2013 Midyear Conference
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Hon. Joan V. Churchill, Chair
Hon. Claudia Barber
Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
Hon. Gladys Kessler
Hon. Noel Kramer
Hon. Vanessa Ruiz
HOST COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs:
Nicole Erb, Esq., White and Case, LLP
Elaine Metlin, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Members:
David Dorsen, Esq., Sedgwick LLP
Tia Fenton, Esq., Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Lisa Horowitz, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Hon. Lauren Best Leeker, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Christina Sarchio, Esq., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
Amy Wigmore, Esq., Wilmer Hale
HOST HOTEL
NAWJ no longer has rooms available at the conference host hotel Washington Court Hotel. For your consideration is the Liaison Affinia across the street from the Washington Court.
REGISTRATION
Conference registration fees are $375 for NAWJ members, $475 for non-members, and $325 for guests who are spouses and children of conference attendees. NAWJ Member registration fee includes all events and receptions from Thursday May 2, 2013 until Saturday May 4, 2013. Registration fees received after the registration deadline of April 4, 2013 are $425 for NAWJ members, and $525 for non-members.
Cancellation and Refunds: Cancellations: if notice of cancellation is received after April 4, 2013, the registration fee, less a $25 processing fee, is refundable; notices of cancellations received within 3 days of the conference are refundable less a $50 processing fee.
Register online or fax or mail your 2013 Midyear Leadership Conference Registration Form to: Craig Evans, National Association of Women Judges, 1341 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 4.2, Washington, DC 20036, Fax: (202) 393-0125.
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
Registration Desk
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Executive Suite, Lower Lobby Level, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20001. Tel: 202-628-2100.
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Buses will depart from hotel entrance at 10:45 a.m.
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B338/B339. Southwest of the Capitol, bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, First Street, and C Street, S.W.
Judge Joan V. Churchill, NAWJ President, Immigration Court (Retired) Remarks by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia) Introduction of Keynote Speaker Fernande R.V. Duffly, NAWJ Past President Keynote Speaker Laurel Bellows, President of the American Bar Association Importance of New VAWA Provisions Regarding Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts and Special Vulnerability of Native Americans to Becoming Victims of Human Trafficking
Speaker: Hilary Tompkins, Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior Remarks by Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD), Co-Chair Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues Maryland’s Role in the Genesis of the Annual Joint NAWJ/Women Legislators Meetings
Speaker: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Former Lt. Governor of Maryland Status of Federal Judicial Appointments and Court Funding
Speaker: Maggie Whitney, Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Majority’s Office
Buses will return attendees to the hotel at 1:45 p.m.
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U.S. Supreme Court Tour
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: 1 First Street NE between East Capitol Street and Maryland Avenue.
For this activity, contact Mary-Kathleen Todd at NAWJ at mtodd@nawj.org or by phone 202-393-0222.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
NAWJ has tickets available which can be used anytime during the conference.
Botanical Beauty of the National Mall
A custom walking tour of the U.S. Botanic Garden, Bartholdi Park, Smithsonian Castle gardens, and the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.
The First Ladies of Washington
A guided tour through the First Ladies exhibit of the National Museum of American History.
Contact Lauren Conover at District Experience, 202-624-1794 or laurenc@districtexperience.com.
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NAWJ Administrative Judiciary Committee Meeting
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Office of Committee Chair Judge Peg Mangan. District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings, Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
NAWJ Committee Chairs Meeting
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Office of Judge Peg Mangan District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings, Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
NAWJ Resource Board Meeting
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Law Offices of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Market Square, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W, between 8th and 9th streets.
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Buses will depart from hotel entrance at 4:45 p.m.
Joint Program with the Shakespeare Theater Bard Association on Henry V and Rights of Women to Confer Benefits On Men
Time: 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Arleigh and Roberta Burke Theater, Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
Judge Joan Churchill, NAWJ President
Abbe Lowell, Esq., Chadbourne & Parke, LLP; Chair, Shakespeare Theatre Company Bard Association Management Committee Reading from Shakespeare’s Henry V, Act I, Scene 2
| Henry V | Read by Drew Lichtenburg, Dramaturge at the Shakespeare Theatre Company | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | Read by David Dorsen, Esq, Sedgwick LLP |
Administrative Appeals Judge Micki Aronson, Social Security Administration (Retired)
Lauren Best Leeker, Administrative Counsel to the Executive Committee, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Colonel U.S. Army (Retired)
Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired)
Special Master Denise Vowell, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; Chief Trial Judge, U.S. Army (Retired)
Reception at the Law Offices of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W, between 8th and 9th streets.
Greetings from Steve Knapp, Esq.
Buses will return attendees to the Washington Court Hotel at 8:00 p.m.
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New Judges/First Time Attendees - A ‘No Host’ Gathering Open for All
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Location: Lobby Bar, Washington Court Hotel
Registration Desk
Time: 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Executive Suite Foyer, Lower Lobby, Washington Court Hotel
| Continental Breakfast Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Location: Executive Suite Foyer |
District Directors Breakfast Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Location: Private Room at 525 Bistro |
2013 NAWJ Board of Directors Lunch Meeting
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Washington Court Hotel
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
NAWJ has tickets available which can be used anytime during the conference.
Scandals in the City (Contact District Experience, 202-624-1794 or laurenc@districtexperience.com.)
As Alice Roosevelt Longworth once said, “If you haven’t got anything good to say about anyone, come and sit by me.” Listen as Alice Roosevelt dishes the dirt on all of the First Ladies, Presidents, statesmen and scandals at this one-of-a-kind walk around Capitol Hill!
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Buses will depart for the U.S. Supreme Court from the Washington Court Hotel entrance at 1:30 pm.
Tours of the United States Supreme Court
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: 1 First Street, NE
Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: U.S. Supreme Court, 1 First Street NE between East Capitol Street and Maryland Avenue Panelists:
Honorable Juan Osuna, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice
Judge Paul Schmidt, Immigration Court, Arlington, VA Forum Examining Judicial Independence in Administering the Law: Administrative Judges, Specialized or ‘Adjunct’ Judges, and Judges of More General Jurisdiction in the State and Federal Courts
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Location: U.S. Supreme Court Moderator:
Professor Vicki Jackson, Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Panelists:
Administrative Law Judge/Hearing Officer Ann Breen-Greco, Illinois State Board of Education
Judge Dana Marks, Immigration Court, San Francisco, CA
Judge Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge Michael Ponsor, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Chief Judge Eric Washington, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Reception at the Supreme Court
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: U.S. Supreme Court
Greetings from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Buses will begin loading at 7:30 p.m. to return to the Washington Court Hotel.
Continental Breakfast
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Location: Atrium Ballroom, Washington Court Hotel
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Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Atrium Ballroom, Washington Court Hotel Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Judge Joan V. Churchill, President, National Association of Women Judges Why Human Trafficking is Important for Pfizer, Inc.
9:05 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Ellen J. Rosenthal, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Pfizer Legal Alliance Overview of Training Objectives for the Day
9:10 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
Judge Elizabeth Lee, San Mateo County Superior Court A Global Perspective on Human Trafficking as the Fastest Growing Organized Crime
9:20 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.
Professor Louise Shelley, Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, George Mason University What Humanity United is Doing at Home and Abroad to Combat Human Trafficking
10:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Catherine Chen, Director of Investments, Humanity United Break: 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The Psychology of Offenders and Victims-Mock Examination of a Medical Expert Witness
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Judge Virginia Kendall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Dr. Jose Hidalgo, Massachusetts General Hospital ---Attendees make way to the Springwood Room for the Luncheon Program---- LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Speaker: Agnieszka Fryszman, Esq, Cohen Milsten
How Human Trafficking Cases Overseas Are Making Their Way into U.S. Courts
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Springwood Room ---Attendees return to the Atrium Ballroom for the following sessions--- Litigating Cases
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Agnieszka Fryszman, Esq, Cohen Milsten
Karima Maloney, Deputy Chief, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Martina E. Vandenberg, Founder and President, The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center *** The Role of the Judge
1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Moderator:
John Martin, Director, Center for Public Policy Studies
Panelists:
Honorable Alice Hill, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Judge Elizabeth Lee, San Mateo County Superior Court
Judge Dana Marks, Immigration Court, San Francisco, CA ** Emerging Best Practices in Federal and State Courts, Bench Cards and Protocols
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Steven Weller, Senior Consultant, Center for Public Policy Studies ** Preview of Human Trafficking Programs at NAWJ’s 2013 Annual Conference in New Orleans
3:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana ** Farewell by Judge Joan Churchill, NAWJ President
3:40 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Light Refreshments and Informal Discussion
3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Platinum
Pfizer Inc.
Gold
The ACE Rule of Law Fund
Dickstein Shapiro, LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
White & Case, LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP
Silver
AbbVie Inc.
