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Trailblazing Judge Bernice Donald to Address Convention's Bench Bar Luncheon

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 6, 2022

Following this year’s Bench Bar program, which focuses in part on judges as leaders, the Bench Bar Luncheon will feature a judge who has been a leader throughout her career: U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald. In 1982, Donald was elected to the General Sessions Criminal Court, where she became the first African American woman to serve as a judge in the history of the State of Tennessee. When she was later appointed as a judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee, she became the first African American woman in the history of the United States to serve as a bankruptcy judge. From there she went on to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, becoming the first Black female judge on each of those courts. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from Judge Donald, who is set to take senior status on the court as soon as her replacement is confirmed. Admission to next Thursday's luncheon is included in the full 2022 Convention registration or individual tickets can now be purchased.

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