GIRL ATTORNEY, LLC

EVERYONE who passed, if you’re willing, tell us IN THE COMMENTS BELOW where you were when you found out – would love to share your story with you!

IF you didn’t pass – DON’T LET ANY CRAP GET IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT IT. MOST of us who passed will readily admit we had legitimate fear about passing and THANKED OUR STARS when we found out we passed. THERE IS NO SHAME in not passing – there is a NEXT STEP. Go where you’re loved, be honest with yourself about how crappy crap crappy the situation is, and hold your head up. Also, PM me. I’ll take you to lunch and listen and let you cry or vent or not talk about it at all. LOVE you, really.

Here for you,  Susan

The following list includes EVERYONE who passed the July 2016 exam.
Adams Dooley, Socorro
Adcock, Rachel Ann
Addison, David Colby
Adkins, Amanda Lauren
Aery, Robert Gerald
Albritton, Tamra Dawn
Alfonso, Anthony Michael
Alison, Matthew Dean
Anders, Becki KayLynn
Bachman, Samantha Rebecca
Barr, Jonathan
Barresi, Emalee Jo
Beake, Georgia Basore
Becka, Carolyn Beth
Bergren, Stephen Michael
Berklacy, Steven Andrew
Betts, Benjamin Salter
Bird, Christine Catherine
Bisher, Riley Marie
Bogaski, Genesis Madai
Bowler, Dekovan Lee
Bracher, Brian Dwayne
Bruhwiler, Beau Scott
Calvert, Connie Lynn
Camp, Jessica Raye
Cannon, Kayla Dawn
Capps, Cameron Ross
Carr, Cassia Claude
Carroll, Matthew Michael
Cartwright, Micah Brianne
Castonguay, Chelsea Marie
Cawood, Kayla Jean
Chapman, Cody Alan
Chapman, Graham Harms
Chilcoat, Kelsey Ann
Chow, Christina Yi-Ting
Christie, Claire Lea
Clancy, Samuel Paul
Cody, Byron Grant
Coffey, Nicholas Michael
Cohrs, Forrest David
Colpitts, Lauren Danielle
Cook-Campbell, Brinkley Beecher
Cooper, Kylie Paige
Cooper, Zachary Samuel
Cox, David Alan
Curtis, John Charles
Daniel, Jacob Riley
Daugherty, Bailey Ann
David, Rebecca Jo
Davis, Andrew Ray
Davis, Kara M
Dawkins, Grace Elizabeth
DeBose, Antuanya SanTaro
Dennis, Haley Jo
Dickerson, Corbin Blake
Dickson, Isaac Jorel
Dixon, Bryan Charles
Dowdy, Margaret Jean
Dunn, Kaitlyn Renee
Dunning, Katherine Elise
Earley, Charles Alexander
Easley, Kevin Alan
Eberhard, Gregory Alan
El Aroua, Melissa Renee
Farinha, Andre Valentim
Farris, Alayna Jo
Fisher, Kristin Nicole
Forbes, John Charles
Freeman, Kinsey Cie
Fryar, Andrea Beth
Galaviz, Colleen Leann
Gebhart, Nancy Roxane
Gibbons, Clare Glynis
Glass, Carson Kennedy
Gollihare, Brette Nichole
Gomez, Lauren Alyssa
Gorham, Hershel Marcellous
Green, John Thomas
Green, Teresa Lou
Gregory, Erin Lindsay
Hahn, Cooper Thomas
Haines, Avery Barrett
Hall, James Donald
Hall, Nathaniel Brooks
Hamilton, Ruth Ellen Lando
Harris, Marshall Bryan
Hayes, Mark Alan
Haynes, Allison Leigh
Haynie, Ryan Alan
Helberg, Matthew Thomas
Hendrickson, Jeffrey Calvin
Holland, Brittany Mary Ann Bates
Holman, Matthew Jared
Hon, Maryann Margaret
Hoog, Patrick Jerome
Housel, Zachary Kyle
Howell, Delanie Brooke
Hubbert, Jason Wade
Hudson, Hilary Ann
Islas, Devlan Richard
Jackson, Garrett Blake
Janes, Jared Matthew
Jenkins, Kimberly Pogue
Johnson, Ge’Andra Denise
Johnston, Cameron Miles
Joseph, Danny
Kemper, Kevin Ray
Kent, Jeremy Alan
Kistler, Lindsay Nichole
Kuykendall, Monica Michelle
Lanier, Sarah Margaret Breland
Leake, Michael Timothy
Leavitt, Ashley Holbrook
Levinthal, Asher Ross
Lewis, Jennifer Lynn
Lindley, Sheridan Rene
Looney, Alyssa Ryna Holman
Lorenson, Kailey Dane
Luckert, Maria Anna
Mahoney, John Patrick
Mashburn, Berry Michael
McCaslin, Benjamin Michael
McClellan, Deric James
McCord, Matthew S.
McCord, Suzannah R.
McGrew, Robert Mitchell
McPherson, Meaghen
McRorie, Matthew Ryan
Merchant, Samuel
Middleton, Wynoka
Miller, Jeremy Steven
Mitcham, Lauren
Mitchell, Christiaan Douglas
Moroz, Christen Michelle
Moser, Dorothy Annalee
Mowdy, Matthew Clay
Moyer, Lucas Robert
Mullaliu, Vilard
Murphy-Clemandot, Robin
Myers, Lauren Rachel
Noble, Tiffany Shannon
Norman, Kendra Marie
O’Connor, Katherine Elizabeth
Ohmann, Nicholas Anthony
Pacheco, Marcus David Alexander
Palmer, Douglas Alexander
Palmer, Julia Ann
Parker, Jacob R.
Patterson, Sarah Grace
Payne, Emma Jane
Pickar, Casady Lynn-Marie
Pilehvar, Taymoor Mohammad
Pinkerton, Morgan Ashley
Pittman, Brock Zackary
Porter, Angela Lynne
Postic, David Michael
Powell, Timothy Scott
Pratt, Paul Dillon
Rabe, Sean Dale
Radieva, Miroslava Plamenova
Resendez, Daniel Xavier
Rice, Tanner Edward
Rodich, Whitney Morgan
Rottman, Lia Renee
Saleh, Kristina Michelle
Sardella, Eric Lee
Schreck, Charles Andrew
Schwartz, Mason
Seabolt, Jason Samuel
Settlemire, Gabrielle Erin
Sgarlata, Helen Marie
Shade, Bryan Clark
Shepherd, Billy Emerson
Shirey, Kaelyn Rae
Siegel, Kristin Marie
Sneed, Ethan MacDonald
Souther, Tyler Henry
Spurgeon, April Shanell
Stall, Joseph Evan
Stephens, Donald Patrick
Stevens, Ruth Emily
Stockwell, Madison Linn
Stump, Bryan Timothy
Tabor, Geoffrey Aaron
Taylor, Emily Morgan
Teague, Joshua Calvin
Torneten, Lisa Marie
Towle, Gaylan Ray
Trammell, Tyler Paul
Valdez, Crystal Dawn
Volino, Jordan Dimitri
Ward, James Brian
Watts, Thomas Jefferson
Webster, Jacintha Mischelle
Wedel, Jonathan Ryan
Wesberry, Leslie Chris
West, Rebeca Joy
White, Jace Tyler
Wiehl, Ryan Steven
Williams, Adam Eli
Wortham, Susan Lynn
Young, Mary Elizabeth

FIRST OF ALL – IF YOU READ THIS WEEKLY, “like” this one this week (even if you hated it, please!!!) so that I can get a measure of how many folks read these “This Week” overviews. (Just needing to gauge the interest, moving forward.) THANKS!!

NOW, the good stuff, WELCOME to the New GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group MEMBERS: So glad you are here! If you’ve not introduced yourself yet – do it now!

There’s no time that’s too late…in fact, there is NO LATE….NO APOLOGIES….just whenever you get to it is perfect.

Also, keep in mind that the info you put in your post is “Search-able” so be mindful of including the STATE or COUNTRY you practice in, the AREAS OF LAW you practice and hopefully, too, include some fun personal stuff too that helps us know you better! It also means that if someone is looking for someone who practices in your specialty, they are more likely to find you.

VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE: We have one NEW Group to launch today (Delaware) and we WILL HAVE three new Regional Groups being added soon (sorry for the delay, NC and DC!!), and our newest “coming-Group” announcement is ARKANSAS!

PLEASE JOIN A STATE GROUP, IF 1. you are licensed to practice there, if 2. you are interested in the law or the folks (maybe you went to school w/ a bunch of gals there), or if 3. you have an inquiry or offer that relates to only that State – so that you can post it there and not on the Original Group. HERE are the STATE GROUPS, to date:

GIRL ATTORNEY – CA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/160…

GIRL ATTORNEY – CO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/577460305766805/

GIRL ATTORNEY – DE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/936170073195972/

GIRL ATTORNEY – FL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1304381212906382/

GIRL ATTORNEY – ID: https://www.facebook.com/groups/638003283041396/

GIRL ATTORNEY – IL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/922953737814898/

GIRL ATTORNEY – MA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1572638049706021/

GIRL ATTORNEY – MO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/537235049799177/

GIRL ATTORNEY – NY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/956410351136632/

GIRL ATTORNEY – OH: https://www.facebook.com/groups/168…

GIRL ATTORNEY – OK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/575801225935845/

GIRL ATTORNEY – TX: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1778808199026552/

Also, I swear the TX Group (which has a ton of members that are not even in the Original Group), at over 1,900 members is pacing to outgrow the Original Group within the next month – we’ll see! Way to go, Girls! Incidentally, it probably comes as no surprise that TX could use an additional admin. Interested? Please raise your hand – Kelly and I would love the help! It’s not hard work – but, you know, many hands…..

