FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

KRISTEN M. GIBBONS FEDEN
Attorney at Law, ANAPOLWEISS

Kristen M. Gibbons Feden is widely regarded as one of the Nation’s leading litigators in the field of sexual abuse. She has proven herself to be fearless when fighting for survivors against high profile offenders and large institutions. Christened by the New York Times as “The Prosecutor Who Stared Down Bill Cosby,” Kristen is internationally recognized as a leading litigator in the #MeToo Movement. Nationally acclaimed as a fierce litigator, Kristen has represented numerous sexual abuse survivors in their pursuit of civil justice and has obtained over 1 Billion dollars in monetary awards for the most vulnerable survivors, many of whom were in their darkest moments when they sought her out.

Marian Braccia

MARIAN BRACCIA
Director, LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, Temple University Beasley School of Law

Marian Grace Braccia is the Director of the LL.M. in Trial Advocacy and a Practice Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she brings particular expertise in courtroom technology, e-discovery issues, evidence, and trial skills. Prior to joining the full-time faculty, Professor Braccia taught Introduction to Trial Advocacy and an experiential course in criminal prosecution for several years as an adjunct at Temple Law School, and she served as a coach for Temple’s National Trial Team.
Professor Braccia is an accomplished litigator, having served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office from 2006 to 2018 as a trial attorney in Major Trials and the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit.  Braccia was appointed to a supervisory position in the District Attorney’s Charging Unit in 2012, and in 2014 launched Philadelphia’s Domestic Violence Diversion Program.  In August 2017, she assumed added responsibilities as Director of Information Technology for the DA’s Office.
Professor Braccia teaches Evidence to Temple’s JD students.  She presents frequently on gender bias in the courtroom, particularly as it impacts transgender and gender-diverse people and cisgender women.  In August 2024, Braccia was appointed to the Pennsylvania Committee on Rules of Evidence for a term of six years.  Braccia also teaches lawyers in Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru the fundamentals of American trial advocacy through Temple’s Chilean pre-LL.M. program. She also teaches Evidence Law to Chinese legal professionals as part of the Temple-Tsinghua LL.M. degree program.
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