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Judge Pamela Chen (United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York)

Judge Pamela Chen

United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York

Pamela K. Chen is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was nominated to the federal bench in January 2013 by President Barack Obama, and sworn in on March 19, 2013. Before joining the bench, Judge Chen was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, except for a brief period in 2008, when she served as a Deputy Commissioner in the New York State Division of Human Rights. During her tenure in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Chen investigated and prosecuted cases involving terrorism, gang violence, drug trafficking, hate crimes, official misconduct, and human trafficking. Between 1991 and 1998, Judge Chen was a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Judge Chen began her legal career at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Nicole Haff, Esq. (moderator) (Counsel at Michelman & Robinson, LLP)

Nicole Haff, Esq. (moderator)

Counsel at Michelman & Robinson, LLP

Nicole Haff is counsel in M&R’s New York office and member of the firm’s Commercial & Business Litigation Department. She litigates and resolves disputes for clients in the television, publishing, music, technology, new media and cryptocurrency industries. Nicole also has significant experience providing advice and counsel regarding the U.S. Copyright Act (including DMCA compliance) and U.S. trademark law. She also handles general contract, entertainment, and defamation matters.

Nicole employs a pragmatic approach to her cases and has argued, or played a central role in, successful appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Appellate Division for the State of New York, and New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals. She honed her skills as a litigation associate at an Am Law 50 firm, before moving on to more senior roles, including Chairing the Litigation Department at a New York-based entertainment and business law boutique just prior to joining M&R.

Over the years, Nicole has been designated as both a “Rising Star” and “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyer Magazine—this in recognition of her work as a business and intellectual property litigator. Martindale-Hubbell has designated her as “AV Preeminent,” the highest-level peer rating an attorney can receive.

Given her unique background, Nicole has been quoted or interviewed by CNN, Forbes, Fox News Radio, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, the Daily Mail, and the New York Law Journal, among other outlets.