Kilgore Society Events
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Kilgore Society & Wharton Club of Philadelphia Present:
Estate & Financial Planning for Women: Taking Care of Your
Financial Future Now
Penn Law
3501 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Recent data shows that more women are taking control of their financial future with confidence. The key to this confidence is education and advice about financial planning. A recent TIAA-CREF survey shows that 81% of women who received advice were more likely to feel confident about retirement than women who hadn’t. This in mind, the below panel will begin to give us the steps to take control of our financial futures.
Join us at Penn Law as our panel of estate planning and financial planning experts discusses an array of topics critically important to women when it comes to strategically managing wealth and planning ahead for all manner of life events.
(Note: men are welcome to attend as well.)
Panelists:
Salvatore Cocivera
Sal is President and a financial advisor with Cora Capital Advisors in Marlton, NJ, an independent financial planning firm, where he specializes in personal financial planning and investment management for corporate executives and small business owners. A large portion of Sal’s practice is dedicated to professional women and female heads of households, a group affectionately known as Sal’s Gals. Before establishing Cora Capital, Sal was a founding partner of Copper Beech Financial Group, and previously was affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Sal has been recognized as a FIVE STAR Wealth Manager from 2009 through 2014 as featured in Philadelphia Magazine. Sal is a Certified Financial Planner and has attained a Master of Science in Financial Services.
Ellen Deringer L’00
Ellen is of counsel in Morgan Lewis’s Personal Law Practice. Ellen’s practice focuses on estate planning and administration, family business succession planning, federal income, estate and gift taxation, charitable giving, and tax-exempt organizations. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor for Estate and Gift Tax at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and is a Trustee on the Women’s Law Project’s Board of Trustees. Ellen earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000 and her BA from Brown University in 1995. Ellen is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New York.
Pari Hashemi W’12
Pari is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, and Financial Advisor with her own practice at Wells Fargo Advisors. Pari’s goal is to help professionals and business owners reach the top echelons of their business by being financially responsible. Through her wealth planning practice, she has worked with clients through the process of tailoring an overall wealth plan based on their goals & needs. She is also a recognized author having written articles for various publications including Forbes, the Philadelphia Business Journal, and TheGlassHammer.com. Pari has also been recognized as Philadelphia Business Journal’s youngest 40 Under 40 winner, was nominated for Forbes 30 Under 30 List, is a Top Wealth Manager for SmartCEO Magazine, and is a Five Star Wealth Manager in Philadelphia Magazine.
Wendy Wolff Herbert L’03
Wendy is the Administrative Partner for the Taxation and Wealth Planning practice at Fox Rothschild LLP, resident in the firm’s Princeton office. She focuses her practice on a broad range of tax matters, including: complex estate and gift planning; estate and trust administration; federal and state tax controversies; and tax issues of non-profit organizations. She is a frequent lecturer on various tax, estate, and probate topics, and is a volunteer lawyer for the Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of New Jersey, a nonprofit providing trust, guardianship, and other support services to individuals with disabilities and mental health challenges. Wendy earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2003 and graduated with honors from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Moderator:
Sarah Hammer WG’99, L’11
Sarah is head of the nonprofit investment only team at the Vanguard Group. Previously, she was a member of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group, where she specialized in research and analysis of tax, financial regulation, and investment issues. Prior to joining Vanguard, she worked in portfolio management at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) and in trading at JP Morgan. Sarah serves on the University of Pennsylvania Law School Alumni Board of Managers and is a Wharton Class Ambassador. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School, a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a master of studies from Oxford University. She is a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
To RSVP, click here.
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Past Events
Thursday, January 22, 2015
8:30am - 10:00am
Kilgore Networking Coffee Hour -
Washington, DC
NPR
1111 North Capital St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
Please join us for a networking coffee hour reception, hosted by NPR in its new NoMa office!
Following the reception, there will be an opportunity to meet members of NPR’s Office of the General Counsel and tour NPR headquarters with Michelle Shanahan L’91, Senior Associate General Counsel at NPR.
Click here for more details and RSVP information.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Kilgore Wine & Cheese
Networking Night - New York
Holland & Knight LLP
31 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10024
Please join us in New York City, hosted by
Holland & Knight LLP.
Click here for more details and RSVP information.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2014
8:00am - 9:30am 
Kilgore Coffee Hour - Philadelphia
Griesing Law, LLC
1717 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Please join us for a coffee hour in Philadelphia, hosted by Griesing Law, LLC.
