Friday, March 28, 2025
Westin Galleria Dallas
Ballroom – 3rd Floor
Registration 11:30 am
Program 12 noon
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Special Guest Speakers: JILL WINE-BANKS & JOYCE VANCE
Join us for a vibrant conversation about legal and cultural issues of the day with Jill Wine-Banks and Joyce Vance — MSNBC analysts, legal trailblazers and half of the brilliant team of legal masterminds of the #SISTERSINLAW podcast.
JILL WINE-BANKS
Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst, appearing regularly on the network’s prime time and daytime shows. She began her career as an organized crime prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, which led to her selection as one of three assistant Watergate special prosecutors in the obstruction of justice trial against President Nixon’s top aides. CONTINUE READING HERE.
JOYCE VANCE
Joyce White Vance is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law and a Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center. She is a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC and writes the popular Civil Discourse newsletter. Vance is the cohost of two podcasts, #SistersInLaw and The Insider. CONTINUE READING HERE.
2025 PIONEERING PARTNER AWARD: KATHLEEN LAVALLE
Our 2025 Pioneering Partner Award will be awarded to Kathleen LaValle, President and CEO of Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). NCJW Dallas’ connection to CASA began in 1979, when we received a grant to fund a pilot program for what has become today’s Dallas CASA. We will honor this partnership as one of the more than 60 programs and projects founded by our organization.
Kathleen LaValle joined Dallas CASA as a board member in 2002 and chaired the board in 2006. Before becoming Dallas CASA’s CEO in July 2014, Kathleen practiced law for three decades, earning distinction in Chambers USA and chairing the Texas State Bar Antitrust and Business Litigation Section. Kathleen currently serves on the North Texas Foster Care Consortium Board, the Nonprofit CEO Council, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Partnership for Children and Families’ Community-Based Care Subcommittee. She also has served on the Dallas County Child Welfare and the Texas CASA boards. Kathleen was recognized as an SMU Dedman School of Law Distinguished Alumni in 2018 and she received the Dallas Regional Chamber’s ATHENA® Award in 2014. She received Texas Women’s Foundation’s Maura Award in 2020. Kathleen received her JD from SMU’s Dedman School of Law and her BA from the University of Notre Dame.
Under Ms. LaValle’s leadership, Dallas CASA has grown to serve more children with volunteer advocates than any of the more than 900 CASA programs nationwide. In the five-plus years since Dallas CASA has been able to accept 100% of court appointments to Dallas County child welfare cases, the agency has served more than 7,000 child victims of abuse and neglect with more than 2,700 volunteer child advocates.
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It takes all of us to make real change. Your contribution will support our groundbreaking programs and help ensure that NCJW Dallas continues a proud legacy of service. As a sponsor, you will directly help:
- Survivors of domestic violence to begin living independently
- West Dallas students to attend school with supplies so they are ready to learn
- Children and teens to feel safe and confident when testifying against an abuser
- Parents of pre-school aged youth to promote school-readiness
- Families to learn how to live healthfully
2025 LUNCHEON COMMITTEE
HONORARY CHAIRS
Phyllis Bernstein and William Weiss
Julie and Michael Lowenberg
Lindsay Bendorf
Elaine Bernstein
Phyllis Bernstein
Brenda Brand
Laura Diamond
Helen Frank
Debbie Greene
Susie Gurinsky
Sandy Kaman
Renee Karp
Donna Kun
Julie Lowenberg
Staci Mankoff
Peggy Papert
Elaine Stillman, PRESIDENT
Shannon Morse, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Joyce Rosenfield
Amy Schachter
Elaine Stillman
Rhona Streit
Carol Tobias
Erin Zopolsky
Robin Zweig