The Duquesne University Women’s Law Association’s (WLA) will honor two distinguished alumni at its 21st Annual Woman of the Year reception on Tuesday, April 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Storm’s Restaurant on Fourth Avenue, Downtown.
Each year, the WLA celebrates achievement in the legal profession by recognizing an alumnus and a recent graduate who demonstrate leadership and dedication to their community.
Mary C. McGinley.
This year’s award winners are:
- Woman of the Year recipient—Mary C. McGinley, of counsel at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, is an active member of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar associations. She has served on the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees and is co-chair of Attorneys Against Hunger, an annual campaign that benefits local hunger agencies.
- Recent Graduate recipient—Lisa Mebane Barnett is an associate of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar associations. She was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Lisa Mebane Barnett
According to Andrea Capasso, a third-year law student and president of the WLA, this year’s recipients were selected for their professionalism and dedication to the Pittsburgh and Duquesne law communities, which is illustrated by their involvement in bar association activities and with law student groups. “They are accomplished attorneys that female law students can look to as examples of success,” said Capasso.
Past winners include judges, professors and local attorneys. The WLA also sponsors programs that provide information on issues of social and legal concern to women law students and hosts annual events to benefit local women shelters.