If you are interested in being an additional co-admin for an existing State Group – or for the creation of a new one – PM me, please!

Do you find this Group valuable? Do you see how it is valuable to others? Feel free to share the Group(s) with others! You can invite/add anyone you want. Only invite folks you know well-enough, though. I added the first 46 folks to make the Group in the first place – only to read 2,000+ members later that it was a FB Group “no no”!!! Thankfully, I knew all those gals well enough, they are all are still members, and no one has said that it upset them. But, anyway, be mindful of those issues…and don’t stress about it too much….as the Creator/Founder of all the Groups – I actually haven’t been sent even one complaint from someone about being added.

GIRL ATTORNEY – EVENTS: #GAgettogether I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – it takes a little something extra to be both interested and willing to take the initiative to set up a get together. You ladies are the best of the best!

THANK YOU TO OKC Hostess, Melissa French, for organizing a huge (nearly 40) Group of women to meet up this past Friday in OKC’s Bricktown area. SPECIAL THANKS to the Pink Parrot, too – opening early and treating everyone so well.

Also, THANK YOU to the many of you who continue to take the initiative either as mentor, mentee, referrer, referee (I honestly feel like I might be making up words here). Anyway, whenever you reach out to connect, you make us all stronger. [Insert your favorite inspiring story here, that makes the totally obvious point that we are stronger individuals when we have each others’ backs.]

Last, but not least, thank you for the great dialogue this week, Girls. So many great conversations on great topics – law, role as mom, role as responsible member of a broken world, role of our wardrobe, role we have keeping the men in our lives (personally and professionally) happy at all costs (I’M KIDDING!!!!). Also, so much humor. I love a Girl with a sense of humor.

Well, Girls – in short, the podcast and website ARE COMING – and, otherwise, that’s my overview of This Week in GA!

Goodnight, Girl Attorneys.

Susan Carns Curtiss

WELCOME to the New GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group MEMBERS: So glad you are here! If you’ve not introduced yourself yet – do it now! There’s no time that’s too late…in fact, there is NO LATE….just whenever you get to it is perfect. Just do it! Also, REMEMBER that the info you put in your post is “Search-able” so be mindful of including the STATE you practice in, the AREAS OF LAW you practice and hopefully, too, include some fun personal stuff too that helps us know you better! Oh, and feel free to copy and paste that intro from this Original Group – right into your State Group….if you’ve got one!

WELCOME NEWEST STATE GROUPS! GIRL ATTORNEY has grown by FOUR States this week:

1. GIRL ATTORNEY – MA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1572638049706021/

2. GIRL ATTORNEY – FL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1304381212906382/

AND….as of this morning (drumroll please)…..

1. GIRL ATTORNEY – DE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/936170073195972/

2. GIRL ATTORNEY – OH: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1683178908672378/

Y’all, ONLY two weeks ago, I “spun off” the FIRST State Group (Oklahoma) so that the State-specific inquiries wouldn’t distract from/dominate the larger discussion that could/should be had on the Original GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group page. AND THEN…….I had several unsolicited inquiries about other states from gals interested in having a GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group that would even offered to serve their state as a co-admin with me. SO, NOW WE HAVE NINE:

GIRL ATTORNEY – COLORADO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/577…

GIRL ATTORNEY – FLORIDA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/130…

GIRL ATTORNEY – IDAHO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/638003283041396/

GIRL ATTORNEY – ILLINOIS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/922953737814898/

GIRL ATTORNEY – MASSACHUSETTS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/157…

GIRL ATTORNEY – MISSOURI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/537235049799177/

GIRL ATTORNEY – NEW YORK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/956…

GIRL ATTORNEY – OKLAHOMA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/575801225935845/

GIRL ATTORNEY – TEXAS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1778808199026552/

Also, btw, we have at least one new Regional Group being added soon: WASHINGTON D.C. is coming – again, because of awesome volunteers!

