Women Lawyers

Sandra H. Robinson

The Cochran Firm

• A personal injury can turn someone's life upside down, as Sandra H. Robinson, a Partner at The Cochran Firm, has seen time and again. For more than 25 years, she has been helping clients in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, to recover compensation for the damages they suffered as a result of negligent acts such as birth injuries, medical malpractice, delayed diagnosis, and wrongful death.Over the course of her career, Ms. Robinson has obtained multimillion-dollar awards on behalf of those she represents; in one year alone, juries awarded her clients over $20 million in compensation for cases of medical negligence. The National Bar Association granted her its Presidential Award. For her work mentoring women lawyers, she received the American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers Caucus' Marie Lambert Award.These honors are a reflection of the outstanding advocacy Ms. Robinson provides every day for people who have suffered due to a medical error or other injurious event. She knows how to establish a standard of care and demonstrate that a professional or a facility deviated from that standard, resulting in just compensation for the injuries suffered by those she represents.Ms. Robinson earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Oberlin College. She then received a Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 1982.Sharing her knowledge and experience with others, Ms. Robinson has mentored students and coached moot court teams. Making history as the first African-American president of the Public Justice Foundation, she continues to be active with that organiztion. She is a past president of TLA-DC; the DC Women's Bar Association Foundation; and the Civil Justice Foundation. She has served on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice.

Ashley N. Stepps

Rippy, Stepps & Associates

• Ashley was born and raised in the Arkansas Delta in Pine Bluff. She is a graduate of Delaware State University and received her law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock – William H. Bowen School of Law. Formerly with The Raymon B. Harvey Law Firm, Ashley’s career has been spent serving elderly and special needs clients, their families, and loved ones as they encounter the legal issues that accompany aging and disability. She works to assist her clients in making sense of the intricate legal areas of elder law including probate, estate planning, and long term care/Medicaid planning. She aids her clients with accomplishing their specific goals by developing plans that are unique to them. As well as being a frequent National Business Institute speaker, she has written, planned, and presented programs on various elder law subjects for several professional and her writings on pet trusts have been published by Outskirts Press. Ashley is also a Veterans Administration (“VA”) Accredited Attorney. She is the immediate past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity International, and the American Bar Association.

Jennifer Anukem

J. Anukem & Associates LLC

• As managing partner of J. Anukem & Associates LLC, Jennifer Anukem handles family law, business law and estate planning cases. She works with people throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C., who have to make important decisions about their future.Ms. Anukem is admitted to practice before all state courts in Maryland and Washington, D.C. However, she often seeks to resolve matters well before litigation. Over the course of her career, she has negotiated fair outcomes and devised sound strategies that set her clients up for success.Raised in Baltimore, Ms. Anukem understands the unique challenges that people here face. She guides them through the legal process. As an attentive and responsive lawyer, she listens to clients as they share their concerns. She then uses that information to develop a solid plan for how to accomplish their goals.With nearly a decade of experience, Ms. Anukem bases her practice on offering sound advice and practical solutions. Ms. Anukem holds an Avvo “Superb” rating, and the National Association of Family Law Attorneys named her in its Top 10 Attorneys Under 40 in Maryland list.Active in the legal community, Ms. Anukem is a member of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, the Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., and the Prince George’s County Bar Association.Ms. Anukem earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School, which she graduated from in 2010.

Nydia N. Streets

Streets Law, LLC

Yashiba Blanchard

Law Office of Yashiba Glenn Blanchard, LLC

Ciara L. Rogers

The Law Offices of Oliver & Cheek, PLLC

• Ciara L. Rogers is an attorney with the law firm of Oliver & Cheek, PLLC, which has offices in New Bern, Greenville, Raleigh, Wilmington and Wilson, North Carolina. Serving a diverse range of clients throughout the eastern portion of the state, Ms. Rogers works hard to provide the highest level of advocacy and support possible to those who have legal needs involving any of the following practice areas:·        Debtor and creditors' rights·        Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies·        General litigation·        Employment lawTrained in alternative dispute resolution techniques, such as negotiations, mediation and arbitration, Ms. Rogers strives to help her clients resolve their disputes and reach agreements and settlements as amicably and efficiently as possible, without the need for expensive, protracted court battles. However, she will not hesitate to fight on behalf of her clients' rights and best interests in court when necessary, and she has extensive experience representing Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees in U.S. Bankruptcy Courts across the region.After graduating from Averett University in Danville, Virginia, in 2006, Ms. Rogers attended North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 2009. The Virginia State Bar admitted her to practice that same year, and the North Carolina State Bar admitted her to practice in 2011. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Eastern District of Virginia and before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.Highly active in her legal community, Ms. Rogers is a member of the bankruptcy sections of the North Carolina State Bar and the Virginia State Bar. She also served as co-coordinator for the North Carolina State Bar Bankruptcy Section Financial Health Clinic. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Audra Michelle Bryant

