Events

Barbara T. O’Toole moderates panel discussion at the NAPABA Northeast Regional / AABANY Fall Conference

Barbara T. O’Toole, associate in the firm’s Litigation Department, moderated a panel discussion, titled “From Border Wall to Courtroom: The Judge Shelley Joseph Indictment,” during the 2019 NAPABA Northeast Regional/AABANY Fall Conference, “United in Action and Vision: Towards 2020 Together,” on September 21, 2019 at Fordham University School of Law.

The panel – comprised of Angel Feng, of Mintz Levin, Djung Tran, of Tran Law Associates, and Hon. Stella Tsai, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas – discussed the recent indictment of Judge Shelley Joseph, a district court judge in Massachusetts, on federal charges. Judge Joseph is accused of obstruction of justice for allegedly assisting an undocumented immigrant defendant who appeared in her courtroom evade ICE custody. The discussion covered the current state of immigration laws in the U.S. and the limits of judicial authority. Michelle Rhee, Assistant General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Company, chaired the program.

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association is the preeminent professional development organization and voice for 50,000 Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. NAPABA represents the interests of nearly 90 national, state, and local Asian Pacific American bar associations. The Asian American Bar Association of New York was formed in 1989 as a not-for-profit corporation to represent the interests of New York Asian-American attorneys, judges, law professors, legal professionals, legal assistants or paralegals and law students.

From left, Barbara O’Toole, Angel Feng, Djung Tran, and Hon. Stella Tsai.