Accordingly, the undersigned is not persuaded that her participation in FBA events warrants recusal. See Kinchen v. St. John's Univ., 830 Fed.Appx. 691, 692 (2d Cir. 2020) (finding that allegations that “the judge had participated in a speaking engagement at [the defendant university] and maintained professional relationships with . . . alumni . . . raise[d] no inference of bias” (citing In re Aguinda, 241 F.3d 194, 203 (2d Cir. 2001) (a judge's participation in programs sponsored by bar associations or law schools does not require recusal))).
Accordingly, the undersigned is not persuaded that her participation as a guest speaker warrants recusal. See also, e.g., Kinchen v. St. John's Univ., 830 Fed.Appx. 691, 692 (2d Cir. 2020) (finding that allegations that “the judge had participated in a speaking engagement at [the defendant university] and maintained professional relationships with . . . alumni . . . raise[d] no inference of bias” (citing In re Aguinda, 241 F.3d 194, 203 (2d Cir. 2001) (a judge's participation in programs sponsored by bar associations or law schools does not require recusal))).
See, e.g., In re Aguinda, 241 F.3d 194, 203 (2d Cir. 2001) (holding that a judge's participation in programs sponsored by bar associations or law schools does not require recusal); Kinchen v. St. John's Univ., 830 F. App'x 691, 692-93 (2d Cir. 2020) (summary order) (holding that allegations of a judge's "participat[ion] in a speaking engagement at St. John's and maintain[ing] professional relationships with St. John's alumni . . . raise no inference of bias"); Marcavage v. Bd. of Trs. of Temple Univ., 232 F. App'x 79, 83 (3d Cir. 2007) ("Common membership in a legal organization between a judge and counsel is not, by itself, enough to create a situation in which a judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned."); Casciani v. Town of Webster, No. 09-CV-6519L, 2012 WL 6131017, at *1 (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 11, 2012) (holding that disqualification was not warranted where judge and potential witness had "attended the same college" and belonged "to the same alumni association"); Am. Dairy Queen Corp. v. Blume, No. Civ. 11-358 (RHK/TNL), 2012 WL 1005015, at *2 (D. Minn. Mar. 26, 2012) ("Simply put, a judge must have neighbors, friends, and acquaintances, business and social relations, and be a part of his day and generation, but such asso