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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS
JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS OF
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

The Hon. Edwina Mendelson
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, NYS Office of Court Administration

Dr. Chitra Raghavan
Professor of Psychology and Director of The Forensic Mental Health Counseling Program, John Jay College

The Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin
Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts

The Hon. Judy Harris Kluger
Executive Director, Sanctuary for Families

Hawthorne Emery Smith
Director of the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture

Stephanie McGraw
Founder, W.A.R.M. - We All Really Matter

Tanya Selvaratnam
Writer and Emmy-Nominated Producer

Joan Meier
National Family Violence Law Center Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Hon. Troy K. Webber
Associate Justice, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division First Judicial Department

Hon. Shahabuddeen A. Ally
Supervising Judge/Acting Justice of Supreme Court, New York County Civil Court

Savina P. Playter
President, Bronx Women's Bar Association

The Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly
Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court.

The Hon. Juanita Bing Newton
Retired Judge, New York Court of Claims

Linda Lopez
Deputy Director, CBWLS, Sanctuary for Families

Jacqueline Franchetti
Executive Director & Kyra’s Mom, Kyra’s Champions

The Hon. Tamra Walker
Family Court Judge

Jennifer C. Friedman
Director, Bronx and Manhattan Legal Project & Policy, Sanctuary for Families

Karla S. George
Deputy Director of the Bronx Family Law Project, Sanctuary for Families

Shain Filcher
Executive Director, LGBT Bar Association & Foundation of New York ("LeGaL")

Hamra Ahmad
Director of Law and Policy, Her Justice

William C. Silverman
Partner and Head of Pro Bono at Proskauer Rose LLP, and Chair of The Fund for Modern Courts

Kara Bellew
Partner, Rower LLC

Michael Scherz
Director, Domestic Violence Project, Lawyers for Children
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Christine Perumal
Director of the Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Project

Victoria Goodlof
Senior Staff Attorney, NYLAG
Coordinating Attorney, Community Outreach and Clinics
Coordinating Attorney, Community Outreach and Clinics
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