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Roadways to the Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge?

4:00pm

James Byrne Courthouse
601 Market Street, Philadelphia PA

  • Interested lawyers and law students are invited to observe a national panel discussion and participate in local roundtables with bankruptcy, magistrate, district, and appellate judges about pathways to the federal bench.
  • The panel, which will be moderated by Judge Carl E. Stewart (5th Cir.), is comprised of Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis (6th Cir.), who previously served as a district judge from 2019 to 2022 and as a magistrate judge from 2016 to 2019; Judge Laura Taylor Swain (S.D.N.Y.), who previously served as a bankruptcy judge from 1996 to 2000; Judge Kesha Lynn Tanabe (Bankr. D. Minn.), a current bankruptcy judge; and Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai (D. Or.), a current magistrate judge.
  • Registration may be limited due to space constraints.

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For more information, please contact: (856) 757-5062
Chambers_of_Magistrate_Judge_Sharon_King@njd.uscourts.gov

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