Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon, right, administered the oath of office to Eastern District Judge Ann Donnelly on Friday. Donnelly had been a Court of Claims judge and acting Manhattan Supreme Court justice before the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination to the federal bench in October 2015.

Speakers at the investiture ceremony Friday included U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, and former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who is of counsel at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.