Message from the President

Founded in 1958 as the John W. Peck Cincinnati Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, this strong Chapter prides itself on fostering camaraderie and mutually supportive relationships between the federal judiciary and the bar. Acting on a regional scale, the Chapter merged with the Northern Kentucky Chapter in 2000. Today, the Chapter has tremendous support of the federal judiciary and membership includes several Sixth Circuit judges, as well as virtually all district judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges on both sides of the Ohio River, and numerous attorneys who practice civil and criminal law in both public and private sectors.

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Diversity Statement

The John W. Peck Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (the “Chapter”), in 2017, under the leadership of Dan Donnellon, formed a Gender Equity Task Force (the “Task Force”) to address issues facing women in the legal profession.  Recognizing the importance of the work undertaken by the Task Force, the Chapter soon thereafter converted the Task Force into the Chapter’s Gender Equity Committee.  In the interest of broadening the scope of the Gender Equity Committee, and further enhancing the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the legal profession and the community as a whole, the Chapter in 2023 converted the Gender Equity Committee into the Chapter’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

To formalize its position on the role of diversity in the justice system and in the administration of Chapter business, the Chapter, including but not limited to its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, affirmatively and wholly adopts the Diversity Statement of the Federal Bar Association (the “FBA”) as its own, which  states:

The FBA recognizes diversity as a core value that is fundamental to the justice system. It is our responsibility and privilege as judges, practitioners, and law students to ensure that our profession actively includes, provides equal opportunity to, and welcomes participation by all individuals, regardless of sex, race, gender, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, disability, military and veteran status, and any other unique attribute. The FBA is committed to fulfilling this responsibility in all aspects of our organization and the greater legal profession.

The Chapter is likewise committed to fulfilling the above-stated responsibility in all aspects of our organization and the greater legal profession.

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