Earlier this month, Andrew Simpson became president of the Third Circuit Bar Association. Simpson is a solo practitioner in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and he becomes the first Virgin Islands lawyer ever to lead 3CBA. He’s an accomplished appellate practitioner who appears regularly in the Third Circuit and last year won a unanimous Supreme Court reversal. (Plus an indefatigable hurricane survivor.)
Simpson takes over the presidency from Charles “Chip” Becker of Kline & Specter. Becker led 3CBA through two dynamic years as the group participated in the Court’s 2017 judicial conference, added four strong board members (Nilam Sanghvi of the PA Innocence Project and Penn Law, Tieffa Harper of the Delaware federal defender, Katherine Romano of Walsh Pizzi, and me), made progress towards a retooled website, and started a popular series of judge-led advocacy CLEs.
In addition to the change in presidency, the 3CBA board elected a new slate of board officers:
- Deena Jo Schneider of Schnader, president elect
- David Fine of K&L Gates, secretary, and, last and least,
- me, treasurer.
If you’re not already a 3CBA member, you ought to fix that. If you’re already a member and you’d like to get more involved by, say, helping with CLE events, writing a piece for the newsletter, or being considered for a future board opening, just reach out to me or any of the other board members.
To Chip, thank you for two dynamite years at the helm. And to Andy, congratulations and good luck!