Please join MAMA Seattle for a virtual lunch seminar on Thursday October 10, 2024, 12-1 p.m., on Improving Your Professional Brand! Besides updating your resume and preparing a good cover letter, what other things can you do to strengthen your candidacy before applying for an opportunity? Hiroko Piraza, Senior Manager of Lawyer Talent Acquisition & Outreach at Davis Wright Tremaine, will share tips on how to improve your professional brand on LinkedIn, best practices on virtual networking, and more. Mariah Watson, DWTSurge Recruiting Manager, will describe DWTSurge and share what she and her team look for in a candidate and opportunities that might be good for those who are considering returning to work.
Hiroko Peraza (she/her)
Hiroko Peraza is the Senior Manager of Lawyer Talent Acquisition & Outreach at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, based in the Portland office. Hiroko’s mission is to tell DWT stories so that people in our community can visualize their own unique path to success at DWT. Using her over a decade of experience in law student and lateral attorney recruiting, and collaboration with multiple departments and leaders across the firm, Hiroko strategizes and executes talent attraction events and programs to recruit top talents for DWT’s lawyer, Surge, and staff opportunities firmwide. Hiroko also serves as the primary contact for recruiting related external relationships with clients, minority bars, and student groups across the country. Hiroko is the President of the Oregon Legal Recruiting Association (OLRA), a board member of the Oregon Diversity Legal Job Fair and the Northwest Minority Job Fair in Washington.
Mariah Watson (she/her)
Mariah Watson is the DWTSurge Recruiting Manager. Since joining DWT in 2019, she has worked alongside DWTSurge Program Director Ginni Chen to educate attorneys about an alternative path to practicing in BigLaw. Through Davis Wright Tremaine’s alternative-track contract attorney and staffing program, DWTSurge, attorneys can practice without the pressures of billable hours or business development.
Based in Seattle, Mariah stays current with talent trends in the legal community and is actively involved in NALP and local talent acquisition and sourcing nonprofit groups throughout the Puget Sound. She has leveraged the MAMA Seattle network to broadcast job openings, and several attorneys within the DWTSurge Program are members of MAMA Seattle.
DWTSurge attorneys engage in substantive work, often at the same level as mid to senior-level associates, with DWT’s largest clients. DWTSurge offers the benefit of large law firm support and interesting, ongoing work, while also offering a variety of flexible options. DWTSurge attorneys value the program's flexibility, which lets them spend more time with their families, pursue interests outside of work, and maintain a sustainable, less stressful quality of life.
MAMA Seattle would also like to thank our Platinum sponsors:
Foster Garvey PC
Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP
Gold sponsors:
Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S.
Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP
Lane Powell PC
McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC
Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC
Perkins Coie LLP
Summit Law Group PLLC
During registration, if you are a MAMA Seattle Member, you will select a 'Member' option. If you are not a MAMA Seattle Member, select a 'Non-Member' option. Having trouble registering? Contact technology@mamaseattle.org.
MAMA Seattle October Networking Event: KidsQuest Children's Museum
You are invited to join MAMA Seattle for our October Networking Event! KidsQuest Children’s Museum
1116 108th Ave NE, Bellevue
Sunday, October 13
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. MAMA Seattle is happy to host and sponsor yet another wonderful event in 2024 at the KidsQuest Children's Museum in Seattle. We will have light breakfast, beverages, and unlimited access to all the museum has to offer - https://www.kidsquestmuseum.org/.
Limited registration – registration will close once capacity is reached. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 10
Register for this event by clicking the register button.
See you there!
MAMA Seattle would also like to thank our
Platinum sponsors:
Foster Garvey PC
Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP
Gold sponsors:
Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S.
Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP
Lane Powell PC
McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC
Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC
Perkins Coie LLP
Summit Law Group PLLC
Attendees will gain an overview of the primary civil and criminal hacking statute the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and its impact on families in the criminal and civil areas, particularly teenagers. This CLE is sponsored by MAMA and presented in collaboration with WSBA’s Administrative Law Section.
Tor Ekeland of Tor Ekeland Law is best known for representing hackers and white collar defendants in federal criminal court and on appeal. He also counsels businesses and individuals under investigation by the United States Department of Justice, and those needing counseling on U.S. and international computer laws. Prior to starting Tor Ekeland Law PLLC, Tor was a complex commercial and securities litigator with the New York City office of Sidley Austin, LLP.
MAMA is proud to sponsor the first 15 members to register for this CLE.
MAMA Seattle would like to thank our Platinum sponsors
Foster Garvey PC
Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP
Gold sponsors
Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S.
Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP
Lane Powell PC
McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC
Ogden Murphy Wallace P.L.L.C.
Perkins Coie LLP
Summit Law Group PLLC
Each year at the Annual Banquet, MAMA Seattle presents its Betty Binns Fletcher Leadership and Justice Award to an individual who has paved the way to success for, and has served as an inspiration to, other women attorneys striving to excel in their legal careers while balancing family demands.
MAMA Seattle is pleased to announce Judge Tana Lin is the 2024 Betty Binns Fletcher Leadership and Justice Award recipient.
Join us for a time of community, celebration, and inspiration! Pre-event networking begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch and our Annual Banquet presentations from 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
To register for the Annual Banquet, click the 'Register for this Event' button. Member, Non-Member, Law Student, Judge, and Sponsor registration is available.
