Celebrating 40 Years with Judge Pauline Newman

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Judge Pauline Newman celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day she assumed workplace on the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Gene and I have been initially invited to hitch a number of of her present and former clerks for a shock lunch with the choose to rejoice.

Nonetheless, after a number of telephone calls and textual content messages, the plan advanced and, in lower than every week’s time, a shock celebration was deliberate. Anticipating to fulfill two individuals in her chambers for lunch, Decide Newman was as a substitute met with a sea of applause when she walked into the room. She was overjoyed to see so a lot of her buddies and colleagues collectively in a single place and pleasantly shocked that we have been there to rejoice her.

She remarked: “I can’t imagine you have been capable of preserve this a secret!”  And all of us had a good time celebrating this superb milestone with and for somebody all of us cherish, respect and admire. She is an inspiration to so many individuals, each younger and outdated. To name Decide Newman a trailblazer, or pioneer, whereas true, appears inadequate to seize what she has achieved, and what she has meant to so many inside the IP neighborhood for therefore lengthy.

And now, with Decide Newman’s blessing, we’d wish to share some images from the celebration.  *Pictures for this text have been offered by Charles Rones and Renée C. Quinn.

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At one level through the celebration, Decide Randall Rader broke out his guitar and, alongside together with his colleague, Jon Combs, performed a number of songs from the Sixties for Decide Newman.

After taking part in a handful of songs collectively, Decide Rader then performed a track that he had simply written particularly for Decide Newman earlier that week.

Following the musical ensemble, we celebrated with cake. And on the request of a number of of her former clerks, the choose had enjoyable pretending to smash the cake along with her gavel.

     
We additionally put collectively a final minute group reward for the choose. We requested everybody on the invite checklist if they might be all in favour of submitting a letter to the choose that we then compiled into a personalised binder for her to have and cherish for years to come back.

     
In solely two days’ time, we have been capable of accumulate 30+ letters, all of which have been printed on card inventory with the sender’s picture.  Decide Newman was overcome with pleasure and emotion as she opened her reward and realized what it was!

We’d like to provide all the readers of IPWatchdog.com the chance to submit their very own private letters to be added to Decide Newman’s binder. If you want to submit a letter to the choose please email your letter to me with the topic, “Letter to Decide Newman” alongside together with your picture, which I’ll add to your letter to personalize them even additional. Any letters obtained will likely be printed and hand delivered to Decide Newman for placement in her personalised binder.