Barbara Paul Robinson/Debevoise & Plimpton Series

The Barbara Paul Robinson/Debevoise & Plimpton Series features leaders in the law sharing their life stories to inspire others in the profession. The series is made possible by a fund established by Debevoise & Plimpton and Barbara Paul Robinson, upon her retirement. She was the firm’s first woman partner and first woman President of the New York City Bar Association.

2024
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

2022
Robert B. Fiske, Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell; Jim Johnson, Chief Operating Officer of Trinity Church Wall Street; Mary Jo White, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

2019
Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co.

2016
Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor