Franklin H. Stone, Esq.

In September of 2006, Mayor Bloomberg named Franklin Stone to be the first woman to chair the CCRB. From 2004 through 2006, Ms. Stone served as executive director of Common Good, a nonprofit, bipartisan coalition dedicated to restoring reliability, balance and common sense to the law. Ms. Stone was previously a partner at the law firm of Hunton & Williams, where she specialized in commercial litigation and repeatedly was awarded the firm’s pro bono service award. Ms. Stone was an associate at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler in New York City from 1977-1982 and from 1983-1987, she was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York where she handled narcotics and major crime cases. Ms. Stone is very involved in community matters in the Cobble Hill Historic District in Brooklyn where she resides. She is a member of the board of directors of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation. She has served two terms as president of the Cobble Hill Association and is currently first vice-president. Ms. Stone, a mayoral designee, has been a board member since December 1998.

J.D., 1977, University of Virginia School of Law; B.A., 1974, Hollins College

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