PLEASE JOIN A STATE GROUP, if 1. you are licensed to practice there, if 2. you are interested in the law or the folks (maybe you went to school w/ a bunch of gals there), or if 3. you have an inquiry or offer that relates to only that State – so that you can post it there and not on the Original Group.

If you are interested in being an additional co-admin for an existing State Group – or for the creation of a new one – PM me, please!

ALSO NOTE: GIRL ATTORNEY – WASHINGTON DC is coming! Woo-hoo!

GIRL ATTORNEY – EVENTS: #GAgettogether

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – it takes a little something extra to be both interested and willing to take the initiative to set up a get together. You ladies are the best of the best!

HAPPY HOUR! THIS FRIDAY – Oklahoma City (Hostess: Melissa French) · August 26 @ Pink Parrot Everyone is invited!!! Over 35 have RSVP’d already….should be a lot of fun – especially since they are opening the place up early JUST FOR US!

Also, fyi Re EVENTS – if you do want to host an event through GIRL ATTORNEY, and you have a State page, please create an Event (see top of the Group page…far right is where the “Events” are/where you can create one) so that your event can be easily found/joined. The “Events” FB function allows you to add an image – so, just send me a pic you want to use for your event for the designer to put the logo onto it (OR, if you don’t want to/can’t decide on a image – feel free to just ask me for one to use).

GIRL ATTORNEY PODCAST is COMING: Just yesterday I got a PM asking me if I’d considered starting a podcast…. 😉 Why yes (as I shared just last week for the first time), I have! I have been planning for some time to produce a GIRL ATTORNEY Podcast. I will be interviewing women with law degrees (litigators, business people, stay-at-home moms, politicians, artists, etc…etc…). Of course, I will interview members of our Group(s). But, also, I hope to also have the opportunity to interview women attorneys of influence whom we’ve all heard about – but quite possibly simply have not had the opportunity to hear FROM about their work from a more personal perspective. No matter the path an interviewee has taken, each person’s path has potential to teach each of us more about ourselves and how we might impact our community as attorneys. If you have a connection to someone well-known, or if you have someone you are aware of whose story needs to be told – please PM me!

Also, last but not least on the Podcast topic: I have a short list of entities (CLIO, Fastcase, Blue Apron, etc…) that I am reaching out to about podcast sponsorships. Do you know anyone at any of these places that might be a good contact to discuss this with? Other ideas for sponsors that would likely relate well to our Group as a whole – maybe a company or organization that you are involved in? THANK YOU to the GAs who have already contacted me with offers of sponsorship! Anyone else? If so, again, PM me!

WEBSITE COMING: The website that is being developed as a companion to this Group page is coming along NICELY! THANK YOU to the many gals who have expressed an interest in getting involved in providing some original content through the girl attorney website, anyone else (now or later) – shoot me a PM on that! I’d love to facilitate as many of you contributing Original content as are interested.

Well, that’s all folks – there’s my overview of This Week in GA!

Goodnight, Girl Attorneys.

Susan Carns Curtiss, Founder and CEO GIRL ATTORNEY, LLC

THE WEEK OF THE STATE GROUPS! Just one week ago, I let y’all know that I was “spinning off” an Oklahoma Group so that the Oklahoma-specific inquiries wouldn’t distract from the larger discussion that could/should be had on the Original GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group page. One week, and over 700 people later the GIRL ATTORNEY – OK FB Group is more than just Ok, it’s doing fine! (hahahahahaha – sorry, couldn’t resist) AND THEN…….I had several unsolicited inquiries about other states from gals interested in having a GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group that would even offered to serve their state as a co-admin with me.

SO, now we have:

GIRL ATTORNEY – COLORADO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/577…

GIRL ATTORNEY – IDAHO: https://www.facebook.com/groups/638003283041396/

GIRL ATTORNEY – ILLINOIS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/922953737814898/

GIRL ATTORNEY – MISSOURI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/537235049799177/

GIRL ATTORNEY – NEW YORK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/956…

GIRL ATTORNEY – OKLAHOMA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/575801225935845/

GIRL ATTORNEY – TEXAS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1778808199026552/

AND….about THAT TEXAS GROUP. They say things are bigger in TX – and well, what can I say except that they are certainly living up to their reputation! The GIRL ATTORNEY – TX page went live on Wednesday morning with THREE members (me, Sally the designer, and Kelly Tompkins the co-admin). AND NOW the GIRL ATTORNEY – TX FB Group has OVER 1,100 MEMBERS. So, you know, that’s a pretty big percentage of growth. Because I am not math’s BFF, I turned to the interwebs to help me “calculate” this difference. The interwebs advised that the percentage of growth from 3 t0 1179 members was a 39,200% increase. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – That’s crazy awesome!

