BY JENN BALLARD  LAW BULLETIN STAFF WRITER After 37 years of practice, Mary HutchingsReed is accustomed to interpreting the law for her clients. “I practice in an area w here my clients tend not to be law yers,” she said of her w ork handling marketing, advertising, trademark, copyright and entertainment law matters. “I tend to work...Read More

Thanks to the women of Freebon & Peters for a wonderful discussion of Leaning In and Courting Kathleen Hannigan.  My contemporary Eileen Trost wrote: “Thank you for your thoughts and insights, and your unique contribution to the advancement of women by memorializing where we have come from, and keeping us mindful that we have a...Read More

We were ranked “Band One” by Chambers USA in Illinois (and thanks to whoever said such nice things about me!  Also pleased to be in the same “rank” as our friends at Leavens, Strand & Glover.  If you click on the picture below you should be able to read it. ).Read More

      I’ll be reading from Warming Up on May 28 at 7 pm at Boswell Book Company, 2559 Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI.  Thanks to my publicist, Mary Bisbee-Beek, for setting this up, and thanks to Meg Ciccantelli, Maggie Daun and Roswitha Both for helping me spread the word up north.Read More

Thanks to Women & Children First for a wonderful evening reading at their store May 9.  Thanks to everyone who attended, also!  Owner Linda Bubon shared half the “pass the hat” Women’s Voices Fund collection with The Night Ministry.  She is always so generous to good causes as well as women and local authors.  Read More

FOR THE CAUSE:  Guest blogged today (4/25/2013)  at WhereWritersWin.com For the Cause: Indie Publishing and Affinity Marketing One of the hardest things for me to do as an independently published author (a.k.a. “self-published”) is to hawk my own books. Yes, I know that every author, even those published by traditional presses, must market, market, market,...Read More

  The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s first page had this picture of me (in pink) moderating the CBA’s Alliance for Women’s Author’s panel in November.    Read More

  Mary helped her niece pick out the flowers for her May 11 wedding, and in the process got to try on the florist’s extensive collection of crowns.  They suited her immensely!Read More

Many have asked for my remarks at the Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference honoring Steve Durchslag, with whom I practiced law for 35 years. Here you go: IT IS MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER STEPHEN P. DURCHSLAG, SPUD, TO THOSE OF US WHO KNOW HIM WELL. WHEN I STARTED PRACTICING LAW...Read More

My story, “FISHING,” won 63rd place in the Writers Digest Short Story competition. I’m told the top 100 is a fair accomplishment, given the thousands of stories received. Am always pleased when someone reads and likes one of my stories!!Read More