Bush & Augspurger, PA

• Audra Michelle Bryant is an associate with Bush & Augspurger, P.A. in its Tallahassee, Florida office.  She is an experienced trial and appellate attorney.  Her practice areas include professional liability defense, employment law and personal injury.  In addition to litigation, Ms. Bryant maintains a significant appellate practice. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bryant worked for the State of Florida as a Child Welfare Legal Services Attorney securing the safety of abused, abandoned and neglected children.  While there, she successfully tried numerous dependency and termination of parental rights cases.Ms. Bryant has given back to the community by serving as an attorney ad litem advocating for dependent children in the foster care system.

Tanisha Bostick

Bostick Legal

• Attorney Tanisha Bostick is the founder and owner of Bostick Legal in San Diego, California. A top-rated lawyer and effective problem-solver, Ms. Bostick provides exceptional representation and support to a diverse range of clients throughout the greater San Diego area and across Southern California who have legal needs involving any of the following:Family law and divorceBankruptcyPersonal injuryA native of San Diego, Ms. Bostick has a genuine concern for the important and pressing legal issues affecting the residents of her community, and she has gained a reputation for delivering highly personalized and compassionate counsel to her clients during what is a very difficult and uncertain time in their lives. Understanding the stress, fear and frustration her clients are experiencing, she offers caring advice to help set their minds at ease as she aggressively pursues the most favorable outcomes on their behalf.A devoted advocate and responsive attorney, Ms. Bostick maintains an unwavering focus on protecting her clients' rights and interests during all legal proceedings, and she returns her clients' phone calls and emails promptly to address their questions and concerns as they arise. Honored for her outstanding professionalism and service, she has earned top rankings and endorsements from her peers as well as numerous positive testimonials and referrals from her satisfied clients.A 2009 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in business management, Ms. Bostick obtained her Juris Doctor in 2016 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. While in law school, she served as law student committee chair of the American Bar Association's Family Law Section, and she received the Jeffersonian Medal as well as the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence from the Witkin Legal Institute.Along with maintaining a successful legal practice, she is also active in her legal community, and she is a member of The State Bar of California, the Lawyers Club of San Diego, the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association. She is also the former vice chair of the Litigation Trial Practice Committee for the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.

Kristie A. Scott

Light Path Law, PA

• As the founder and owner of Light Path Law, P.A., in Fort Myers, Florida, attorney Kristie A. Scott provides unmatched counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout Southwest Florida who have legal needs involving any of the following:·       Business law·       Church law·       Employment law·       Government law·       Contract law·       Homeowner's association law·       Landlord-tenant lawOver the course of her legal career spanning more than six years, Ms. Scott has achieved considerable success advocating on behalf of her clients during complex civil litigation proceedings in state and federal courts across her region. Along with maintaining a successful trial practice, she also has extensive experience handling mediations and arbitrations, and she routinely provides invaluable counsel to her clients regarding all aspects of their companies' operations and employment-related issues.Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Scott led a successful career in the investment and insurance industries. During this time, she focused primarily on assisting high net worth individuals with their complex investment needs and managed a client base that had more than $400 million in highly diversified portfolios. She also helped manage new business processes and other matters for high net worth clients of a boutique insurance firm.Drawing upon her past experience, Ms. Scott possesses a unique skillset that enables her to better address her clients' needs and more readily devise the best strategies possible to help them achieve their goals efficiently and cost-effectively. Honored for her professionalism and service, she has earned top rankings from her peers as well as a Leader in the Law designation from the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.Lending further credence to her leadership skills, Ms. Scott has served as treasurer for the Lee County Association for Women Lawyers and secretary of the National Bar Association's Isaac Anderson Jr. Chapter. She is a member of the Greater Fort Myers Leadership Class of 2016. Among her other professional affiliations, Ms. Scott is a member of The Florida Bar and the Lee County and American Bar Associations. Additionally, Ms. Scott serves on the adjunct legal faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she teaches business law course, and she has conducted numerous lectures and seminars across her region on a variety of legal topics. She has also appeared on local televised news outlets, where she has offered in-depth legal commentary on various subjects.A 2005 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Ms. Scott obtained her Juris Doctor cum laude from Charlotte School of Law in 2012. She is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Kristin Grant

