Commission Members

CO-CHAIRS

Hon. Christina Ryba
Supervising Judge of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial District

Janet Sabel
Director, Access to Justice Initiative, Center on Civil Justice, New York University School of Law 


CHAIR EMERITA

Helaine M. Barnett
President, Legal Services Corporation (2004-2009)


MEMBERS

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

Christine M. Fecko
Executive Director, The IOLA Fund of the State of New York

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

Daniel Hurteau
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

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

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.

Lauren M. Rosenberg
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Shervon M. Small
Executive Director, Legal Services NYC

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
Counsel for Administration, Office of Court Administration (Ret.)


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

Barbara Mulé
Office of Court Administration


SPECIAL ADVISOR

Mary C. Mone
Special Counsel to the Chief Judge (Ret.)