Elaine M. Colavito Named to Nassau County Women’s Bar Association’s Board of Directors

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. - March 27, 2013 - PRLog -- Elaine M. Colavito (http://swcblaw.com/N1AttyEColavito.html), Associate, Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker, PLLC (http://swcblaw.com/index.html), has been named to the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association. She will serve on the board until her term expires in 2014.

Ms. Colavito concentrates her practice in matrimonial (http://swcblaw.com/N1AOCnewMatrimonial.html) and family law, civil litigation (http://swcblaw.com/N1AOCnewLitigation.html) and immigration matters. Prior to joining Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker, PLLC, she worked for a civil litigation firm on Long Island.

She is also a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and the New York County Bar Association and writes the monthly “Bench Briefs” column for The Suffolk Lawyer. Her article, “Social Networking Sites and the Right to Privacy: Kathleen Romano v. Steelcase and Education Institutional Cooperative Services, Inc., Index No. 2233/06” was published in the Winter 2011 issue of the Medicine and Law Committee Newsletter, a publication of the American Bar Association.

After graduating summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Ms. Colavito attended the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College, where she graduated magna cum laude.

The mission of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association is to promote the advancement of the status of women in society and the legal profession; to promote the fair and equal administration of justice; and to act as a unified voice for its members with respect to issues of statewide, national and international significance to all women, and to female attorneys in particular.

“I am very pleased to be named to the board of this prestigious organization,” Ms. Colavito said. “I will use my legal background and experience to not only advance the mission of the organization, but to help women advance in their legal or professional careers.”

For more information, call (516) 228-1300 or visit www.swcblaw.com.

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