Carter is currently a partner at Dorsey and Whitney, LLP, where he is co-chair of the White Collar Crime and Civil Fraud practice group. Carter served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where he prosecuted several prominent cases. Carter was also a federal Magistrate Judge and Criminal Court Judge. Carter received a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Keating is currently Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Pace University.   He was previously Dean of the New York State Judicial Institute, and prior to that Director of the Center for Judicial Studies at Pace University School of Law.  Keating was formerly an Administrative Judge, and the New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator.  Keating received his LL.B. from Duke University Law School.

Baum is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education and the Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at St. John's University School of Law. After beginning her career in private practice, she joined The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Division as a trial attorney. Later, Baum litigated law reform cases in the Division's Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit before joining The Legal Aid Society's Civil Law Reform Unit. Baum has testified numerous times before the New York City Council and the New York State Assembly. She is a member of several bar associations and the National Association of Counsel for Children. Baum received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Campriello is currently a partner at Bryan Cave. He has held numerous government appointments in his career, including Special Counsel to the Mayor's Special Commission to Investigate City Contracts, and Chief Counsel and Executive Director of the Joint Commission on Integrity in the Public Schools. Campriello was also Chief of the Rackets Bureau at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Caraballo is a member of the law firm of Caraballo & Mandell, LLC, a general practice firm specializing in real estate and commercial litigation and transactions. She is a member of the Commission to Examine Solo and Small Firm Practice established by Chief Justice Kaye, and chairs the Subcommittee on Technology. Caraballo is the past President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and is a member of the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission, First Judicial District. She is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School.

Corriero is currently the Director of the New York Center for Juvenile Justice, The New York Foundling, Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection.  He was previously the Executive Director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of New York City. He was first appointed to the Criminal Court in 1980 and was subsequently appointed to the Court of Claims in 1990 and served as an acting Supreme Court Justice in the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court, New York County. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the office of Frank S. Hogan and as a criminal defense lawyer. Judge Corriero received his LL.B. from St. John's University School of Law.

Cozier is currently a member of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., in their national litigation group. Cozier was a member of the New York judiciary having served as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, as a Justice of the Supreme Court, including the Commercial Division in New York County, as the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts, and as a Judge of the Family Court of the State of New York. Cozier is chair of the New York State Continuing Education Board and a founding member of the Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Association of New York University School of Law. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Dollard is a partner at Marrazzo and Dollard, a general law partnership concentrating in real estate, estates and family law. He was previously associated with Hall and Thompson, is a past President of the Richmond County Bar Association, and served as a member of its Judiciary Committee. He received his law degree from St. John's University Law School.

Escalera serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Fordham University School of Law.  She also teaches a seminar titled “Negotiation and Mediation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective” and a course on Race and Ethnicity at John Jay College. Escalera is a member of the Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc. Board of Directors, and a founder and member of the Board of Directors of Friends of PASOS: A Museum and Center for Peacebuilding, Inc.  Escalera received an Ed.M. in Peace Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

Kaufman is a litigation partner at Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP. She serves on the Council of the ABA Section of Litigation, has served on the Executive Committee of the New York City Bar Association and has chaired that Association’s Committee on the Judiciary. Kaufman received her J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.

Lee is a criminal defense attorney, and was formerly an attorney with the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division. She is a former President of the Queens County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York, the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission.

Mollen is Counsel to Herrick, Feinstein LLP. He was formerly the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety of the City of New York, and Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, 2nd Department, of the State Supreme Court. Mollen was appointed in 1992 as Chair of the Special Commission to Investigate Corruption Within the Police Department of the City of New York ("Mollen Commission"). He has authored and co-authored numerous articles for publication and has received various honors and awards of distinction. He received his LL.B. from St. John's University School of Law.

Raskin, a former prosecutor with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, has been in private practice since 1977 with a concentration in the area of criminal defense law and attorney and judicial disciplinary matters. He is a past President of the Bronx County Bar Association, as well as the current Co-Chair and former Chair of the Criminal Courts Committee. He also serves as the current Vice-Chair and former Chair of the Central Screening Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, Assigned Counsel Plan and is a member of the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission, 12th Judicial District. He received his J.D. from New York Law School.

Screen is a solo practitioner focusing on family law matters. She was previously with the Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division. Ms. Screen is currently the President of the Assigned Counsel Association of Queens Family Court and serves on various Queens Family Court Committees.  Ms. Screen received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Shea is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of New York State and has served also on the Civil Court of the City of New York and on the Family Court. Before election to the bench, she was a staff attorney at the Harlem Branch of the Legal Aid Society. After retirement she returned to Legal Aid as a volunteer in the Juvenile Rights Division representing children in the Family Court. Justice Shea was a member of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct and currently serves as a Referee for the Commission. She is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School, a Trustee of Montefiore Medical Center and a Board member of the Correctional Association of New York. She received her law degree from Columbia Law School.

Sherwin is a partner at Proskauer Rose's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. He joined Proskauer in 1993 after graduating from Columbia University School of Law and clerking for United States District Judge Ann Aldrich in Cleveland. He is an active member of numerous bar associations and previously served as Chair of the Committee on Lesbian and Gay Rights of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

Snipes is a litigation partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP. He is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Minorities in the Courts and the former co-chair of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts. Snipes received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

Thorpe is a partner at Cohen Lans LLP specializing in family law. She previously was a partner at Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, and a former Family Court judge. She is also a member of the American Bar Association's section on Family Law. Thorpe received her J.D. degree from New York University Law School.

Young is a litigation partner with Willkie Farr & Gallagher specializing in securities and financial reporting. He is a frequent author on the subjects of financial reporting, audit committee effectiveness and the role and responsibilities of the independent auditor. He has submitted testimony in various hearings including the Senate Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Securities. Young received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law.