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When trailblazer Justice was in law school in the 1950s, women were less than 3% of lawyers in the country. Today, she observed, they occupy more than 50% of law school classes. But women represent only 33% of active federal judges. We can hope that their numbers will rise to reflect the important contributions they make to the legal profession.

This year, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, securing women’s right to vote, the Second Circuit was poised to devote its judicial conference to the subject of women in the law, under the dynamic leadership of Judge Victor Bolden of the District of . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was canceled. But much good work was done in preparation for that conference by our planning committee and our Library team. Among the fruits of their labor is compendium of short biographies of the women judges of the courts of the Second Circuit. How fortunate all of us are to have the services of such distinguished jurists. Our Circuit’s civic education project, Justice For All: Courts and the Community, will continue to devote attention to the role and contributions of our women judges to our nation.

Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann July 2020 AUGUST 2020 AUGUST 2020

CIRCUIT JUSTICE for the SECOND CIRCUIT

RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Education , B.A., 1954. , LL.B., 1959.

Professional Career Research associate; associate director, Columbia Law Project on International Procedure, 1961–1963. Professor, Rutgers Law, 1963–1972. Professor, Columbia Law, 1972–1980. Cofounder, ACLU Women’s Rights Project, 1971. General counsel, American Civil Liberties Union,1973 –1980; member, National Board of Directors, 1974–1980.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, April 14, 1980. Confirmed June 18, 1980. Commissioned June 18, 1980. Nominated by President to the Supreme Court of the United States, June 22, 1993. Confirmed August 3, 1993. Commissioned August 5, 1993. Circuit Justice for the Second Circuit, September 30, 1994–September 18, 2020. Service terminated September 18, 2020, due to death.

Clerkship Law Secretary, Hon. Edmund L. Palmieri, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of .

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE AUGUST 2020

Education Cornell University, B.A., 1990. , J.D., 1993.

Professional Career Private practice, , 1994–1998, 2008–2012. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1998–2008; acting chief, General Crimes Unit, 2004–2005; chief, General Crimes Unit, 2005–2007; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2007–2008. Lecturer-in-law, School of Law, 2008–.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, July 28, 2011. Confirmed March 22, 2012. Commissioned March 23, 2012.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Thomas P. Griesa, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CAROL BAGLEY AMON

Education College of William and Mary, B.S., 1968. University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1971.

Professional Career Staff attorney, Communications Satellite Corporation, 1971–1973. Trial attorney, Narcotics Task Force, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973–1974. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1974 –1986; chief of frauds, 1978 –1980; chief of general crimes, 1981–1982; senior litigation counsel, 1984–1986. Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2011–2013.

Federal Judicial Service Served as Magistrate Judge for the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1986– 1990. Nominated by President George H.W. Bush to the District Court of the Eastern District of New York, May 18, 1990. Confirmed August 3, 1990. Commissioned August 7, 1990. Served as Chief Judge, 2011–2016. Assumed senior status, November 30, 2016.

First woman chief district court judge in the Eastern District of New York.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE CHIEF JUDGE 2011 - 2016 AUGUST 2020

Education Mount Holyoke College, B.A., 1966. Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1977.

Professional Career Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut, 1978–1995.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Bill Clinton to the District Court of the District of Connecticut, January 23, 1994. Confirmed March 24, 1994. Commissioned March 24, 1994.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Herbert Stern, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE

JOAN M. AZRACK

Education Rutgers University, B.S., 1974. New York Law School, J.D., 1979.

Professional Career Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979–1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1982 –1990; deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1985–1986; chief, Business and Securities Fraud Section, 1987–1990; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 1987–1990.

Federal Judicial Service Served as a Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York, December 13, 1990 to December 15, 2014. Nominated by President Barack Obama to the District Court of the Eastern District of New York, September 18, 2014. Confirmed December 16, 2014. Commissioned December 19, 2014.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE AUGUST 2020 JUDITH M. BARZILAY

Education Wichita State University, B.A., 1965. Rutgers University, M.L.S., 1971. Rutgers School of Law – Newark, J.D., 1981.

Professional Career High school teacher, Wichita, Kansas, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and Hamilton Township, New Jersey, 1965–1967, 1968–1969. Librarian, Selden, New York, Woodbridge, New Jersey, Somerville, New Jersey, and East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1971–1978. Private practice, Wayne, New Jersey, 1982–1983. Trial attorney, International Trade Field Office, U.S. Department of Justice, New York City, 1983–1986. Private practice, New York City, 1986–1988. Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1988 –1998; senior attorney, 1988 –1989; vice president, import-export operations, 1989–1995; vice president, government affairs, 1996– 1998. Member, Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service, 1995 –1998.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Bill Clinton to the Court of International Trade, January 27, 1998. Confirmed March 11, 1998. Commissioned March 11, 1998. Assumed senior status June 2, 2011.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Robert E. Tarleton, Superior Court Judge, New Jersey Superior Court Law Division Vicinage Six.

