Sep / Oct / Nov 2024
Vol. XXXII, No. 1

in this issue

Federal Bar Council President Sharon L. Nelles remembers 9/11.
Bennette D. Kramer writes about another wonderful family vacation, in the south of France.
Sherry N. Glover reports on her conversation with Judge Natasha C. Merle, who was sworn in last year as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi was sworn in as a magistrate judge for the Eastern District of New York in May. Brachah Goykadosh spoke with the new magistrate judge about her journey to the bench.
In his regular column, Adam K. Magid explores recent decisions by the Second Circuit expounding on the contours of federal question jurisdiction in two illuminating scenarios that straddle its outer edges: (1) an action asserting state law claims with embedded federal issues, and (2) a petition to confirm an arbitration award, where the underlying claims arose under federal law.
Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo spoke recently with Magistrate Judge Gary Stein about his book, “Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham,” to learn more about the infamous Martin T. Manton.
The December/January/February 2020 issue of this publication featured the final article written for us by Steve Edwards (in this case, with the assistance of Elizabeth Slater). The first portion of that article, titled “Catching Up With… Loretta E. Lynch,” is republished here. We will republish the balance of this fascinating and informative article in our next issue.
Layaliza Soloveichik recently interviewed Lincoln historian Harold Holzer to find out, through the lens of history, how he perceived President Lincoln’s handling of immigration to the United States, a subject that was extraordinarily divisive in the decades leading up to the Civil War.
Pete Eikenberry spoke recently with Peter Neufeld, a co-founder of The Innocence Project, about his work.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Sharon L. Nelles

President

Bennette D. Kramer

Editor

Sherry N. Glover

Contributor

Brachah Goykadosh

Contributor

Adam K. Magid

Contributor

Joseph Marutollo

Contributor

Steven Edwards

Contributor