Also, btw, we have new States being added this weekend (probably Sunday, August 14): FLORIDA and MASSACHUSETTS are coming – again, because of awesome volunteers!

If you are interested in being a co-admin for an existing State Group – or for a new one – PM me, please!

WELCOME to the New GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group MEMBERS: Thank you to those of you who introduced yourselves this week. Also, for those of you who have yet to do so – Do it, do it……it’ll make you feel good! (Anyone remember that old don’t-do-drugs commercial from the 80’s where they use that line?) haha

GIRL ATTORNEY PODCAST is COMING: While I had absolutely NOT anticipated the growth in the Original GIRL ATTORNEY FB Group (let alone the State Groups), I have been planning for some time to produce a GIRL ATTORNEY Podcast. I will be interviewing women with law degrees (litigators, business people, stay-at-home moms, politicians, artists, etc…etc…). Of course, I will interview members of our Group(s). But, also, I hope to also have the opportunity to interview women attorneys of influence whom we’ve all heard about – but quite possibly simply have not had the opportunity to hear FROM about their work from a more personal perspective. No matter the path an interviewee has taken, each person’s path has potential to teach each of us more about ourselves and how we might impact our community as attorneys. If you have a connection to someone well-known, or if you have someone you are aware of whose story needs to be told – please PM me! I am hoping to launch by September (and I actually think I can/will)! I am sooooo freaking excited about this. Seriously. Also, last but not least on the Podcast topic: I have a short list of entities (CLIO, Fastcase, Blue Apron, etc…) that I am reaching out to about podcast sponsorships. Do you know anyone at any of these places that might be a good contact to discuss this with? Other ideas for sponsors that would likely relate well to our Group as a whole? If so, again, please PM me!

GIRL ATTORNEY – EVENTS: #GAgettogether Thank you to last week’s hosts: Sarah Stewart Maldonado – [Estate Planning] Lunch OKC, OK; Eileen McCombs – Lunch/Arlington (DFW), TX; Kathleen Pence – Happy Hour Tulsa, OK! PLEASE REMEMBER (do what I say, not what I do) to take and post pictures and use the hashtag #GAgettogether when you post. It makes it SOOOO easy to find all those pics super-fast in the Feed that way!

At this time, there are no planned events for next week, but I know of a few that are in the works (OKC, Houston, Colorado Springs…). Also, fyi – if you do want to host an event through one of the pages (please use your State page, if your State has its own page), please create an Event (see top of the Group page…far right is where the “Events” are/where you can create one) so that your event can be easily found/joined. The Events function allows you to add an image – so, just send me a pic you want to use for your event for us to put the logo onto it (OR, feel free to just ask me for one to use.

NEW MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES: I added some “guts” to the Group Description this week. So, it’s got all the same stuff it had before – but…..a bit more on the guidelines for posting – this is what’s new:

“Please consider NOT REPOSTING stories/links to other sites. Please consider, instead, POSTING your own unique thoughts about the topics of interest to you! Of course – there is so much great content “out there” – but, too much of that content linked into the Group (oh, and memes, too) can really SPAM up the GIRL ATTORNEY FB feed. If you do decide to repost, then please identify the subject, share some thoughts in the Post itself, and then put the link into the first comment. Viola! You get your content on the Feed, and the Feed is not spamified at all. Yes, that is a word. Okay, no it’s not – but you know what I’m saying!

Also, please resist the temptation to share the product you sell, the product your friend sells, your request for donations to VERY GOOD causes, etc… Thing is – virtually everyone in the Group is involved in a great cause – or two, or fifty-five. You know it’s true. So, please feel free to educate us about your involvement in different great causes, and offer to follow up with folks who want to know more. But, well, I’m hoping to make this as close to an ask-free zone as possible.”

WEBSITE COMING: The website that is being developed as a companion to this Group page is coming along NICELY! If you are interested in getting involved in providing some original content through the girl attorney website, shoot me a PM on that! I’d love to facilitate as many of you contributing Original content as are interested.

Notification SETTINGS a “Heads Up”! Are you getting to many or too few updates from the Original, or your State Group? Heads up: You can CHANGE your notifications settings: FROM THE COMPUTER – Find the “Notifications” tab in the bottom right corner of the Group “Cover Photo” and choose which level you want. FROM YOUR PHONE – Find/start with the “Info” tab from just below the cover photo, far right hand side. Click through, select “Notifications” and choose what level you want!

Well, there you go – there’s my overview of This Week in GA!

Goodnight, it’s sure been a great Week, Girl Attorneys.

Susan Carns Curtiss, Founder and CEO GIRL ATTORNEY, LLC