Save the Date for ASC’s Silent Auction
Thursday, April 3
6-9 p.m.
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 4000
Dallas, Texas 75201
We will be back at Munsch Hardt for the 2025 ASC Silent Auction, and this year’s theme is WICKED! The Silent Auction is open to the public, so help spread the word and invite your friends to join us in the Land of Oz.
Our Silent Auction Co-Chairs and Committee are hard at work soliciting items for the auction and planning the event, but there are lots of ways you can help:
1. We need vacation homes and tickets to concerts, plays, and sporting events. These items are always bestsellers, so please consider donating to the Silent Auction. Reach out to Neena Wiora if you have any leads.
2. Ask the restaurants, shops, and businesses you frequent to donate an item to the Silent Auction. You can download and print our Donor Solicitation Letter here.
3. We need restaurant gift cards and wine donations ideally valued at $25 or more for our Fork and Cork Pulls. Please pick one up to donate the next time you are out! You can bring your items to the Monthly Planning Meetings or other ASC events, or contact the Silent Auction Committee to coordinate the donation.
4. Ask your firm to contribute a firm basket. The theme can be whatever you’d like, and the winning firm will win a fantastic prize!
5. Help us turn Munsch Hardt into the Land of Oz by purchasing décor from the Silent Auction’s wish list.
RSVP for ASC’s March Planning Meeting
Monday, March 3
12-1 p.m.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 2000
Dallas, Texas 75201
Please RSVP by February 27 so that we can order the correct amount of food.
Special thanks to Lewis Brisbois for hosting the meeting and validating parking, and to TransPerfect Legal for sponsoring lunch.
Save the Date for ASC Goes In House!
Thursday, March 20
5:30-8 p.m.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, 20th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201
Mark your calendar for our final networking event of the 2024-25 year, ASC Goes In House! This event will feature wine, hors d’oeuvres, and CLE credit.
Our General Counsel panelists will discuss their paths to becoming in-house lawyers, the “dos” and “don’ts” of providing outside counsel support to companies, and some of the unique legal issues faced by in-house counsel. Our esteemed panelists will be Megan Donovan, Head of U.S. Legal at Galderma Laboratories; Telisa Schelin, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at Extenet Systems; Dena DeNooyer Stroh, General Counsel and Ethics Officer at North Texas Tollway Authority; and Betty Ungerman, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Lennox International. The discussion will be moderated by ASC member Simran Nijjar, an SMU law student member who will begin her career at Polsinelli in the fall. Watch for an RSVP link in one of our upcoming newsletters.
Special thanks to the Presenting Sponsor of our 2024-25 networking events, Winkler Johnson Group, and to our Leading Sponsors, Kastl Law, P.C. and Legalpeople, LLC. Thanks to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP for generously hosting this event, and to the Law Office of Carol A. Wilson, PLLC for providing wine.
Sign Up for DWLA/DAYL Women’s Mentoring Circles
The Dallas Women Lawyers Association (DWLA) and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) are thrilled to begin their 10th year of Women’s Mentoring Circles (WMC). WMC is an award-winning program that promotes the development, advancement, and retention of women lawyers through mentorship, education, and community-building activities.
Participants are divided into Mentoring Circles consisting of 10-12 women lawyers at different stages of their careers. Throughout the year, participants attend four large group events — an initial kick-off program followed by three programs with featured speakers and discussion panels — and several small group meetups between members of individual Mentoring Circles.
Mentors: Must be attorneys licensed for seven years or more.
Mentees: Must be licensed attorneys and members of DAYL, DWLA, or both.
Registration is now open and closes Friday, February 21, 2025. Sign up today!
2024-25 Save the Dates
March 3 — March Planning Meeting, Lewis Brisbois (Downtown), 12-1 p.m.
March 20 — ASC Goes In House, Sheppard Mullin (Downtown), 5:30-8 p.m.
April 1 — April Planning Meeting, Dykema Gossett (Downtown), 12-1 p.m.
April 3 — ASC Silent Auction, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (Downtown)
May 6 — May Planning Meeting, Haynes Boone (Uptown), 12-1 p.m.
May 9 — ASC Women Winemakers Tasting, Thompson Coburn (Downtown)
June 13 — ASC’s 38th Annual Luncheon, Thompson Dallas (Downtown), 12-1:30 p.m.
2024-25 ASC Leadership
Lead Chair
Devon Sharp
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.
Co-Chair
Debrán O’Neil
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Attorneys Serving the Community is a dynamic volunteer organization of more than 400 women lawyers, judges, law students, and legal industry service professionals with JDs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. For over 37 years, ASC has raised money for local non-profit organizations that benefit women, children, and/or families. ASC is proud to have raised more than $5 million for DFW non-profits since 2015.
