Judicial Heroes & Legends

Honarable Rya W Zobel
Honarable Rya W Zobel

In 1979, Congress created four additional Article III judgeships on the United States District Court in Massachusetts. Along with a well-known Harvard Law professor and two exceedingly popular Massachuse...

Judicial Heroes & Legends: July 2022 – Hon. Rya W. Zobel

In 1979, Congress created four additional Article III judgeships on the United States District Court in Massachusetts. Along with a well-known Harvard Law professor and two exceedingly popular Massachuse...

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When Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated to become the first Black woman justice of the Supreme Court of the United States earlier this year, she acknowledged being inspired by a particular federal judge...

Judicial Heroes and Legends: May 2022 - Hon. Constance Baker Motley

When Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated to become the first Black woman justice of the Supreme Court of the United States earlier this year, she acknowledged being inspired by a particular federal judge...

Marilyn D. Zahm
Marilyn D. Zahm

Early in her legal career, just out of law school, Marilyn Zahm represented indigent clients for a legal services program in Buffalo, New York. One day in court as she was walking up to the bench, she rec...

Judicial Heroes & Legends: January 2022 – Hon. Marilyn Zahm (Ret.)

Early in her legal career, just out of law school, Marilyn Zahm represented indigent clients for a legal services program in Buffalo, New York. One day in court as she was walking up to the bench, she rec...

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