



Susan Reach Winters, Esq. is one of New Jersey’s top family law attorneys and a shareholder and the Chairperson of the Family and Matrimonial Law Department of the Short Hills law firm, Budd Larner P.C. A cum laude graduate of Rutgers University, she is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D. cum laude 1982). After graduating from law school, Susan joined the Budd Larner firm because she felt that it was a flexible firm with a value system that aligned with hers and recognized the need for flexible working arrangements for women attorneys. She became head of the family law practice which includes 12 other attorneys and which has provided her the opportunity to “help people who were going through transition in their lives.” To quote Susan “I even wrote on my law school application that I wanted to empower women.” Susan has broad experience in all areas of the practice of family law, including divorce, prenuptial...
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Margot Teleki, a special friend of Garden State Woman, has developed and marketed major brands in many diverse markets. She totally understands marketing and communications and is currently developing her new firm (Copywrite Marketing) to help organizations develop high impact websites. Margot recently took on the task of analyzing hospital web sites since that is one of her current undustry focuses. Following are her conclusions. The skeleton of her analysis can be useful to all of us with a web site that we expect to drive our business. Read on........ THE HOSPITAL WEB MYSTIQUE 94% of Hospital Web Sites Tend To Confuse Visitors In One Way or Another According to a Recent Study Of “Best” Hospitals “All I wanted was to visit a friend and it took 20 minutes to find the phone number on the hospital web site,” complains Lynn L. of Morristown. “Who’s the head of orthopedics in our local teaching hospital?” asks Sharon W. in Atlantic Highlands....
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Our good friends Buddy and Elaine recently introduced us to Capsouto Freres, a really special French bistro located in Manhattan only a couple of blocks from the Holland Tunnel on Washington Street. We learned from Buddy and Elaine that former Mayor Ed Koch frequently has Sunday brunch here with a bunch of his friends.
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Aileen Crowley, A Tower of Strength: Could you deal with adversity like this? When Megan Crowley was 9 months old, Aileen Crowley and her husband John noticed their daughter didn’t seem to be developing as quickly as had their oldest son. Her muscles did not seem to be working correctly. Nine months later, in 1998, Megan was diagnosed with the rare Pompe disease. Only 5,000 to 10,000 people worldwide have it, and there is no known cure. The Crowleys were told the disease would kill their daughter before she turned 2. The same day, they learned that their then 7-day-old son, Patrick, had a 25 percent chance of also having it. Turns out he did. The couple’s oldest son, John Jr., nearly two years older than Megan and now in 8th grade, is fine. Pompe is a genetic disease. Both Aileen and John carry it, but neither had a family history of the disease. At the time the Crowley children...
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Living Younger, Kettle Bells and NetworkFrom a career point of view networking with quality people is always a good thing, make that an essential thing. Recently the Garden State Woman Education Foundation hosted one of their quarterly networking and learning events at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. Over 50 NJ professional, corporate and business owning women attended. Dr. Lorraine Maita from Short Hills shared her expertise on how we can all "Live Younger... Read more |