The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey Adopts American Bar Association’s Statement Supporting Judicial Independence

Caldwell, NJ – February 19, 2020 – The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (AFBNJ) adopts the American Bar Association’s statement supporting Judicial Independence.

On February 12, 2020, on behalf of the American Bar Association, its President, Judy Perry Martinez, released the following […]

Membership at the state and federal bar groups in New Jersey has increased over the past decade…Leaders, meanwhile, are focusing on the member experience as they look to the future.

In a letter dated March 14, 2019, AFBNJ Officers and Trustees requested “that the White House nominate judges for the five (soon to be six) vacancies on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey as quickly as possible.” Click here to read full letter.

The AFBNJ also sent letters to Senator Cory Booker and […]

Left to right: Lora Fong, assistant attorney general and chief diversity officer, NJ Office of the Attorney General; attorney Alan Dexter Bowman; Karina Fuentes, assistant federal public defender; program moderator Raymond M. Brown of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis; U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannion, District of New Jersey; Sammi Malek, assistant […]

Left to right: Judge Michael A. Chagares, recipient of the 42nd annual William J. Brennan Jr. award, and AFBNJ President William T. Reilly, at the annual awards ceremony and installation on June 14, 2018.

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In a letter dated March 15, 2018, AFBNJ Officers and Trustees requested “that the White House work with our State’s Senators to nominate judges for the three vacancies on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey as quickly as possible.”  Click here to read the full letter.

Newly installed AFBNJ President, William Reilly, cautions that the shortage […]

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Historical Society features tributes to AFBNJ Executive Director Ginny Whipple Berkner, who will retire in July after more than two decades of service to the organization.

Click on the photo to view The District Historical Society’s newsletter.

Click here to read Law360’s coverage of AFBNJ’s May 3rd Brown Bag Lunch.

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