Grant Attorneys at Law PLLC

• As the managing partner of Grant Attorneys at Law PLLC in New York, New York, attorney Kristin Grant serves the rights and interests of a diverse range of clients throughout the greater New York City metro area and all across the state. She has extensive experience helping her clients protect their important ideas, inventions and trade secrets as well as assisting those who need support prosecuting any infringements or violations thereof.A registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Ms. Grant handles all matters pertaining to the acquisition, protection and enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property protections. Serving both individual and corporate clients in a variety of industries, she has achieved notable success not only with providing effective representation and support regarding intellectual property protections but also with providing invaluable counsel involving regulatory compliance and industry-specific issues.Earlier in her career, Ms. Grant worked at two prominent-area intellectual property law firms, where she gained invaluable insight into all areas of patent, trademark and copyright law. She also served as a patent consultant for AltSchool, a nationwide community of schools and educators devoted to helping children reach their full potential in this technology-driven age. There, she worked closely with software developers and engineers throughout all stages of the patent process.A 2006 graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, Ms. Grant received her Master of Business Administration from the University of Wales in 2010. She then returned to New York and attended New York Law School, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 2013. While in law school, she was a member of the Media, Entertainment, & Fashion Law Association as well as the Black Law Students Association, and she regularly contributed to an online website devoted to fashion law and other legal topics.Ms. Grant is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She maintains an active membership with the National Association of Patent Practitioners, the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the New York City Bar and the New York State Bar Association's Patent Law Committee.Recognized for her exemplary professionalism and service, Ms. Grant has received “Superb” client ratings on Avvo as well as a Top 40 Under 40 designation from the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Onik'a Gilliam-Cathcart

Helsell Fetterman LLP

Rabiah A. Rahman

Rabiah at Law

• Attorney Rabiah A. Rahman is the founder and owner of Rabiah at Law in Ventura, California. A top-rated trial attorney with more than six years of legal experience, Ms. Rabiah provides invaluable advocacy and support to clients throughout Southern and Central California who have legal needs involving any of the following:·       Employment discrimination·       Hostile work environments·       Sexual harassment·       Wrongful termination·       Employer retaliation·       Whistleblower claims·       Unpaid wages and overtime issues·       Employment contracts, severance agreements and other related mattersThroughout the course of her legal career, Ms. Rabiah has gained a reputation as a staunch advocate for employees who have suffered serious violations of their rights as workers. She established her law firm on a foundation of her unwavering commitment to social justice, and she has achieved considerable success helping her plaintiff clients obtain the full and proper restitution they deserve while holding responsible parties accountable for their actions.An active leader in her legal community, Ms. Rabiah has served as co-chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association's Diversity Outreach Committee as well as chair of the Ventura County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section. She has also served on the organization's board of directors and on the boards of the Ventura County Social Justice Fund and Citations Law Magazine.Ms. Rabiah is also the vice president of the Black Lawyers of Ventura County and governing board member of the New Leaders Council's Los Angeles Chapter as well as member of the Jerome H. Berenson American Inn of Court, among her other professional affiliations. Moreover, she has conducted numerous lectures and seminars across her region on a variety of legal topics, and she has appeared as a guest panelist on a local radio news program.A 2008 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ms. Rabiah obtained her Juris Doctor in 2012 from the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, where she served as managing editor of the Berkeley Journal of African American Law and Policy. She is admitted to practice before all California state courts as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of California and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Angela Hart-Edwards

