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Bar News - November 19, 2004 Women's Bar Honors Ann McLane Kuster By: Beverly Rorick ANN MCLANE KUSTER, a shareholder and director at Rath,Young and Pignatelli, PA in Concord, received the Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award at the Annual Fall Reception of the NH Women’s Bar Association on Oct. 28, 2004. Kuster is a sustaining member of the NHWBA, served as chair of the Bar’s Gender Equality Committee and is a member of the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession.
Kuster was named "New Hampshire Leader for the 21st Century" by Business New Hampshire magazine in 2000 and has served on numerous boards and committees. Admitted to the NH Bar in 1984, Kuster is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Georgetown University Law Center. Kuster’s latest—and one of her most noteworthy—contributions to society is the book The Last Dance, an account of her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s. Kuster’s mother, Susan McLane, a former state legislator and a tireless advocate for women, the mentally ill, the environment and for dignity in dying, was once considered New Hampshire’s most powerful woman. Her influence and recognition were nationwide. Kuster’s loving and revealing account of the "slipping away" of her mother "Susie," and of the effect upon family and friends—and the light shed by her book upon this illness that affects so many elderly Americans—is truly amazing. Kuster herself is so fully involved in life at every level, with her work, her political activities, her family, yet she spent (and still spends) a great deal of time with her mother. Every Friday for many months she recorded their conversations. The resulting work is a touching, educational and rewarding book. Marilla Marks Ricker, for whom Kuster’s award is named, was the first woman to petition the New Hampshire Supreme Court for the right of women to petition to practice law in New Hampshire. (Ricker’s Petition, 66 NH 207 (1890.) Ricker won the landmark case, but she never petitioned for herself and thus was never admitted here. For a brief review of Kuster’s book, see the Bar News issue for October 22—and for a more thorough description and directions for purchase, visit Kuster’s Web site: www.thelastdance.org. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Women’s Bar has scheduled a Developments in Family Law CLE program for Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 from 1-5 p.m. at the U.S. District Court, Jury Room, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord. Susan Carbon, Supervisory Judge, Grafton County Family Division, will head the faculty. Among the nine topics discussed will be: the Court Improvement Project for Protocols in Abuse & Neglect Cases; a Review of the Green Book Project; Legislation and ADR; Custody, Support Issues, Paternity and Prenuptial Agreements. To register, please send payment and contact information to: Joni Esperian, Moquin & Daley, 226 Coolidge Ave., Manchester, NH 03102. ($40 for members, $60 for non-members; please make checks payable to NHWBA.)
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