New York - The National Judicial College

4 – 5:30 p.m.

Special Recognition

Mario Gabelli, Founder, Chair & CEO, Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors

Author’s Panel

Loida Lewis, Chair and CEO of TLC Beatrice, LLC
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire
Judge Mark Dillon, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial Department
The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation
Judge Albert Rosenblatt, former Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
The Eight: the Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom
Bruce Jackson, Associate General Counsel & Managing Director for Strategic Partnerships out of the Office of the President at Microsoft
Never Far From Home: My Journey From Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law
Moderator: Judge Bernice B. Donald (Ret.), former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Co-Editor, Extending Justice: Strategies to Inclusion and Reduce Bias

6 – 9 p.m.
Fireside Chats, Awards, Cocktail Reception & Talia Suskauer
“Being Heard and Ensuring Fairness” Panel, Making the World a More Just Place Awards & a special performance by Broadway star Talia Suskauer (Wicked)

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, New York State Court of Appeals
Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, New York State Unified Court System
First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Norman St. George, New York State Unified Court System
Chief Justice Robert Torres, Supreme Court of Guam
Chief Judge Thomas Zonay, Superior Court of Vermont
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson, New York State Unified Court System
Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves, U.S. Court of International Trade
Hank Greenberg, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig; Chair of the Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York Courts
Steven Banks, Special Counsel, Pro Bono, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Adriene Holder, Chief Attorney, Civil Practice, The Legal Aid Society of New York