Minnesota Network
On December 7, 2016, Stinson Leonard Street LLP will host the Minnesota Network's 2nd Annual Wrap and Wine event. This event allows members to bring their own holiday gifts to wrap while networking in great company. Attendees can also wrap gifts for the Wish Tree Project, a program of Partners in Community Action, Inc. – Head Start that provides holiday gifts for local disadvantaged children.
New Jersey Network
The New Jersey Network co-sponsored two CLE panels with the Essex County Bar Association and the Mercer County Bar Association entitled Bankruptcy and Taxes: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know and a Few Things You Didn’t. The panels focused on a variety of tax issues in bankruptcy, including proper service on taxing authorities and procedural issues. The first panel, moderated by IWIRC-NJ Co-Chair Tara J. Schellhorn of Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP, was held on October 13, 2016 at McCarter & English LLP. The panelists included Hon. John K. Sherwood (U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey), Eamonn O’Hagan (Assistant United States Attorney District of New Jersey – Financial Litigation Unit); Ramajit Chawla (Deputy Attorney General, N.J. Department of Law and Public Safety – Division of Law, Tax Bankruptcy Debt Recovery Section); and IWIRC New Jersey member Catherine Youngman (Fox Rothschild, LLP). The second panel, moderated by MCBA Bankruptcy Bench Bar Committee Co-Chair Ross Switkes (Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono P.C.), was held on October 20, 2016 at Stark & Stark. The panelists included Hon. Michael B. Kaplan (U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey); Eamonn O’Hagan; Ramajit Chawla; and Albert Russo (Standing Chapter 13 Trustee District of New Jersey Trenton Vicinage).
October 20, 2016 panel with IWIRC NJ Board members Meredith Friedman (Wilentz), Michelle Aurich (WithumSmith+Brown), and MCBA Bankruptcy Bench Bar Committee Co-Chair Thomas Onder (Stark & Stark)
Minnesota Network members show off their painting masterpieces
On September 27, 2016, the Minnesota Network teamed up with the local TMA NOW and Commercial Finance Association (CFA) chapters to host a joint painting event at Brush Studio. Attendees enjoyed trying their hand at painting canvases while sampling wine, tasting light bites, and getting to know other professional women from the area. The event was well attended and a lot of fun.