The Federal Bar Council is a not-for-profit specialty bar association whose membership consists of
lawyers and judges who practice primarily in federal courts within the
Second Circuit
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. The Second Circuit covers the following districts:
District of Connecticut
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appeals ...
,
Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction spans five counties in New York State: the four Long Island counties of Nassau, Su ...
,
Northern District of New York,
Southern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of New York State. Two of these are in New York City: New ...
,
Western District of New York, and
District of Vermont. The Federal Bar Council's offices are in
White Plains, New York
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The organization was created by an act of the
New York State Legislature
The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: The New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Constitution of New York does not designate an officia ...
, effective April 1932, under the name "the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut." It adopted its current, shorter name in 1968.
Joan Wexler
Joan Gottesman Wexler (born 1946) is an American attorney who is a former dean and president of Brooklyn Law School. She is also a former president of the Federal Bar Council.
Education
Wexler attended Cornell University, (B.S., 1968), Harvard ...
, former dean and president of
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty.
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, is a former president of the council.
Former Director's Abuse of Employees
Federal Bar Council Director Jeanette Redmond, Esq. was forced to resign in 2014 due to her treatment of office staff. Per reports, there was a "revolving door" of staff members and Redmond restricted and personally interfered with employees' access to the restroom.
Historical timeline
*1928 - The organization began as a chapter of a national association of attorneys employed by the federal government.
*1932 - The Council was created as a separate organization - the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut - by act of the New York State Legislature then signed into law by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 1, 1932.
*1968 - The organization changed its name to the "Federal Bar Council."
*2014 - Following an investigation concerning her treatment of staff members, Federal Bar Council Executive Director Jeanette Redmond is forced to resign. According to reports, Redmond had restricted her employees' ability to use the restroom and verbally abused employees who arrived at the office at 9:01 am, rather than 9:00am.
All timeline items are cited from the Federal Bar Council History Webpage.
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External links
Official Website
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