The Boyce Foundation
Hon. Joan and Anthony Churchill
Hogan Lovells US LLP
LexisNexis
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
PQ Corporation
WilmerHale
Bronze
Adams Holcomb LLP
Cooley LLP
DLA Piper LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Thomson Reuters
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Supporter
Arnold & Porter LLP
Kolar Charitable Foundation of BuckleySandler LLP
Bryan Cave LLP
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
David Dorsen, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP
Debrah Garza, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
Hon. Gladys Kessler
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Law Offices of Alfred F. Belcuore
Hon. Cheryl M. Long
Hon. Judith McConnell
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Patton Boggs LLP
Sedwick LLP
Hon. Sue Pai Yang
Contributor
Hon. Leslie Alden
Anonymous - In Honor of Judge (Ret.) Noel Anketell Kramer of the DCCA
Hon. Beverly Cutler
Hon. Martha Craig Daughtrey - In Memory of Arthur Mackwell
Hon. Martha Craig Daughtrey
Hon. Fernande R.V. Duffly
Hon. Carol Feinman
Hon. Sophia H. Hall
J.G. Wentworth LLC
Hon. Joan Dempsey Klein – In Memory of Arthur Mackwell
Hon. Joan Dempsey Klein
Benjamin B. Klubes
Joseph M. Kolar
Lauren Leeker, Esq.
Hon. Arline Pacht
Hon. Rosalyn Richter
Hon. Norma Shapiro
Hon. Elaine Streger
Hon. Aleta Trauger
NAWJ 2013 Midyear Conference Sponsor Levels and Benefits
As a Platinum Sponsor, your firm/company will receive:
- Twenty tickets to Congressional Day, Thursday, May 2nd: Shakespeare and the Law forum and reception;
- Twelve tickets to Supreme Court Day, Friday, May 3rd: tour, forum & reception at U.S. Supreme Court;
- Ten Tickets to Training Day: Breakfast, lunch and All day Training on Human Trafficking;
- Acknowledgment of the sponsorship by your firm/company in the Midyear meeting program materials, as well as in NAWJ’s Annual Report, semi-annual newsletter and the NAWJ website. These materials are seen by NAWJ’s 1,200+ members, as well as numerous corporate General Counsel, bar leaders and law school deans.
As a Gold Sponsor, your firm/company will receive:
- Ten tickets to Congressional Day, Thursday, May 2nd: Shakespeare and the Law forum and reception;
- Six tickets to Supreme Court Day, Friday, May 3rd: tour, forum & reception at U.S. Supreme Court;
- Five Tickets to Training Day: Breakfast, lunch, and all day training on Human Trafficking;
- Acknowledgment of the sponsorship by your firm/company in the Midyear meeting program materials, as well as in NAWJ’s Annual Report, semi-annual newsletter and the NAWJ website. These materials are seen by NAWJ’s 1,200+ members, as well as numerous corporate General Counsel, bar leaders and law school deans.
As a Silver Sponsor, your firm/company will receive:
- Five tickets to Congressional Day, Thursday, May 2nd: Shakespeare and the Law forum and reception;
- Three tickets to the Supreme Court Day Friday, May 3rd: tour, forum & reception at U.S. Supreme Court;
- Three Tickets to Training Day: Breakfast, lunch, and all day training on Human Trafficking;
- Acknowledgment of the sponsorship by your firm/company in the Midyear meeting program materials, as well as in NAWJ’s Annual Report, semi-annual newsletter and the NAWJ website. These materials are seen by NAWJ’s 1,200+ members, as well as numerous corporate General Counsel, bar leaders and law school deans.
As a Bronze Sponsor, your firm/company will receive:
- Three tickets to Congressional Day, Thursday, May 2nd: Shakespeare and the Law forum and reception;
- Two tickets to the Supreme Court Day Friday, May 3rd: tour, forum & reception at U.S. Supreme Court;
- Two Tickets to Training Day: Breakfast, lunch, and all day training on Human Trafficking;
- Acknowledgment of the sponsorship by your firm/company in the Midyear meeting program materials, NAWJ’s semi-annual newsletter and the NAWJ website. These materials are seen by NAWJ’s 1,200+ members, as well as numerous corporate General Counsel, bar leaders and law school deans.
As a Supporter, your firm/company will receive:
- One ticket to Congressional Day, Thursday, May 2nd: Shakespeare and the Law forum and reception;
- One ticket to the Supreme Court Day Friday, May 3rd: tour, forum & reception at U.S. Supreme Court;
- One ticket to Training Day: Breakfast, lunch, and all day training on Human Trafficking;
- Acknowledgment of the sponsorship by your firm/company in the Midyear meeting program materials, NAWJ’s semi-annual newsletter and the NAWJ website. These materials are seen by NAWJ’s 1,200+ members, as well as numerous corporate General Counsel, bar leaders and law school deans.
| Elaine Metlin, Esq. Dickstein Shapiro, LLP metline@dicksteinshapiro.com |
Nicole Erb, Esq. White & Case LLP nerb@whitecase.com |
Marie Komisar
Executive Director, NAWJ 202-393-0222 – Mkomisar@nawj.org
NAWJ is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational non-profit association, and your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by the IRS. Please consult your tax advisor for further information.
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