DEBORAH A. BATTS

Education Radcliffe College, A.B., 1969. , J.D., 1972.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 1973 –1979. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1979–1984. Associate professor of law, Fordham University School of Law, 1984–1994. Faculty, Corporate Counsel Trial Advocacy Program for the City of New York, 1988 –1993 (intermittent). Special associate counsel, Department of Investigation, New York City, 1990–1991.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Bill Clinton to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, January 27, 1994. Confirmed May 6, 1994. Commissioned May 9, 1994. Assumed senior status April 13, 2012. Service terminated February 3, 2020, due to death.

Clerkship Law Clerk to Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First openly gay Article III judge.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE AUGUST 2020 PRUDENCE CARTER BEATTY

Education University of Michigan, B.A., 1964. University of Michigan, J.D., 1968.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City. Co-author, The Doctrine of Equitable Subordination as Applied to Non-Management Creditors and From Referee in Bankruptcy to Bankruptcy Judge: A Century of Change in the Second Circuit. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. Member, American Bankruptcy Institute; associate editor, ABI Journal.

Federal Judicial Service Served as a Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York from 1982 to 2010. Also known as Prudence Beatty Abram.

First woman bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE

LOIS BLOOM

Education SUNY Stony Brook, B.A., 1981. SUNY Buffalo, J.D., 1985.

Professional Career Staff attorney, West Side SRO Law Project, New York City, Head, Pro Se Office, Southern District of New York. Adjunct professor, Columbia and New York Law Schools. Member, Pro Bono and Legal Services Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Federal Judicial Service Commenced as Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York, May 18, 2001. AUGUST 2020 MARGO K. BRODIE

Education St. Francis College, B.A., 1988. University of Law School, J.D., 1991.

Professional Career Assistant corporation counsel, Real Estate Litigation Division, New York City, 1991–1994. Private practice, New York City, 1994–1999. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1999– 2012; deputy chief, General Crimes, 2006–2007; chief attorney, General Crimes, 2007–2009; counselor, Criminal Division, 2009–2010; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2010–2012.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Barack Obama to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, June 7, 2011. Confirmed February 27, 2012. Commissioned February 29, 2012.

COLLEEN A. BROWN

Education Colgate University, B.A., 1979. University of Buffalo, J.D., 1983.

Professional Career Private practice, New York state. Estate Administrator, Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York. Assistant U.S. Trustee, Western District of New York. In-house counsel, The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company, Canandaigua, New York. Member, Vermont Bar Association Professionalism Roundtable. Chair, Federal-State Law Council, District of Vermont. Chair, Vermont Rule of Law Conference. Chair, Federal Judges’ Committee, National Association of Women Judges. Co-author, Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th edition revised. Associate editor, American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Recipient, 1992 President’s Pro Bono Service Award, New York State Bar Association. Recipient, 2006 Pro Bono Service Award, Vermont Bar Association.

Federal Judicial Service First term, Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Vermont, April 10, 2000 to April 9, 2014. Second term commenced April 10, 2014. Appointed Chief Judge effective April 10, 2000.

Clerkship Law Clerk to Hon. Beryl E. McGuire, Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York.

First woman bankruptcy judge in the District of Vermont. First woman Chief Bankruptcy Judge in the District of Vermont.

CHIEF JUDGE 2000- AUGUST 2020 TINA BROZMAN

Education New York University, B.A., 1973. Fordham, J.D., 1976.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 1976–1985, 2000–2007.

Federal Judicial Service Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York, March 1985. Served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge, 1996–2000. Retired from the bench, January 31, 2000. Died June 2007.

First woman Chief Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of New York.

CHIEF JUDGE 1996 - 2000

VANESSA L. BRYANT

Education Howard University, B.A., 1975. University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1978.

Professional Career Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1978–1981. Counsel, Aetna Life & Casualty Company, 1981–1989. Counsel, Shawmut Bank, 1989–1990. Vice president and general counsel, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, 1990 –1992. Member, Connecticut Board of Pardons, 1991–1998. Private practice, 1992–1998. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, Bridgeport division, 1996–1998. Connecticut Superior Court Judge, 1998–2007; Presiding Judge, Civil Division, New Britain Judicial District, 2002-2003; Administrative Judge, Judicial District of Litchfield, 2003 –2005; Presiding Judge, Civil Division, Judicial District of Hartford, 2006–2007; Presiding Judge, New Britain Judicial District, 2002–2004; Presiding Judge, Hartford Judicial District, 2006– 2007.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President George W. Bush to the District Court of the District of Connecticut, January 9, 2007. Confirmed March 28, 2007. Commissioned April 2, 2007. First African American woman federal judge in New England. AUGUST 2020

Education Brandeis University, B.A., 1965. Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1968.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 1968-1973. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1973–1980.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Bill Clinton to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, February 12, 1999. Confirmed September 13, 1999. Commissioned September 22, 1999. Assumed senior status March 21, 2012.