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Friday, August 1, 2014
8:30am - 10:00am
Kilgore Coffee Hour - San Francisco
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
Please join us for our first Coffee Hour in San Francisco, hosted by Morrison & Foerster LLP.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Overcoming Career Challenges and Changes: 
A Kilgore Society Alumnae Panel and Reception
Join us at Penn Law as we host a panel of five outstanding Penn Law alumnae discussing how they have successfully weathered significant challenges and changes in their careers, which have spanned BigLaw, in-house, the financial services industry, and the bench, with various pitstops and pauses in between! Come hear their stories - and stay to chat with our panelists and to meet other terrific Penn Law alumnae in attendance. A reception will follow.
Featuring the following speakers:
The Honorable Frederica Massiah-Jackson L’74
President Emeritus, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Lorraine Koc L’83
General Counsel, Sugarhouse Casino
Shari Solomon WG’91, L’91
General Counsel, Diamatrix, Inc.
Sarah Hammer WG’99, L’11
Senior Investment Analyst, Vanguard
And moderated by:
Fran Griesing L’81
Managing Member, Griesing Law LLC
Refreshments will be provided.
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Friday, May 16, 2014
4:15pm - 5:15pm
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Reunion Weekend CLE Panel:
Penn Law’s Kilgore Society Presents 
Entertainment Everywhere:
Licensing & Lawyering in the New Media Age
Stephanie Abrutyn L’91,
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Litigation and Anti-Piracy, Home Box Office, Inc.
Julie Fenster L’83,
Principal, Office of Julie R. Fenster LLC (advising startups on digital media, technology, e-commerce); SVP, Administration & General Counsel, Vibrant Media, Inc.; former Vice President of Law and Business Affairs, Time Inc. New Media; and former Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel, Everyday Health, Inc.
Priscilla “Sally” Mattison L’97,
Of Counsel, Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., PC (entertainment law firm representing recording artists, songwriters, and other clients in the music business)
Marni Pedorella L’94,
Vice President of Intellectual Property, NBC Universal, Inc.
Michelle Shanahan L’91
Senior Associate General Counsel, National Public Radio
Penn Law, S245A
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May 2, 2014
8:30am - 10:00am
Kilgore Coffee Hour - Boston
K&L Gates LLP
State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Please join us for our sixth Coffee Hour (and first in Boston!) hosted by K&L Gates.
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April 23, 2014
5:00pm
University of Pennsylvania Law School, The Clock
Portrait Unveiling - The Hon. Carolyn E. Temin L’58
Penn Law School and the Kilgore Society will together honor one of our distinguished alumnae, the Honorable Carolyn E. Temin FA’55 L’58, at a wine and cheese reception and ceremony acknowledging her contributions to the justice system and to the profession. Judge Temin’s portrait will be formally unveiled at this event.
Judge Temin served as a Judge for the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania for nearly 30 years, and continues to serve as an International Judicial Consultant. She’s been a trailblazing leader among women lawyers and judges throughout her career, and she’s been involved with the Kilgore Society and related activities since its founding, most recently speaking on our inaugural Kilgore CLE panel during Penn Law’s Reunion Weekend in 2013.
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March 28, 2014
3:30 pm
PLWA Student and Young Alumni Coffee Chat
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
On Friday, March 28th at 3:30 PM, the Penn Law Women’s Association (PLWA) is partnering with the Kilgore Society for a Coffee Chat with recent Penn Law alums. Students will get to hear from and network with recent Penn law grads in a fairly informal and less intimidating format than your typical networking happy hour – over coffee!
The event will provide a great opportunity for PLWA members to have a candid discussion with recent alumnae about how to make and maintain mentor relationships in the workplace, and get tips on how to succeed in summer internships and first jobs out of law school. Confirmed to speak are Penn Law alumnae Katie Bailey L’10, Gia DiMarco L’11, Linda Bartosch L’11, and Anne Rollins L’12.
Space is limited. If you are a student that is interested in attending, please email pennlawwomenassn@gmail.com. Spots will be awarded on a first reply, first accepted basis.
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March 11, 2014
8:00am - 9:30am
Kilgore Breakfast/Coffee - Los Angeles (Century City)
LA Kilgore Breakfast - 3.11.14
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, CA 90067
One of two LA-area locations hosting a Kilgore event on this date - please join us for our fourth Kilgore Coffee Hour (and first on the West Coast!) hosted by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton
(cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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March 11, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Kilgore Lunch Event - Los Angeles (Downtown)
Latham & Watkins LLP
355 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
We’ll be providing two locations for LA-area women on this date - for those of you convenient to downtown, please join us for what will be our FIFTH Kilgore event, hosted by Latham & Watkins LLP.
