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Roadways to the Federal Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy Judge?

Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System


Washington, D.C.
and live broadcasted to 18 other cities

Blank Rome Partner Sophia Lee is a co-chair of the upcoming diversity symposium, Roadways to the Federal Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy Judge?, presented by the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

The program will feature a live broadcasted national panel discussion from Washington, D.C., followed by local roundtable discussions in 19 cities with the federal bench, bar association members, and law students.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Retired U.S. Appeals Judge Andre Davis, Fourth Circuit, and will include:

  • U.S. Appeals Judge Bernice Bouie Donald, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Bailey, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert A. Gordon, District of Maryland

The panel will discuss a wide range of topics, including bankruptcy practice, how to succeed as a bankruptcy judge, diversity statistics, why diversity is important, how to improve diversity, and what students and lawyers should do to enhance their chances of one day becoming a bankruptcy judge.

For more information or to register, please visit the event webpage.

Sophia Lee at Roadways to the Federal Bench October 24 2019
Left to right: Symposium co-chairs Sophia Lee, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ashely Chan, and Third Circuit Judge Theodore McKee, and Law Clerk Diane Kim at Roadways to the Federal Bench, October 24, 2019