The Honorable Glen Bruening

Glen T. Bruening was first nominated by Governor David Paterson and confirmed by the New York State Senate in 2010 as a judge of the New York State Court of Claims, after more than 21 years of legal service for the State of New York. In 2015, he began serving as a full-time Acting Supreme Court Justice in Essex, Warren and Washington Counties, and was reappointed to a new 10-year term by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2018. He previously served as an Assistant Counsel to Governors George Pataki, David Paterson, and Andrew Cuomo; as General Counsel to the NYS Department of State and NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and as Senior Attorney, Deputy Counsel, and Deputy Commissioner for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Glen graduated from Lake George High School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from SUNY Albany, and a JD from Albany Law School. A resident of Warren County, Glen is a member of the NYS Bar Association, and the Warren County Bar Association where he serves as Treasurer and Chair of the High School Mock Trial Committee.

The Honorable Malachy E. Mannion, US District Court, Middle District of PA

Judge Mannion is a 1972 graduate of the Scranton Preparatory School; a 1976 graduate of the University of Scranton with a B.S. in Psychology; and a 1979 graduate of Pace University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate.His legal career began in White Plains, NY in 1979, where he was an associate with the law firm of Bartels, Pykett & Aronwald, Esqs. From 1980-1986 he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau County, NY where, as a senior trial attorney, he investigated and tried numerous cases ranging from homicide to organized crime, burglary to narcotics, rape to armed robbery. He also served as the trial supervisor responsible for instructing and supervising 41 assistant district attorneys in trial practice and procedure.Judge Mannion was an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) in the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 1986-1993 and 1997-2001. During that time he was also the District’s Security Manager, possessing a top secret United States Government security clearance. He was, and still is, a regular speaker, instructor and judge at the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center in Columbia, SC. Judge Mannion was also a member of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Evaluation and Review Staff (EARS) charged with critically evaluating the performance and procedures used in the 94 United States Attorney’s offices across the country.Judge Mannion was a partner in the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pa. regional civil litigation firm of Hourigan, Kluger, Spohrer & Quinn, PC. from 1993-1997. In that time he handled and tried numerous civil matters, with a focus on medical malpractice, negligence and commercial litigation, in both federal and state courts.In 2001, Judge Mannion was appointed to the federal bench for an 8 year term as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He was reappointed to a second 8 year term in 2009. In 2011 he became the Chief United States Magistrate Judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. In 2012, Judge Mannion was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on December 21, 2012. Judge Mannion was sworn in as a United States District Judge on December 28, 2012.Judge Mannion is the Treasurer and an Executive Committee member of the Federal Judges Association (FJA) and is a Past President of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association (FMJA). Additionally, he has been a member of the Administrative Office of United States Court’s Advisory Committee on Magistrate Judges. He is currently a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s Judicial Council’s Magistrate Judges’ Committee. He is a Past President of the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Federal Bar Association.He has written and lectured nationally in the areas of trial practice, e-discovery, federal rules, money laundering, the fourth amendment, federal trial & motion practice, official corruption, ethics, legal writing, and discovery. He is involved with numerous charitable organizations.

The Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple has served as judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since his appointment by President Reagan in 1985. Judge Ripple joined the Law School faculty in 1976 as an associate professor, and became a full professor in 1980. He graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. from Fordham University in 1965, received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1968 and earned an LL.M. summa cum laude in administrative law and economic regulation from the National Law Center of the George Washington University in 1972.

Before joining the Notre Dame faculty, Ripple held the position of special assistant to the chief justice of the United States (1973-77). He also served as the legal officer of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972-73), as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of International Business Machines Corporation, and as a branch head for the Judge Advocate General of the Navy.

A member of the Virginia, New York, Indiana and District of Columbia Bars, Ripple has the distinction of serving on the American delegation to the 1980 Anglo-American Judicial Exchange. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and chaired the Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate Rules of Procedure.