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton
(cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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January 31, 2014
8:00am - 9:30am
Kilgore Coffee Hour - Washington, DC
DC Kilgore Coffee Hour - 1.31.14
Sheppard Mullin LLP
1300 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Join us for our third Kilgore Coffee Hour (and first in the District!) hosted by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP.
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton
(cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
For photos from this Coffee Hour, please click here.
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December 13, 2013
8:30am - 10:00am
Kilgore Coffee Hour - New York
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Join us for our second Kilgore Coffee Hour (and first ever in New York!), hosted by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton (cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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December 6, 2013
8:00am - 9:30am
Kilgore Coffee Hour - Philadelphia
Philly Kilgore Coffee Hour - 12.6.13
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
1 Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Join us for our first ever Kilgore Coffee Hour in Philadelphia,
hosted by Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton (cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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September 20, 2013
P2P: The Pipeline to Equity Partnership: The Skills, Strategies and Stumbling Blocks Women Lawyers Encounter on Their Path to Reach Equity Status
The National Association of Women Lawyers presents:
P2P: The Pipeline to Equity Partnership: The Skills, Strategies and Stumbling Blocks Women Lawyers Encounter on Their Path to Reach Equity Status
Hotel Monaco Philadelphia
533 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
The Kilgore Society joins as a P2P co-sponsor!
Speakers include:
Diane E. Ambler, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Sharon L. Caffrey, Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Cathy Fleming, Managing Partner of Hodgson Ross LLP (New York office)
Jennifer May-Brust, VP & General Counsel, Walmart Stores Realty
Roberta D. Liebenberg, Senior Partner, Fine, Kalpan and Black, RPC
LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
Kilgore Society Members receive a 10% discount at registration.
Please use the following code when registering: 2013P2PCOSP
Registration is limited to attorneys.
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Reunion Weekend CLE Panel - May 11, 2013, 2pm
CLE Panel Discussion 4:
Penn Law’s Kilgore Society Presents
Trailblazing Penn Law Women: Past, Present, and Future
Celebrating 130 Years of Penn Law Alumnae
130 years ago, Carrie Burnham Kilgore completed her law school studies and graduated as a member of Penn Law’s Class of 1883, establishing herself as our first alumna and one of the first female law school graduates in the country.
Her quests to formally study law, to gain admission to practice, and to earn the trust and respect of her clients and peers demonstrated remarkable tenacity, intelligence, and a passion for the profession. She opened the doors for generations of Penn Law women to do the same, and this panel highlights the career paths and lives of a handful of our many distinguished alumnae over the years who have continued in this spirit.
Judge Carolyn Engel Temin FA’55, L’58, International Judicial Consultant; Senior Judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1st Judicial District of Pennsylvania (ret’d)
Laura Ross Blumenfeld L’73, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marcy Engel L’83, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Eton Park Capital Management; former Managing Deputy General Counsel, Global Corporate and Investment Bank, Citigroup
Cathleen McLaughlin C’84, L’88, Partner and Head (International Capital Markets Practice) and Founder (Latin America Practice), Allen & Overy LLP
Penn Law, Gittis 213
Wine & Cheese Reception (3pm, Penn Law, Gittis 214):
The Wine & Cheese Networking Reception was offered as a special opportunity to introduce new women grads to the Kilgore Society, and to connect graduating Penn Law women with Penn Law alumnae (this includes local alumnae, and reunion-year alumnae in town for their Reunion Weekend!)
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Forthcoming Events
2014-2015
Regional Kilgore Coffee Hours (various regions)
Opportunities for periodic face-to-face networking via early morning interactive coffee hours, hosted by local firms/other employers. We’ve begun in Philly, NYC, DC, and LA, but we are also interested in bringing these to other regions as well.
We’re currently looking at Boston, San Francisco, Miami, and Chicago for upcoming events. Please let us know if you’d like to host/help organize a coffee hour in your area!
Contact kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu or Corey Ellen Fulton (cefulton@law.upenn.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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Inaugural Women’s Summit 2015 (Philadelphia)
Tentatively set for Fall 2015, we are currently in the process of planning an incredible two-day event, with substantive CLE programming, a keynoted lunch and dinner, breakout sessions, and ample opportunities for networking with your fellow alumnae.
Our programming will include skills workshops aimed at younger alums, as well as focused networking roundtables for our more experienced alums, and a variety of overlapping panels and presentations for women working in a wide variety of different sectors and areas.
Email Corey Ellen Fulton (cefulton@law.upenn.edu) or Dori Pavel (dpavel@law.upenn.edu) with ideas and suggestions, or for more information.
Stay tuned for more details!
