The speaker for the breakfast on the First Friday of February is Assistant District Attorney Mary Sowinski. Ms. Sowinski for several years has headed the Milwaukee County Childrens Court district attorney's unit which conducts termination of parental rights cases and is involved in the removal of children from parental homes or other placements where the children are found to be in jeopardy. The recent, publicized death of a child in kinship care in Milwaukee County highlighted the role of the State of Wisconsin Department of Child Welfare Services in Milwaukee County with respect to the provision/supervision of child protective services. Ms Sowinski will describe the work of the unit she heads and the nature and volume of the cases handled.
The St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin First Friday Group will meet Friday, February 6, 2009. Mass will begin at 7:30 A.M. in the Chapel of the Holy Family located on the 2nd floor of the Marquette Memorial Union (15th and Wells). Mass will be followed by a meeting and discussion from 8:00-9:00 A.M. over a continental breakfast (suggested donation $4.00).
