Board of Directors:

To actively promote gender equality and the leadership roles of FAWL’s members in the legal profession, judiciary and community at large. To achieve these goals, FAWL will uphold the highest standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, promote reform in law, and facilitate administration of justice.

President:
Samantha Schosberg Feuer		  
Feuer Samantha is an Assistant Attorney General in the Florida Attorney General's Office, Economic Crime Division. She received her J.D. from University of Florida Levin College of Law in May 2002, and her B.A. from Tufts University in May 1998, double majoring in International Relations and Spanish.  Between graduating from college and attending law school, Samantha worked for Senator Bob Graham in D.C. as a legislative correspondent in the area of banking and tax.

In addition to FAWL, Samantha’s professional and civic involvement includes serving as member of the Unlicensed Practice of Law Standing Florida Bar Committee,  co-chair of the Advocacy Committee of Junior League of the Palm Beaches, co-founder of the Women's Foundation of Palm Beach County, serving on the Board of Directors of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, board member of the Girls Advocacy Project, and chairperson of the Democratic Professionals Council.

Samantha lives in West Palm Beach with her husband and daughter and son and two dogs.
President-Elect:
Sarah Cortvriend		  
Sarah Cortvriend is a member of the firm’s Real Property Litigation and Business Litigation & Trade Regulation Practice Groups. Ms. Cortvriend’s focus is on general commercial litigation and real property litigation. She is a member of The Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section); American Bar Association (Litigation Section; Young Lawyers’ Section); Palm Beach County Bar Association 2008 Bench Bar Committee; North County Bar Association, Palm Beach County; Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County Chapter Co-Chair, 2008 Judicial Reception Committee; Law Alumni Council, University of Florida College of Law.

Ms. Cortvriend is the recipient of the 2008 Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society Firm Award for pro bono representation of indigent woman in 4-day jury trial involving real estate dispute.
Treasurer:
Kate Leber		  
Kate F. Leber is an associate with Freeman & Supran, P.A., a personal injury law firm located in North Palm Beach. She graduated cum laude from University of Florida Levin College of Law after receiving her B.A. with honors in English from the University of Florida. During law school, she spent a semester interning at the United States Southern District Court for the Honorable T.K. Hurley.

Kate has been active in the Palm Beach County Chapter of FAWL since becoming a member of the Judicial Reception Committee in 2006. She has served on the Board of Directors for the past two years as Secretary. In addition to her involvement in our chapter of FAWL, Kate is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Section and the North County Section, as well as the Palm Beach County Justice Association. .
Secretary:
Esther LaBovick		  
  Esther Uria LaBovick was admitted to the Florida Bar and Federal Bars in 1990. she graduated from Duke University in Durham, NC, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and from the University of Miami School of Law in 1990 with a Juris Doctor. For the past 15 years, she has been a partner, along with her husband Brian, in LaBovick & LaBovick, P.A., a mid-sized firm of civil justice prosecutors who handle personal injury, employment disputes, securities litigation and insurance claims.
Program Director:
Leora Freire		  
Leora is an attorney with Richman Greer, P.A. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. Leora received her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, graduating in May 2002. She received her B.S. in Administration of Justice from Rutgers University, where she graduated with high honors in May 1999. In addition to FAWL, Leora’s professional and civic involvement includes The Florida Bar, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Women's Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County. Leora is also a member of the 2007 Class of Leadership West Palm Beach.
Sponsorship Director:
Carina Leeson		  
  Carina is an attorney with Foxrothschild, LLP. Her practice focuses on family law, including divorce, marital settlement agreements, as well as commercial litigation. She received her J.D. from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center and her B.A. from Rollins College. In addition to FAWL, her professional and civic involvement includes Palm Beach County Bar Association (Young Lawyers and Family Law Sections) and the Palm Beach County Bar Association's Judicial Relations Committee.
Outreach Director:
Allison Lane		  
Allison is an attorney with Balkan & Patterson, LLP. She is a trial lawyer focusing on personal injury, wrongful death, class action and automobile accident cases. She received her J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and her B.A., with honors, from the University of Florida. In addition to FAWL, Allison's professional and civic involvement includes Palm Beach County Justice Association, Palm Beach County Bar Association, North County Section and Young Lawyers Section, American Bar Association, Florida Bar Family Law Section, Junior League of Boca Raton, Boca Raton Historical Society, George Snow Foundation and Guardian Ad Litem.
Immediate Past President:
Jessica Callow 		 
Jessica M. Callow graduated cum laude from both Truman State University in Missouri and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She spent a semester externing in Tallahassee for Justice Raoul Cantero of the Florida Supreme Court while in law school and interned with the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida the summer of 2003.

In addition to her participation in our chapter of FAWL, Jessica is actively involved in both the Levin College of Law’s Law Alumni Council and the Craig S. Barnard chapter of the American Inns of Court. She is also the author of “New Legislation Update: Commercial Real Estate Lien Act,” Palm Beach County Bar Association Bulletin (September 2005).

Jessica’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and includes the areas of mortgage foreclosures, commercial lien law, landlord tenant law, corporate law and governmental land use issues.
FAWL Representative:
Georgia Newman		  
  Georgia is the mother of two college grads, and an attorney whose practice is limited to family law. Georgia and her husband, a commercial litigator with Holland & Knight, attended University of Floirda Levin College of Law together and graduated in 1981, where she was Executive Editor of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. In 2007, Georgia opened her own office after practicing high end family law with Fisher & Bendeck. In addition to FAWL, Georgia's professional and civic involvement includes, Board of Directors and Secretary of the Craig S. Bernard Chapter of the American Inns of Court, The Florida Bar Family Law Section and Komen Race for the Cure.