José A. Cabranes, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Portrait Dedication [39:27-44:29]

co-head of the global financial services litigation practice at Hogan levels in New York. Most important for today's purposes, Mark was not just one of Judge Cabránis's first law clerks, he was Judge Cabránis's very first law clerk, I gather, he labored in that role for four months on his own. He not only helped the judge get things rolling, but he did something that a few other law clerks in history can claim to have done, and in the bar mitzvah theme, few have the Hutzboot to do, which is introduce Judge Cabránis to his current wife, Professor Stit. So, without further ado, Mark you're over there. Mark Gautridge. Thank you very much, Jesse, I appreciate that. It is really my distinct privilege today to share with you a few reflections on Judge Cabránis' extraordinary service on the bench of this court, the District of Connecticut, as District Judge and Chief Judge, is really only fitting that his portrait should be presented at a special ceremonial session of the District Court for the District of Connecticut, which is a court that Judge Cabránis graced for nearly 15 years. And it is also fitting that we meet today as Dorothy reminded us in the very same auditorium where on a chilly December day in 1979, which many of us remember Judge Cabránis was sworn in. And I remember very much reading with interest the New York Times that morning on the train up from Grand Central Station. The Times featured the new judge as the quote, man in the news. I think those before they had women in the news or people in the news. And readers of the Times, which our honoree might say, is the punitive newspaper of record in this country. The readers of the Times would have learned a great deal about the new judge from that article. He was the first native of Puerto Rico appointed to the federal bench in the continental United States. You would have learned from the Times that he would be turning 39 the next day that he had a brilliant academic record and had for many years able to serve the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of course Yale University. But many in that auditorium, this auditorium that day, surely wondered what kind of judge would Judge Cabránis be. The Times always helpful gave us a hint. They quoted President Jamadi of this university predicting that Yale's loss would be quote a great gain for the federal judiciary. And the fullness of time, if I may, appropriated Cabránisism, would show that, yes, President Jamadi was exactly right. So, what was it that made Judge Cabránis such an exceptional district judge? His intellect, of course, as well as his extraordinary energy and work ethic. I really picked up on the point as the law clerk that Dorothy made of Judge Cabránis being there working late at night over the weekends side by side with the law clerk's crafting decisions, reading the cases, talking about what the case has said, and how they applied to the case at hand. Judge Cabránis also administered his docket efficiently, ensuring that lawyers moved their cases along. And he kept them on their toes in the courtroom, as well, with cogent questions. Always fair, but also very tough at times. Judge Cabránis delivered his decisions promptly, but without sacrificing in any way the quality of the judging. To the surprise of some Connecticut lawyers, at least in the early days, soon after a motion had been argued before Judge Cabránis, the judge would, after a recess, where appropriate come back out on the bench and dictate into the record a thorough, carefully reasoned, and well-supported ruling complete with case citations. Judge Cabránis was always alert for the lawyer or the litigant who was trying to pull one over on him, perhaps that's his New York City upbringing. The most extreme example that I've heard of this is that of a Colombian drug dealer, a criminal defendant in Judge Cabránis' court, who attempted to convince the judge at a hearing that the crop he was growing was actually strawberries. To which the judge remarked, who do I look like? Juan Valdez? There is not time today to discuss many of Judge Cabránis' decisions rendered as a member of this court, but I would like to mention a couple that I think I exemplify the meticulous approach of Judge Cabránis. In Republican