Judicial Security, AI, and What's Really at Stake for the Federal Bar – 2026 ALPS Bar Leaders Retreat | On the Road with Legal Talk Network

Legal Talk Network - Law News and Legal Topics · Nov 2, 2026 · 28m

Federal judges are telling their own children not to answer the door to strangers, and that's the reality bar leaders are now building policy around. Kevin Maxim, national President-Elect of the Federal Bar Association and a commercial litigator in Atlanta, breaks down why judicial security has climbed to the top of the organization's Capitol Hill advocacy alongside judicial vacancies and court funding. He traces how the pandemic hollowed out the informal, in-person relationship-building that once held the profession together, and why rebuilding those connections, especially for newer…