Congratulations to our Award Winners

CELEBRATE ourIncoming Officers, Board, and amazing Award Winnersat our INSTALLATION DINNER BROWN'S REVOLUTION HALL | August 13, 2026 BECOME A SPONSOR HERE! If you or your office/firm are interested in becoming a sponsor for this year’s event, please...

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...

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Allegra Edelman, Esq. First Term, Second Year Kyra Ganswith, Esq. Second Term, First Year Dara Hebert, Esq. Second Term, First Year Kasey K. Hildonen, Esq. Second Term, First Year  Jellisa Joseph, Esq. First Term, Second Year  Anne Morruzzi, Esq. First Term, First Year Shali Natasan, Esq.  First Term, Second Year Calee Oas, Esq. First Term, Second Year Emily Philips, Esq. Second Term, First Year Dominique Ryan, Esq. First Term, First Year Tina Sodhi, Esq. Second Term, First Year Adriana Vega, Esq. First Term, Second Year Shannon Wagner, Esq. First Term, First Year

 

Immediate Past President : Renée Behrens, Esq.

WBASNY Officer: Rebekah Nellis Kennedy, Esq. 

WBASNY Officer: Rebecca Harp, Esq.

Upcoming Events

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL INSTALLATION DINNER

AUGUST 13, 2026 | BROWN'S REVOLUTION HALL