ELLEN BREE BURNS

Education Albertus Magnus College, B.A., 1944. Yale Law School, LL.B., 1947.

Professional Career Special assistant, Commission to Revise the Connecticut General Statutes, 1947–1948. Attorney, Legislative Legal Services, Connecticut General Assembly, 1949–1973. Judge, Connecticut Circuit Court, 1973–1974. Judge, Connecticut Court of Common Pleas, 1974– 1976. Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, 1976–1978.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Jimmy Carter to the District Court of the District of Connecticut, February 15, 1978. Confirmed May 17, 1978. Commissioned May 18, 1978. Served as Chief Judge, 1988 –1992. Assumed senior status September 1, 1992. Service terminated June 3, 2019, due to death.

First woman district judge in the District of Connecticut. First woman Chief Judge in the District of Connecticut.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE CHIEF JUDGE 1988 - 1992 AUGUST 2020 MARGARET CANGILOS-RUIZ

Education Cornell University, A.B., 1974. Albany Law School, J.D., 1979.

Professional Career Private practice, 1995–2007.

Federal Judicial Service Commenced as a Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of New York, February 16, 2007. Appointed Chief Judge effective January 1, 2015.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Justin J. Mahoney, Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York. Law Clerk, Hon. Thomas C. Britton, Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

First woman bankruptcy judge in the Northern District of New York.

CHIEF JUDGE 2015 -

VALERIE E. CAPRONI

Education Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University, B.A., 1976. University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1979.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 1980 –1985, 2001–2003. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1985 –1989, 1992 –1998; chief, Special Prosecutions Unit, 1993; chief attorney, Organized Crime and Racketeering Unit, 1993 –1994; chief, Criminal Division, 1994–1998. General counsel and senior vice president, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1989–1992. Regional director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Los Angeles, California, 1998–2001. General counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2003–2011. Vice president and deputy general counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation, 2011–2013.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Barack Obama to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, January 4, 2013. Confirmed September 9, 2013. Commissioned December 2, 2013.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Phyllis Kravitch, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. AUGUST 2020 SUSAN L. CARNEY

Education , A.B., 1973. Harvard Law School, J.D., 1977.

Professional Career Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979. Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979–1988, 1994–1996. Independent legal consultant, Washington, D.C., 1988–1993. Associate general counsel, Peace Corps, Washington, D.C., 1996–1998. Office of General Counsel, Yale University, 1998 –2011; associate general counsel, 1998–2001; deputy general counsel, 2001– 2011; acting general counsel, 2008.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President Barack Obama to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 5, 2011. Confirmed May 17, 2011. Commissioned May 17, 2011.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Levin H. Campbell, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

SARAH L. CAVE

Education Colgate University, B.A., 1995. University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1997.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 2007–2019. Staff law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Member, New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Federal Bar Council. Former member, board of directors, Legal Aid Society of New York; co- chair, diversity and inclusion committee. Former vice president, board of directors, Federal Bar Foundation.

Federal Judicial Service Commenced as a Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York, October 1, 2019.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Joan Lenard, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. AUGUST 2020

Education , B.A., 1950. Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1953.

Professional Career Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1954–1957. Attorney, Court of Claims Section, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958–1959. Part-time legal consultant, New York City, 1959–1962. First assistant counsel, New York State Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, 1963–1964. Associate counsel, The , New York City, 1965–1979. Acting justice, Scarsdale [New York] Village Court, 1978–1982. Justice, Scarsdale [New York] Village Court, 1982–1986. Private practice, New York City, 1979–1986.

Federal Judicial Service Nominated by President to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, February 3, 1986. Confirmed March 3, 1986. Commissioned March 4, 1986. Assumed senior status March 31, 1998. Service terminated February 5, 2016, due to death.

Clerkship Law Clerk, Hon. Edward Jordan Dimock, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

25+ YEARS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE

SHELLEY C. CHAPMAN

Education Cornell University, B.A., 1978. Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981.

Professional Career Private practice, New York City, 1993-2010. Adjunct professor, Law School, 1985- 1986. Member, Board of Directors, inMotion, New York City, 2001-2007; board chair, 2004- 2007. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, Memb