Please Join The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey’s Young Lawyers Division and Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

for a conversation on

Achieving Equality for Minority Attorneys in Federal Court

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Panel Presentation and Break-Out Sessions: 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Cocktail Reception and Networking: 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Register Online at: www.afbnj.org

Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, 515 U.S. Highway Route One South, Iselin, NJ

Join us for a welcoming and candid conversation concerning how minority attorneys can create and avail themselves of greater opportunities to participate in federal court. Hear historical and current perspectives from the bench and bar and from public and private sector attorneys. Participate in a discussion regarding what we all can do to give attorneys from diverse backgrounds more opportunities to have their professional voices heard.

This event is free of charge and open to all. Summer Associates, law interns and attorneys who have been practicing law for fewer than ten years are highly encouraged to attend.

Moderator:
Raymond M. Brown, Esq., Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, & Davis LLP

Panelists:
Judge Steven C. Mannion, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey
Lora Fong, Esq., Assistant Attorney General and Chief Diversity Officer, Office of the Attorney General
Alan Dexter Bowman, Esq., Attorney at Law
Karina Fuentes, Assistant Federal Public Defender, New Jersey Federal Public Defender’s Office
Sammi Malek, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, for the District of New Jersey
Rajiv D. Parikh, Esq., Genova Burns, LLC
Hector D. Ruiz, Esq., Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP, President, Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey

Luminaries/Break-Out Session Moderators
Joseph A. Hayden, Jr., Esq., Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC; AFBNJ Past President
Thomas R. Ashley, Esq., the Law Offices of Thomas R. Ashley, Esq.
Wanda Akin Brown, Esq., Wanda M. Akin & Associates, Attorneys at Law
The Hon. Paul J. Fishman, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, former U.S. Attorney
Dara Govan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office; President, Garden State Bar Association

2.4 New Jersey MCLE Credits have been requested.
Registration Available Now at www.afbnj.org

This program is being presented by the AFBNJ and Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, in conjunction with the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Inc., the Garden State Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, Seton Hall University School of Law, and the South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey.