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Lauren
Stiller Rikleen is a senior partner in the Real
Estate and Environmental Law Group of Bowditch & Dewey. Lauren
has a diverse environmental law practice emphasizing negotiation,
enforcement and compliance issues. She is also an experienced
mediator.
She is also the author of Ending the
Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law, the
result of two years of research, interviews with hundreds of women
lawyers and law firm managers from all over the United States.
 This
important book focuses on the institutional impediments to women's
success in the practice of law – the challenges and the
roadblocks women face as they struggle to succeed in law firms,
including firm management, the assignment process, billable hour
demands, business generation, compensation, mentoring, attrition
and work/family issues. In the book, Ms. Rikleen offers a compelling
rationale for change. In doing so, she describes concrete actions
which law firms must take so women can take their rightful place
as equals in the legal profession.
Attorney Rikleen is listed in The
Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA America’s
Leading Business Lawyers – two publications which recognize
attorneys for excellence in their field. She was also recognized
as one of the “Top 50” woman attorneys in the Massachusetts
Super Lawyers publication. Lauren received the Boston College
Law School Alumni Award for Excellence in Law in 2004. In the
fall of 2005, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
awarded Lauren the Lelia J. Robinson Award, so named in honor
of the first practicing woman attorney in the Commonwealth.
In August 2005, Lauren was appointed by the President of the American
Bar Association to the twelve-member ABA Commission on Women in
the Profession.
As the former President of the Boston Bar Association (1998-1999),
Lauren created the Task-Force on Professional Challenges and Family
Needs, which produced a report entitled: “Facing the Grail
– Confronting the Costs of Work/Family Imbalance”
(July, 1999). She continues her advocacy of these issues through
her involvement with the Massachusetts Equality Commission and
the related work of the MIT Workplace Center.
Lauren is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Environmental
League of Massachusetts and a member of the Board of Trustees
of Clark University, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is also
a founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College and
a member of the Board of Trustees of: Middlesex Savings Bank;
the Boston Bar Foundation; and Discovering Justice, the James
D. St. Clair Court Education Project. Lauren is also a member
of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Women’s
Political Caucus and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Within her community, Lauren is the first woman to have served
as Chair of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce (which serves nine
communities west of Boston). In 1997, the MetroWest Chamber of
Commerce named her “Business Leader of the Year” and
also granted her the Athena Award for professional excellence
in 2001. The Boston Globe recognized her as one of “The
Who’s Who of Top Women Lawyers” in 1995 and the Middlesex
News named Lauren “Woman of the Year” in 1991.
Lauren has also lectured frequently on environmental law topics
and published extensively on a variety of issues, including environmental
law.
Education:
Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Boston College
(J.D., 1979).
Professional and Community Activities:
Trustee, Clark University; Director and Chair, Environmental League
of Massachusetts; Trustee, Boston Bar Foundation; Trustee, James
St. Clair Court Education Project; Founder, MetroWest Harvest;
past Chair, MetroWest Chamber of Commerce; Trustee, Middlesex
Savings Bank; Member, American Bar Association Commission on the
Status of Women in the Profession; Member, The Commonwealth Institute;
past President, Boston Bar Association. |
Jennifer
Zimmerman is an associate in the litigation and
banking and securities practice groups at the firm of Rhoads &
Sinon LLP, and was named an Associate Marketing All Star of 2005
by the Professional Business Development Institute.
In her practice, she concentrates
in the areas of debtor/creditor rights, litigation, and education
law. She regularly represents creditors’ rights in Chapter
11 bankruptcy proceedings involving nationwide corporations.
In addition, she is involved
in business planning, including advising businesses in corporate
formation, drafting lease agreements, as well as advising businesses
on employment issues. She also has expertise in HIPAA compliance
matters.
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
Executive Council Member,
PA Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession
Member, James S. Bowman American
Inn of Court
Co-Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania
Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession
Board Member, Central PA
Association of Female Executives; co-chair of the Elegant Progressions
Sponsorship Committee
Member, Junior League of
Harrisburg
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