Committee Members

  • Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts, Chair
  • Joan Levenson, Esq., Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah A. Kaplan and Counsel to the NYS Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
  • Andy Aujla, Esq., NYS Attorney General's Office, Westchester Regional Office
  • Christine Burke, Esq., Kristen Kane, Esq., Queens County District Attorney's Office
  • Jean Callahan, Esq., Laura A. Russell, Esq., The Legal Aid Society
  • Kayla Chan, WomanKind
  • John Cochran, Erin Purcell, NYS Office for the Aging
  • Donna Dougherty, Esq., Florian Edwards, JASA
  • Jordan Dressler, NYS Unified Court System
  • Deputy Chief Melissa Eger, New York Police Department
  • Veronica Escobar, Esq., The Law Offices of Veronica Escobar
  • Hon. Elizabeth L. Fassler, Family Court, Queens County
  • Hon. Paula L. Feroleto, Supreme Court, Erie County
  • Janet Fink, Esq., NYS Unified Court System
  • Ann L. Goldweber, Esq., St. John's University School of Law
  • Frederic I. Green, Esq., Westchester County District Attorney's Office
  • Rebecca Thomforde Hauser, Center for Justice Innovation
  • Captain Charles Hollon, NYS Unified Court System
  • Deborah Holt-Knight, New York City Adult Protective Services
  • Julie Kelleher, NYS Office of Children and Family Services
  • Hon. Eileen Kortez (ret.), Supervising Judge, New York County Criminal Court
  • Mark Lachs, MD, MPH, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian
  • Jeanine Launay, Esq., New York County District Attorney's Office
  • Cheryl Lee, LMSW, Jocelyn Groden, NYC Department for the Aging
  • Elizabeth Loewy, Esq., Howard Tischler, Eversafe
  • Veronica LoFaso, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian
  • Deirdre Lok, Esq., The Weinberg Center for Elder Justice
  • Hon. Nelida Malave-Gonzalez, Bronx Surrogate's Court
  • Arlene M. Markarian, Esq., Family and Children's Association of Long Island
  • Karen L. Nicolson, Esq., Sarah Duval, Esq., Center for Elder Law & Justice
  • Thomas E. O'Hanlon, Esq., Office of the New York State Attorney General
  • Heather Parker Hines, Esq., Ontario County District Attorney's Office
  • Nicolyn Plummer, MSW
  • Lisa Rachmuth, LMSW, NYC Elder Abuse Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Denis Reo, NYS Unified Court System
  • Geoffrey Rogers, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
  • Hon. Audrey E. Stone, Supreme Court, Bronx County
  • Hon. Charles Troia, Supreme Court, Richmond County
  • Mike Williams, NYS Unified Court System