Akerman LLP

• Serving as an employment specialist in mergers & acquisition and handling employment law cases on behalf of private sector employers, educational institutions, and government contractors nationwide as a Washington, D.C. attorney, Angela Hart-Edwards is a partner at Akerman LLP. Her practice area includes defense against, investigation of, and training and compliance counsel on labor, employment, and harassment claims.Ms. Hart-Edwards formerly worked as a civil rights attorney and federal criminal prosecutor, respectively, for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney's Office. She is keenly aware of state and federal laws and how they apply to a client’s case in multiple jurisdictions, as she is licensed.  As an investigative attorney, she familiarizes herself with each client’s circumstances and how to best approach reaching a resolution.Throughout her career, Ms. Hart-Edwards has tried more than 50 cases to verdict. Her body of work includes defending organizations in individual and multiplaintiff lawsuits. Additionally, she has written handbooks and policies for employers and counsels businesses on corporate diversity. For example, she advised a Fortune 100 company in compliance related to affirmative action plans for minorities and women. Clients come to her from a range of industries, including retail, staffing, logistics, manufacturing, hospitality, technology, construction, education, insurance, and health care.Active in the legal community, Ms. Hart-Edwards is an active member of the National Employment Law Council; the Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., Employment & Labor Law Section; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and the Defense Research Institute (DRI) – The Voice of the Defense Bar.After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in labor studies from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1987, Ms. Hart-Edwards earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) and then Masters of Laws in Trial Advocacy (LL.M), respectively in 1990 and 1996 from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Bridget G. Morgan-Bickerton

Bickerton Law Group LLLP

• Bridget G. Morgan, an associate with the law firm of Bickerton Law Group, LLLP, provides astute representation for her clients in Honolulu, Hawaii, and throughout the state. Ms. Morgan's legal practice is focused in the area of business, commercial and business bankruptcy law, including business litigation, creditor and debtor rights for businesses, business bankruptcy, and class action and mass tort cases.Before attending law school, Ms. Morgan graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Seattle University. She then commenced her legal studies at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, graduating with her Juris Doctor in 2005. She has been licensed to practice law in Hawaii since 2007. Ms. Morgan began her legal career working as a guardian ad litem representing children in the foster care system at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii through the AmeriCorps program. She then worked in private practice in Hawaii and Seattle before joining Bickerton Dang, LLLP. She has represented clients in a broad variety of civil, bankruptcy and commercial litigation cases. Her clients have included bankruptcy trustees, Chapter 11 debtors, state court receivers, and defendants and plaintiffs in various litigation matters. Actively involved in the legal profession, Ms. Morgan is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. Ms. Morgan is admitted to practice law before the state courts of Washington and Hawaii, the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Alyssa Blanchard

O'Dell O'Neal Hungerford & Blanchard

• Alyssa Blanchard is an attorney at O'Dell & O'Neal Attorneys. She focuses her practice exclusively in the area of family law, representing clients throughout Metro-Atlanta. Ms. Blanchard handles all aspects of her clients' family law matters, including divorce, child custody and support, alimony, paternity, grandparent’s rights and post-decree order modifications.Before attending law school, Ms. Blanchard received a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in English from Georgia State University in 2010. She then went on to attend Florida Coastal School of Law. While she was in law school, Ms. Blanchard completed a summer clerkship at the Cobb County Superior Court for the Honorable Robert E. Flournoy III, and she served another summer clerkship with a well-known Atlanta law firm. Each of these positions provided her with invaluable experience. She subsequently was awarded her Juris Doctor in 2014.After graduation, Ms. Blanchard became an attorney at a Georgia family law firm for which she had previously worked first as a paralegal and then as a law clerk, before joining O'Dell & O'Neal Attorneys. Ms. Blanchard is admitted to practice law before the state and federal courts of Georgia.Actively involved in her profession and her community, Ms. Blanchard participates in several legal and civic organizations. Through her memberships in the State Bar of Georgia and the Cobb County Bar Association, Ms. Blanchard is able to network with other attorneys, helping her to continually improve her skills and practice.  Ms. Blanchard is a member of the Must Ministries programs’ committee, the 2018 Center for Family Resources Thanks for Giving committee and serves on the boards of the Marietta Area Council and Marietta Mentoring for Leadership.  She is also a member of the Kiwanis Club of Marietta and previously served as the chair of its Club Satellite U40.  Ms. Blanchard is a 2018 graduate of Leadership Cobb. You can also find Ms. Blanchard lending her voice to support the Strand Marietta’s Ole Opry.