JACOBOWITZ AND GUBITS ATTORNEYS ELECTED OFFICERS IN WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES

Kelly A. Pressler, partner in Jacobowitz and Gubits LLP in Walden was recently installed as president of the Women”™s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties (WBAOSC), and  Michele L. Babcock, managing partner, was installed as vice president and will also serve as the Women”™s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties delegate to the Women”™s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY).

WBAOSC is one of 20 chapters of WBASNY, an organization with more than 4,400 members, which promote the advancement of the status of women in society and of women in the legal profession.

Kelly received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 2006 from Siena College in Loudonville, and her Juris Doctorate in 2009 from Albany Law.

Babcock earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a concentration in law and justice from SUNY Cortland in 2000 and a Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University School of Law in 2003. While attending law school, she studied at the Faculte de Droit de I”™Universite de Nice with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.   

Jacobowitz and Gubits was founded in 1968 to provide legal representation to businesses, individuals and municipalities throughout the Hudson Valley.  Twenty-one attorneys and a full staff of paralegals and legal assistants service a growing and dynamic client base.