Rebecca Johnson, an associate concentrating in matrimonial and family law at Jacobowitz and Gubits LLP (J&G) of Walden and Monticello, was installed as president of the Women”™s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties (WBAOSC). Cynthia Hand, a J&G associate concentrating in estate planning, was elected as president-elect and delegate to the Women”™s Bar Association of the State of New York, and Kelly Pressler, J&G partner, was elected as treasurer and immediate past president.
Johnson earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Stony Brook University Honors College in Stony Brook, New York in 2012. She earned her Juris Doctorate in 2015 from Boston University School of Law and is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding New Lawyer Award from WBAOSC.
Hand earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002 from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and her Juris Doctorate in 2006 from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut, and is the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding New Lawyer Award from WBAOSC.
Pressler received her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 2006 from Siena College in Loudonville, New York, and her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, in 2009 from Albany Law School in Albany. She is the recipient of the Orange County Rising Star, 2019, and the 2016 Outstanding New Lawyer Award.
