Press Release:
On June 7, the New York State Judicial Commission on Women in the Courts – Eighth Judicial District Gender Fairness Committee will host its biennial celebration of Women Lamplighters in the Law Awards Luncheon in the Greenhouse Room at the Hotel Lafayette, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, at 11:45 a.m. The following honorees will be recognized for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the general and legal communities:
- Mary Jane Nevins, Esq., Retired Attorney, Cattaraugus County
- Lee Ann Lazarony, Dunkirk Treatment Court Coordinator
- Kelly Buckley, Chief Clerk, Erie County Family Court
- Michelle Parker, Esq., Executive Director, ECBA Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society
- Ayoka A. Tucker, Esq., Attorney, Civil and Family Law
- Antonia Gillison, Retired Secretary to Hon. Kevin M. Carter, Administrative Judge, 8th Judicial District
- Paula A. Campbell, Esq., Deputy County Attorney, Genesee County
- Hon. Laura Wagner, Support Magistrate and Justice of Town of Royalton, Niagara County
- Jamie Summers, Surrogate’s Court Chief Clerk, Orleans County
- Jennifer Wilkinson, Esq., County Attorney, Wyoming County
- Colleen Gibbons, IDV Resource Coordinator, Supreme/County Courts, Erie County
- Helen Z.M. Rodgers, Esq. (Posthumously), one of the first two women graduates at Buffalo Law School, class of 1899; activist in the women’s suffrage movement and was president of the Women Workers’ Suffrage League; In 1949, she was named as Buffalo’s Outstanding Business Woman by the Business and Professional Women’s Club.
The NYS Judicial Commission on Women in the Courts – Eighth Judicial District Gender Fairness Committee is proud to continue its biennial tradition of recognizing the significant contributions of women in Western New York who have made a positive impact on the legal profession, the courts and the judiciary. In an era when we witness challenges to women’s rights at home and around the globe, we are pleased to shine a light on the positive contributions these remarkable women have made in our communities.
