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WBA Honors Ellen Jakovic With Woman Lawyer of the Year 奖

2024年5月24日

作者:约翰·墨菲

The Women’s 酒吧 Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) honored Ellen M. Jakovic D.C. 酒吧 immediate past president, with the 2024 Woman Lawyer of the Year 奖 at the WBA’s annual dinner on May 22. Held at the National Building Museum, the event featured keynote remarks by Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

Jakovic WBAIn her acceptance speech, Jakovic called the award the “capstone” of her career. She noted how her involvement in the District’s legal community began with the WBA. “作为一个年轻的靠谱的滚球平台, struggling to navigate the demands of a Big Law practice and a family with two small children, I turned to the WBA’s working parents’ forum for help,雅科维奇说。. “I am forever grateful for the support and the mentoring I received and [for] the community that welcomed [me] during that challenging time in my life.”

Jakovic also hailed the honor as a “full circle” event in her professional career, before quoting the late Madeleine Albright, who was the first woman to serve as U.S. 国务卿. “[Albright] famously said that there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,雅科维奇说。. “I don’t claim to have the secretary’s insight into the afterlife, [but] I know that there is a special place right here in our legal community for women who support other women. And that’s the Women’s 酒吧 Association of the District of Columbia and the Women’s 酒吧 Association Foundation.”

The WBA commended Jakovic for her legal career that spans nearly 40 years. Currently, she’s of counsel in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s antitrust practice group. Until 2021 she was a partner, heading the firm’s Hard-Scott-Robino Antitrust Improvements Act filing practice. 加入柯克兰之前 & Ellis in 2008, Jakovic worked at White & Case LLP for 13 years as an associate, and then as counsel. She started her career as an associate at Miller & Chevalier Chartered before moving to Shaw, Pittman, Potts & 特洛布里治.

在她任职期间,D.C. 靠谱的滚球平台协会主席 from 2022 to 2023, Jakovic led the 酒吧 in launching the Early Career Lawyers Community. She also spoke about issues impacting women in the legal profession, celebrating during her term the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funding. Her January/February 2023 华盛顿靠谱的滚球平台 列, “Getting and Keeping Women in the Game,” won an Honorable Mention from the National Conference of 酒吧 Presidents for the 2023 President’s Page 奖.

Jakovic also leveraged her D.C. 酒吧 presidency to advocate for access to justice, especially when she provided written and oral testimonies before the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety when Washington, D.C.’s Access to Justice Initiative was facing a 60 percent cut in funding.

在成为D之前.C. 靠谱的滚球平台协会主席, Jakovic served as president of the WBA; she has also served on numerous boards, including the American 酒吧 Foundation, the Council for Court Excellence, and the DC 酒吧 Foundation.

Klobuchar那天晚上早些时候, Senator Klobuchar delivered the keynote address, reflecting on how the National Women’s 酒吧 Association was important for her after she graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and worked for 13 years in corporate law at Dorsey & Whitney LLP and at Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis.  

“Women were just coming up in the law when I first started,克洛布查尔说. “[I recall] watching these women become partners and the struggles that many of us faced. I remember the ones who had kids and what that was like, so for those of you who are younger — as hard as life seems — you have to respect those who came before you because it was not an easy time. I’m just so proud of all of you and the men that stand with you for being here today.”

Klobuchar recounted her entry into politics when she became the first woman to serve as Hennepin County attorney in 1998, representing nearly one-fourth of the Minnesota population, 然后作为U.S. 参议员.

“当我竞选美国总统时.S. Senate], it was at a point where two women had run and lost,克洛布查尔说. “So, I would be asked numerous times if a woman could win. I remember always saying, ‘Well, a woman won in Texas. So, I think a woman can win.’ I finally said that I’m not running as a woman; I’m running on my merits, I’m running on what I’ve gotten done in my life, 在私营部门, and as the county attorney. 这似乎奏效了.”

Despite the struggles of being a 参议员, Klobuchar said that collaborating with the women 参议员s, who work hard and support one another, 真的很开心吗. She noted that in the history of the United States, there have been approximately 2,000名参议员, and only 60 have been women.

“[But] more and more people are running who are going to change the face of the Senate,克洛布查尔说. “And that makes me happy, just like you’ve seen in the legal profession across the country.” She encouraged attendees to continue “to go forward and carry the torch.”

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