Program Agenda:

9:00am-11:00am        “Building the Practice You Want:  Business development and self-advocacy strategies for women lawyers”
 
Marianne Trost, the Women Lawyers Coach, is a nationally recognized business development trainer and career coach who works exclusively with attorneys, with a special emphasis on helping women lawyers advance in the profession.  A leader in the industry for over 25 years, Marianne has helped more than 2,000 attorneys in the U.S. and Canada grow their own client base, manage their careers strategically, and achieve their professional goals.  Her training programs and insights have been referenced in the American Lawyer, Women Legal Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, and published in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Australia.  www.thewomenlawyerscoach.com
 
11:00am-11:10am      Break
 
11:10am-11:45am     “Tribute to a Pioneer:  Lorraine Wall Hurney, Esq.”
 
When her husband suddenly died, Lorraine Wall Hurney, while raising three children, attended law school at night at the Washington College of Law. Upon graduation, she started work as a junior administrative assistant and upon passing the bar joined the general counsel's office of the Dapartment of Immigration. She retired 29 years later as a Deputy Director of Immigration. This is an inspirping story but particularly so when you consider that Lorraine graduated from law schol in 1938. The story of this pioneer will be told by her grandson, Tom Hurney, a lawyer in Charleston, West Virginia.
 
11:45am-1:00pm      Lunch
 
1:15pm–2:15pm       Horse-drawn carriage ride through Charleston with the Palmetto Carriage Company ($30 per person, not included in registration)
 
2:30pm–4:00pm       Drinks at the rooftop bar, The Watch Bar, at the Restoration Hotel 
 
The cost for the event is $149/person, which includes the sessions and lunch. The carriage ride and drinks are not included. 
 
Nearby hotels are the Planters Inn or Ansonborough Inn.