Women in the Law Lecture Given by Beverley Rogers
Firm partner Beverley Rogers took time out last month to lecture on “Women in the Law” at Westchester Community College. The College’s Viking News covered the event in a feature article by Staff Writer Laura Molinari entitled “Remembering Women’s History Month.”
The article quoted Beverley on the strength of motivation necessary to succeed in life as well as the legal profession:
Women need to learn to become important to themselves, their family and their society, to believe in their capacity to overcome any obstacle. Education is empowering and perseverance is the most necessary quality for anyone that wants to succeed.
In litigation, a primary focus of Beverley’s practice, these comments are particularly apt.
According to Ms. Molinari, Beverley’s lecture and a parallel lecture by Dr. Iris Cook on “Women in Science,” were “very enjoyable and informative.”Attorney Beverley Rogers to talk at Westchester college
The Ridgefield Press
Business Update: 2/28/08
Attorney Beverley Rogers to talk at Westchester college
Attorney Beverley Rogers has been invited to speak at Westchester Community College on March 6, as part of the college’s Women’s History Month celebration.
The focus of her talk will be Women in the Law and will trace women’s contributions to the American system of jurisprudence from the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States in 1869 until today, where more women than men are admitted to law schools.
“Women have come a long way in the legal profession, but we still have a long way to go,” said Ms. Rogers. “I remember representing buyers at a real estate closing a few years ago and the sellers’ attorney asked me, ‘Would you make a couple of copies of these checks, sweetheart?’ I doubt that a male attorney would have been called ‘sweetheart.”
“Today, being a female trial attorney is not a novelty. It has its advantages. Female trial attorneys are less likely to use a bullying style at trial. That tactic does not sit well with a jury. With that in mind I always take the high road and remain polite and professional. And while I encourage clients to settle cases, there are some cases which just can’t be settled. So then Angelo and I dust off our litigation bags and off we go to court. So far, we’ve won every jury trial we’ve had.”
“I love being an attorney, and by speaking at Westchester Community College, I hope to inspire and encourage other women to go to law school. It’s a great profession, not only for women but for men.”
Rogers & Tartaro Expanded Law Practice to Immigration
RIDGEFIELD PRESS
Dec 13, 2007
Business Update: 12/13/07
Rogers & Tartaro expanded law practice to immigration
Rogers & Tartaro, LLP, in Ridgefield has expanded its law practice to include services in immigration law for employers, families and individual clients.
Attorneys Beverley Rogers and Angelo D. Tartaro, the firm’s partners, said immigration law is a natural extension of their employment law practice and an opportunity to meet a growing and essential need.
Born in Italy and fluent in Italian, Mr. Tartaro emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was six years old. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a bachelor of arts in economics, and he holds an master of business administration from the NYU’s Stern School of Business.
He graduated magna cum laude from Pace University School of Law, where he was on the Law Review. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, as well as the New York and Connecticut Bar Associations, and the Westchester County Bar Association.
Attorney Rogers, born in Brooklyn, is returning to college to earn a degree in foreign languages.
“Immigration is a dynamic area of law that can be as challenging and as complex as our tax laws,” she said. “Our secretary-paralegal was born in the Portuguese colony of Angola, Africa and speaks Portuguese and Spanish. Angelo speaks Italian. I thought it would be fun to round out our ‘United Nations’ law firm and become fluent in another language.”
Attorney Rogers received a bachelor of arts, cum laude, from Pace and a jurisprudence from Pace University School of Law. She is an active member of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee, and she is a member of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association and the New York Employment Lawyers Association.
She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association and the Ridgefield Library. She is co-president of the Ridgefield Discovery Center.
With offices in Ridgefield and White Plains, Rogers & Tartaro, LLP, is a full service law firm specializing in business and not-for-profit law, commercial litigation, employment law, real estate and land use law, immigration law, and wills, trusts and probate.
Dec 13, 2007
Business Update: 12/13/07
Rogers & Tartaro expanded law practice to immigration
Rogers & Tartaro, LLP, in Ridgefield has expanded its law practice to include services in immigration law for employers, families and individual clients.
Attorneys Beverley Rogers and Angelo D. Tartaro, the firm’s partners, said immigration law is a natural extension of their employment law practice and an opportunity to meet a growing and essential need.
Born in Italy and fluent in Italian, Mr. Tartaro emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was six years old. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a bachelor of arts in economics, and he holds an master of business administration from the NYU’s Stern School of Business.
He graduated magna cum laude from Pace University School of Law, where he was on the Law Review. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, as well as the New York and Connecticut Bar Associations, and the Westchester County Bar Association.
Attorney Rogers, born in Brooklyn, is returning to college to earn a degree in foreign languages.
“Immigration is a dynamic area of law that can be as challenging and as complex as our tax laws,” she said. “Our secretary-paralegal was born in the Portuguese colony of Angola, Africa and speaks Portuguese and Spanish. Angelo speaks Italian. I thought it would be fun to round out our ‘United Nations’ law firm and become fluent in another language.”
Attorney Rogers received a bachelor of arts, cum laude, from Pace and a jurisprudence from Pace University School of Law. She is an active member of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee, and she is a member of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association and the New York Employment Lawyers Association.
She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association and the Ridgefield Library. She is co-president of the Ridgefield Discovery Center.
With offices in Ridgefield and White Plains, Rogers & Tartaro, LLP, is a full service law firm specializing in business and not-for-profit law, commercial litigation, employment law, real estate and land use law, immigration law, and wills, trusts and probate.
