Helaine M. Barnett, Co-Chair
President, Legal Services Corporation (2004–2009)
Hon. Christina Ryba, Co-Chair
Supervising Judge of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial District
Hon. Shahabuddeen A. Ally, Co-Chair
Supervising Judge of Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Lucy Billings
Immigration Judge, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Kristin Brown
President & CEO, Empire Justice Center
Hon. Anthony Cannataro
Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
Kim Diana Connolly
Vice-Dean for Advocacy and Experiential Education; Director of Clinical Legal Education, University of Buffalo School of Law
Sal Curran
Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central New York, Inc.
Matthew Diller
Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Shelley J. Dropkin
[Past Chair, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest]
Managing Director, Deputy Corporate Secretary and General Counsel, Corporate Governance, Citigroup Inc.
Camille Siano Enders
[Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York]
Deputy County Attorney, Schenectady County Attorney's Office
Barbara Finkelstein
Co-chair, Westchester County Right to Counsel Coalition
Hon. Fern A. Fisher
Executive Director, Legal Hand; Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Michael D. Fricklas
Chief Legal Officer, Advance Publications
Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.
Co-Chair & Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Rachel Chazin Halperin
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Adriene Holder
Chief Attorney, Civil Practice, The Legal Aid Society
John Kiernan
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton (Ret.)
Denise Kronstadt
Executive Director/Director of Advocacy, The Fund for Modern Courts
Donna H. Lee
Professor, CUNY School of Law
Mary Beth Maloney
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Linton Mann III
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Scott D. Musoff
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Adrian Neil
General Counsel, Rochester City School District
Lori M. O'Brien
Executive Director, Legal Assistance of Western New York
Christopher O’Malley
Executive Director, The IOLA Fund of the State of New York
David A. Picon
Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Hon. A. Gail Prudenti
Former Chief Administrative Judge, NYS Unified Court System
Nic Rangel
Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
Raun J. Rasmussen
Executive Director, Legal Services NYC
Lauren M. Rosenberg
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Janet Sabel
Director, Access to Justice Initiative, Center on Civil Justice, New York University School of Law
Hon. Jack Stoller
Citywide Supervising Judge, New York City Housing Court
Deborah L. Wright
Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union (RAWDSU), Political Director
Barbara Zahler-Gringer
Former Counsel for Administration, Office of Court Administration
EX OFFICIO
Hon. Edwina G. Richardson
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives
Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine
Chair, Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary
COUNSEL
Jessica Klein
Special Counsel & Head of Pro Bono Practice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Madeline B. Jenks
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Rochelle Klempner
Office of Court Administration
Barbara Mulé
Office of Court Administration
SPECIAL ADVISOR
Mary C. Mone
Special Counsel to the Chief Judge (Ret.)