As part of our ongoing commitment to grow and expand our relationship with foreign law firms, we are thrilled to be sending a 20-person team of business litigation, corporate, intellectual property litigation, international trade, real estate, luxury brands, maritime, privacy, and white collar defense and investigations professionals the International Bar Association’s (“IBA”) 2025 Annual Conference, being held November 2 through 7, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.
Blank Rome partner Richard V. Singleton II will serve as session chair for the “The Rule of Law Under Siege—Attacks on the Judiciary in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico” session, which will take place on Monday, November 3, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
ABOUT THE SESSION
This session will address the importance of an independent judiciary to democracy and the rule of law, the recent attempts in North America to diminish the judiciary’s role, and what can be done in response.
Panelists:
- Session Chair: Richard, Singleton, Blank Rome, New York, New York, USA; Senior Vice Chair, IBA North American Regional Forum
- Adrian Magallanes Perez, Von Wobeser & Sierra, Mexico City, Mexico
- Hon Marina Paperny, BLG, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Professor Richard Pildes, New York University School of Law, New York, New York, USA
- Hon Margarita Rios-Farjat, Former Justice of the Mexico Supreme Court, Mexico City, Mexico
For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.
