The Federal Judiciary Committee seeks to facilitate
interactions with the federal judiciary regarding matters of importance
to the bench and bar. The Committee acts as a resource to the
federal judiciary in New York on issues of concern relating to civil
litigation in the four federal district courts in New York. The
Committee comments on a variety of questions that affect civil
litigation in federal court.
The Committee on Federal Judiciary is co-chaired by Jay G.
Safer, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, New York City jsafer@lockelord.com and
John D. Winter, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, New York City jwinter@pbwt.com.
Committee Activities * Report of federal
judicial discipline (in collaboration with Ethics &
Professionalism Committee and Civil Prosecutions Committee)
* Comment on ABCNY report on Second Circuit CAMP program.
Committee Reports Guide
to US District and Magistrate Judges in the Southern and Eastern
Districts of New York (Dec 2012) Individual
Practices of Judges and Magistrate Judges in the Southern District of
New York (2008)
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