NHWBA logo


September 201
 
Congratulations to the 2016 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award Recipient: 
Jennifer L. Parent, Esquire

The NHWBA is pleased to announce the selection of Jennifer L. Parent, Esquire, as the recipient of the 2016 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award.  The Ricker Award honors an outstanding woman lawyer in New Hampshire who has achieved professional excellence and paved the way to success for other women lawyers, advanced opportunities for women in the profession, and/or performed exemplary public service on behalf of women.  Attorney Parent meets and exceeds all of these criteria.

Attorney Parent is a Director at McLane Middleton and is Chair of the firm's Litigation Department.  She
 recently served  on the firm's Management Committee.  She is a founding member and past president of the NHWBA and received our organization's Trailblazer in Law Award in 2008.  She is a past president of the New Hampshire Bar Association and currently serves on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents where she was nominated as Secretary with her expected presidency in 2018.  She is also on the board of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation.  She is a 2016 Life Fellow of the NH Bar Foundation, State Chair and Sustaining Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and Sustaining Life Fellow of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
 
Throughout her career, she has been recognized for numerous awards including the 2015 and 2013 list of Top 50 Female Attorneys in New England by Super Lawyers, the 2015 Outstanding Women in Business Award from the New Hampshire Business Review, the New Hampshire Bar Association's Philip S. Hollman Gender Equality Award, the Union Leader's 40 Under Forty Business Leaders, and the Robert E. Kirby Award.  She is also recognized by Chambers USA: A Guide To America's Leading Lawyers (Labor & Employment).
 
She also gives back to the community and has served on various boards including the Board of Trustees for Palace Theatre,  New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts,  Opera New Hampshire, New Hampshire Alumni of Suffolk University Law School, New Hampshire Suffolk Law Alumni Loan Assistance Program, and the Dean's Advisory Committee for the law school.
 
As her nominator wrote, "[f]rom working with local businesses to helping in the community, Jennifer works tirelessly to help make New Hampshire a better place.  Her career accomplishments and accolades prove that she is not just a great female attorney, she is a great attorney.  Her efforts have helped pave the way for future women to be leaders in both the field of law and business as a whole."
 
Attorney Jack B. Middleton said that Jennifer "exemplifies the best traits in our lawyers, their commitment to excellence in their practice, and their willingness to devote their time and energies to the betterment of their profession."
 
Join us at our 19th Annual Fall Reception on Thursday, October 13, 2016 for a night recognizing the achievements of Attorney Parent and networking with our members and friends.  The reception will be held at the Concord Country Club in Concord, New Hampshire from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public.  RSVPs are appreciated by clicking here.  Hors d' oeuvres will be provided.  At the reception, we will also present the Winnie McLaughlin Scholarship to Christine Hilliard, a very deserving second year law student at UNH School of Law.  A 50/50 raffle to support the McLaughlin Scholarship Fund will also be held.
 
If you or your firm would like to sponsor the Fall Reception, click here to review our Sponsorship brochure.

Quick Links
Like us on Facebook
Connect on Linked In
Follow us on Twitter
Contact Us
Contact our ED:
Gretchen E. Pyles

P. O. Box 915
Manchester, NH  
03105-0915


For a complete listing of our Board of Directors, click here.