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Firm Partner Elaine Colavito (left) receives the Outstanding Women in Law Award from Justice Gail Prudenti (right), dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. (Photo: Philip Hinds)

Elaine Colavito Receives Outstanding Women in Law Award from Hofstra Law School

Elaine Colavito, a Partner with the Firm, was honored by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University as one of its Outstanding Women in Law during a special ceremony at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho on April 24. Outstanding Women in Law celebrates women who have made a meaningful and inspiring contribution to the legal community.

Ms. Colavito serves as president-elect of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association (NCWBA) and will begin her term as the group’s president later this year. She previously served two terms as NCWBA’s vice president and was a member of the group’s Working Parents Committee, which discussed strategies on how to maintain a work/life balance. In 2013, the NCWBA honored Ms. Colavito with the Bessie Ray Geffner, Esq. Award.

In addition to serving with the NCWBA, she is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and the Columbian Lawyers. Ms. Colavito is also an author and lecturer. She is the author of “Bench Briefs,” a monthly column for The Suffolk Lawyer which is a roundup of recent decisions from Suffolk County trial courts.

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