The Federal Bar Council presented its Emory Buckner Medal, which recognizes outstanding public service, to Eastern District Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon, left, and Southern District Chief Judge Loretta Preska, right, at its 2015 Thanksgiving Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Wednesday.
The medal was presented by Federal Bar Council president Vilia Hayes, a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed.