José A. Cabranes, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Portrait Dedication [1:46-6:47]

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This afternoon we convene a ceremonial session of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on the occasion of the unveiling of a portrait of Judge Jose A. Cabranas. Judge Cabranas was a judge of this Court from December 1979 to August 1994 when he was appointed a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. He is a former Chief Judge of this Court. It is my pleasure to welcome you all on this wonderful occasion on behalf of my colleagues and I would like to introduce my colleagues who are present. To my far right is District Judge Vanessa El Bryan and then District Judges, Stefan R. Underhill and Robert N. Chotney and then Senior District Judge Warren W. Egenton. To my immediate left is Senior District Judge Dominic J. Squatrito and then District Judges, Christopher F. Crony and Mark R. Crabbits. We are pleased to welcome today a number of present and past public officials. We welcome the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David B. Fine. We also welcome the former Attorney General of the United States, Judge Michael B. New Casey and the former Associate Attorney General of the United States as well as former United States Attorney for Connecticut, Kevin J. O'Connor and former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stanley A. Torney. Other judicial officers of the District of Connecticut are with us today. Retired United States District Judge Alan H. Nevis. United States Magistrate Judges, Joan G. Margolis, Donna F. Martinez and Holly B. Bitt Simmons. Some of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Chief Judge Lorraine M. Wile, Judge Albert S. Debrowski and Judge Alan H. W. Schiff. In addition, we are pleased to note the presence of Senior Judge Tucker-Elmawson of the Western District of Louisiana who regularly sits as a visiting judge in this district. We welcome also from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge John M. Walker Jr., Judge Barrington D. Parker Jr., Judge Reena Rajee, Judge Dembra A. Livingston, and Judge Raymond J. Loye Jr. Two judges of that court, Judge John O'Neumann and Judge Ralph K. Winter will speak during our program. In addition, we welcome Senior Judge Edward R. Corman of the Eastern District of New York. We also welcome from the Connecticut Appellate Court, Judge Carmen E. Espinoza, from the Connecticut Superior Court, Judge Antonio C. Robina, from the New York State Supreme Court, Justice Francois A. Rivera, and from the New York State Appellate Division First Department, Judge Eugene L. Nidelli. We welcome to the President of Yale University, Richard C. Levin.