Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association honors Renee Turner Gregory at annual membership party

The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) celebrated its annual Membership Party on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Brooklyn Bar Association building. 

The event, a key tradition of the BWBA, offered a platform for members to engage in networking and camaraderie. The informal setting, complete with karaoke and socializing, was punctuated by a brief speech by BWBA President Jovia Radix.

In her speech, President Radix emphasized the significance of membership beyond financial contributions. She highlighted the role of BWBA in representing the state bar association and stressed the importance of strong support for the incoming leader of the Women’s Bar Association for the State of New York (WBASNY), Marea Wachsman. Radix’s call to action was clear: to ensure a robust backing for Wachsman in her new role.

“Membership is not just about money and how we run this organization,” Radix said. “What is really important is how we are represented in the state bar association (The Women’s Bar Association for the State of New York) and the delegates that we get towards the end of the year to make decisions.

“This coming year, WBASNY will be led by our very own Marea Wachsman and we want to make sure that she walks in with a strong, strong bar association behind her,” Radix continued. 

“You also get all of our CLEs that we provide, our regular Lunch with a Judge series that we host month after month, our annual Christmas party, our gala at the end of the year,” said Radix. “All of those things are based on our membership, which gives us the ability to do those things.

The highlight of the evening was the honoring of Renee Turner Gregory, a long-serving staffer of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. Gregory, who is set to retire, has been an integral part of the legal community,…