Robert A Katzmann

July 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Robert Morgenthau, one of the state's most popular public servants who died last night at age 99, recently received the McCloy Award of the Fund for Modern Courts. Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, gave this speech.

By Robert A. Katzmann

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May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Judge Robert A. Katzmann. on the occasion of being honored with the Federal Bar Council's Learned Hand Award, told his audience: "This evening I speak to you about what we, together, bench and bar, can do to help meet an urgent, pressing need - the need for adequate representation for a vulnerable population of human beings - immigrants. Immigrants often come to this country in fear, fleeing from persecution, escaping from poverty, not knowing the language, not knowing to whom to turn for competent legal advice, all the while working to make a better life."

By Robert A. Katzmann

12 minute read

May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Judge Robert A. Katzmann, on the occasion of being honored with the Federal Bar Council's Learned Hand Award, told his audience: "This evening I speak to you about what we, together, bench and bar, can do to help meet an urgent, pressing need - the need for adequate representation for a vulnerable population of human beings - immigrants. Immigrants often come to this country in fear, fleeing from persecution, escaping from poverty, not knowing the language, not knowing to whom to turn for competent legal advice, all the while working to make a better life."

By Robert A. Katzmann

12 minute read