2021 Judicial Conference Program

Prevention Research, the National Sentencing Policy Institute, the Maryland Judicial Conference and the Maryland New Trial Judges Orientation. Additionally, he has served as principal author or co-author for published articles in a variety of academic journals, including most recently in Federal Sentencing Reporter, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Criminology and Public Policy and Columbia Law Review . He previously served as a consultant on a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seminar examining incapacitation effects. Dr. Soulé earned both a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. David was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the National Association of Sentencing Commissions in 2008 and served as the vice-president of NASC for two years.

FLOYD HARTLEY Consumers for Accessible Ride Services (CARS) Ensuring Justice for All: Guidance for Inclusion of People with Disabilities Coming to Court FLOYD HARTLEY is the chairman of Consumers for Accessible Ride Services (CARS). CARS is a close partner of Disability Rights Maryland in the struggle for accessible public transit. Floyd is a panelist for the 2021 Judicial Conference workshop, entitled, Ensuring Justice for All: Guidance for Inclusion of People with Disabilities Coming to Court.

HONORABLE GERALD BRUCE LEE (RET.) District Court in Eastern Division of Virginia Alexandria Division | 701 East Broad Street | Richmond, VA 23219

GERALD BRUCE LEE, United States District Judge, (ret.) is a member of The McCammon Group where he works with litigants in matters and helps facilitate mutually agreed upon resolution of disputes. Prior to joining The McCammon Group, he was a trial judge for twenty-five years, 19 years on the federal district court, and six and one-half years on the Fairfax Circuit Court. Judge Lee has presided over many complex product liability, wrongful death and personal injury, civil rights, employment law, and commercial cases. In the EDVA he presided over several high-profile cases involving terrorism, espionage, federal death penalty, labor and employment, and intellectual property cases. In 1973, Judge Lee received his undergraduate degree in communications from The American University, Washington, D.C. He earned his J.D. from The Washington College of Law at The American University in 1976. On May 18, 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree from The American University Washington College of Law. During Judge Lee’s tenure on the Fairfax Circuit Court, he served as Chairman of the Judicial Council of Virginia Judicial Education Committee and he was responsible for meeting the continuing education needs of Virginia’s 140 Circuit Court judges. Judge Lee’s work in judicial education continued in the federal judiciary and he taught numerous courses for the Federal Judicial Center which is the primary continuing education component of the federal judiciary. Judge Lee has served as Chairman of the Judicial Selection Committee of the Alexandria Bar Association; Chairman of the General Practice of Law Section of the Virginia State Bar, an elected member of the Virginia State Bar Council, President of the Northern Virginia Black Attorneys Association, President of the George Mason American Inn of Court and member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the managers of Washington Dulles International and Washington National Airports. Judge Lee currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The American University; Dean’s Advisory Council of The Washington College of Law at The American University.

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