Welcome to the latest in our "Holding Court" series where the Lit Daily is exploring the variety of ways the pandemic has changed how the nation's trial courts conduct their business and the things individual jurists are doing to adjust to whatever the new normal is going to be.

Meet U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie Bowman of the Southern District of Ohio, who has been on the federal bench for just over a decade. Prior to being selected by a merit selection panel for her current position, Bowman served as a career clerk to U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett who also sits in the Cincinnati courthouse. Bowman and Barrett were previously colleagues in private practice at Barrett & Weber.