J&G Attorney Elected as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties

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For more information, contact: Michele Babcock, Managing Partner, J&G Law, LLP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

J&G Attorney Elected as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties

WALDEN, NY – J&G Law, LLP (J&G) is pleased to announce that on June 14, 2023, Cynthia J. Hand, Esq., an associate concentrating in estate planning, was installed as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties. Rebecca C. Johnson, Esq., an associate concentrating in matrimonial law, transitions from President to Immediate Past President.  We would also like to congratulate our summer intern Isabelle Hayes for receiving the Susan B. Keiser Memorial Scholarship presented by the WBAOSC Foundation.

Pictured here from left to right:  Michele L. Babcock, Esq. (Managing Partner), Gary M. Schuster, Esq., Rachel J. Rosenwasser, Esq., Cynthia J. Hand, Esq., Rebecca C. Johnson, Esq., Lauren E. Scott, Esq., and summer intern Isabelle Hayes.

 The Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties (“WBAOSC”) is one of twenty chapters of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), an organization with over 4,000 members.  The mission of WBAOSC is to promote the advancement of the status of women in society and of women in the legal profession.

Cynthia earned her Bachelor of Arts in 2002, from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania with a major in Political Science. She earned her Juris Doctorate in 2006 from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut where she was a member of the Tax Law Society and concentrated in Federal Taxation. Cynthia is the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding New Lawyer Award from WBAOSC and the Junior League of Orange County Rising Star, also in 2022.  Cynthia recently graduated from the Leadership Orange Class of 2023.

Rebecca earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Stony Brook University Honors College in Stony Brook, New York in 2012. She earned her Juris Doctorate in 2015 from Boston University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. Rebecca is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding New Lawyer Award from WBAOSC.

About J&G Law, LLP

J&G Law, LLP was founded in 1968 to provide sophisticated legal representation to businesses, individuals and municipalities throughout the Hudson Valley and the state of New York. J&G, Law, LLP has grown into a practice with over twenty attorneys and a full staff of paralegals and legal assistants to service a growing and dynamic client base.

J&G Law, LLP, handles a wide range of legal issues including matrimonial and family law, commercial and residential real estate, elder law and estate planning, cannabis law, municipal law, land use and zoning, tax certiorari, business law, personal injury, landlord tenant, and litigation services.

J&G Law, LLP has offices in Walden and Monticello.

For further information on the firm of J&G Law, LLP please visit www.jglaw.law or call (845) 764-9656.