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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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