This week is Capitol Hill week at the FBA. We have several meetings with Congressional and Senators scheduled. The FBA SDNY would like to thank every individual and organization that made this possible.
Thank you to Alexandra Lowe-Server in Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s office for meeting with the Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter and the FBA EDNY leadership and their members. We greatly appreciate Senator Gillibrand’s support of the issues of important to our nation’s federal courts (e.g., security of federal judges, creating more judgeships to assist with heavy dockets; overhauling PACER; funding of federal courts; establishing independent immigration court; and modernize the FBA Foundation’s charter. Thank you to Nancy Morisseau, Giuseppe Franzella, Robert Rando, Zara Watkins, Esq., Troy Kessler, Dina Miller, and Dan Phillips for participating.
Thank you to House Representative Thomas Suozzi and his Chief of Staff Diane Shust for meeting with the FBA SDNY and FBA EDNY leadership team and their members to discuss issues impacting our federal courts. Thank you also to Nancy Morisseau, Giuseppe Franzella, Robert Rando, Zara Watkins, Esq. Troy Kessler, Dina Miller, and Dan Phillips for participating.
As a part of the Federal Bar Association’s Capitol Hill Day, the Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter and FBA-EDNY Chapter leaders and members met with Kate Chiucchini, House Representative Kathleen Rice’s (NY-4) Legislative Counsel. Thank you also to Nancy Morisseau, Giuseppe Franzella, Robert Rando, Troy Kessler, Dina Miller, Dan Phillips, and Zara Watkins, Esq. for participating.
A special thanks to Mark Olson, press secretary in House Representative Grace Meng’s (NY-6) office for meeting with us as a part of the Federal Bar Association’s Capitol Hill Day. Leaders and members from the Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter and FBA-EDNY Chapter discussed with Mark issues of importance to our federal courts. Thank you also to Nancy Morisseau, Giuseppe Franzella, Robert Rando, Troy Kessler, Dina Miller, Dan Phillips for participating.
As part of the Federal Bar Association’s Capitol Hill Day, leaders and members of the Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter and the FBA EDNY Chapter had a great conversation with Scott Rausch, the Legislative Director for House Representative Andrew Garbarino (NY-2). We discussed issues of courthouse security; independent immigration courts; funding of federal courts; overhauling CM/ECF system, and modernizing the FBA Foundation’s charter. Thank you to Dina Miller, Robert Rando, Nancy Morisseau and Dan Phillips for representing the Federal Bar Association.
The leadership and members of the Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter and FBA EDNY Chapter had a great Capitol Hill Day meeting with House Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13). Rep. Espaillat listened to our concerns regarding the judiciary and federal courts and actively engaged us in conversation. Thank you to Robert Rando, Dan Phillips, Padmaja Chinta and Nancy Morisseau for representing the Federal Bar Association.
