A Judges' Chat Across the Rivers
September 5, 2013
The New York Institute of Credit sponsored a luncheon program titled "A Judges' Chat Across the Rivers" on Thursday, November 7 at the Union League Club, 38 East 37th Street, New York.
The panel was moderated by Otterbourg partner, Melanie Cyganowski, former Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The women Bankruptcy Judges from New Jersey, the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York discussed issues including the importance of mentoring, the impact of sequestration, their personal paths to the bench and the importance of mediation.
The participants in the panel included:
Chief Judge Gloria M. Burns Chief Judge Carla E. Craig
Chief Judge Cecelia E. Morris Judge Kathryn Ferguson
Judge Dorothy T. Eisenberg Judge Shelley Chapman
Judge Rosemary Gambardella Judge Nancy Hershey Lord
Judge Novalyn Winfield Judge Elizabeth S. Stong
Judge Judith Wizmur