thank you to our sponsors! Martin P. Bonventre, Esq.

Thank You To Our 2024 Judicial Reception Sponsors!

CDWBA extends heartfelt thanks to all who attended the 2024 Annual Judicial Reception. Your presence made the evening truly memorable, and your support is invaluable to us. It was wonderful to see familiar faces and to welcome new friends into our community. Your...

Thank You To Our Judicial Reception Sponsors!

We were able to host our Judicial Reception for the first time in years! It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. To those of you who were new to the event, it was great to meet you! We would like to thank all the Court of Appeals, Third Department, Appellate,...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg – 1933-2020

The Capital District Women's Bar Association joins the nation in mourning the passing of the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, aka "Notorious RBG," a fierce advocate for gender equality, Justice Ginsberg was a trailblazer, a role model and icon. Justice Ginsberg, the...

Introducing the e-Mentorship Program

Mentors are important for attorneys in any stage of their career- and for newly admitted attorneys and student members, they are even more so.  The CDWBA e-Mentorship Program will be focused on creating professional relationships with CDWBA attorneys who can...

2025-2026 SUSTAINING MEMBERS

 Renée L. Behrens, Esq.

Barbara Brenner, Esq.

Cara Brousseau, Esq.

Dean Cinnamon Carlarne

Hon. Zainab Chaudhry

Hon. Christine Clark

Joyce Crawford, Esq.

Colonie Town Supervisor Peter G. Crummey

Madalyn DeThomasis, Esq.

Tori Deyo, Esq.

Allegra Edelman, Esq.

Hon. Jillian Faison

Hon. Joshua Farrell

Rebecca Harp, Esq.

Hon. Brian Haak

Rebecca Harp, Esq.

Hon. Christian Hummel

Rebekah Nellis Kennedy, Esq.

Noelle M. Kinsch, Esq.

Cheryl Kraus, Esq.

Cheryl Lee, Esq.

Hon. Erin Lynch

Ryan Manley, Esq.

Hon. Kate McGuirl

Norma Meacham, Esq.

Hannah Merges, Esq.

Cheryl Mugno, Esq.

Zoe Paolantonio, Esq.

Susan S. Pattenaude, Esq.

Cynthia Platt, Esq.

Susan Read, Esq.

Hon. John Reilly

 

 

 

 

Hon. Ricja Rice

Sandra Rivera, Esq.

Sarah Rogerson, Esq.

Margaret Surowka Rossi, Esq.

Yiselle Ruoso, Esq.

Hon. Christina Ryba 

Nancy Sciocchetti, Esq.

Tina Sciocchetti, Esq.

Stephen Signore, Esq.

Hon. Kris Singh

Hon. Leslie E. Stein 

Joann Sternheimer, Esq.

Katherine Suchocki, Esq.

Hon. Margaret Tabak

Susan Taylor, Esq. 

 

Upcoming Events

ANNUAL JUDICIAL RECEPTION

APRIL 14, 2026 | ALBANY CITY HALL

THANK TO OUR PLATINUM EVENT SPONSORS: