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Commission for Domestic Violence
  Mobilizing the legal profession to provide access to justice and safety for victims of domestic violence.

Commission on Domestic Violence: Members and Liaisons

Chair
Honorable Pamila J. Brown
Howard County District Court
Ellicott City, MD
ABA Board of Governors’ Liaison
Honorable Laurie D. Zelon
California Courts of Appeal
Los Angeles, CA
Special Advisor
Margaret B. Drew
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH
National Association of Women Lawyers & ABA Commission on Youth at Risk Liaison

Commission Members

Dr. Elaine Alpert
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Allen M. Bailey
Law Office of Allen M. Bailey
Anchorage, AK
ABA Family Law Section Liaison

Honorable Roberto Cañas, Jr.
County Criminal Court #10
Dallas, TX

Eileen M. Concannon
Riddell Williams PS
Seattle, WA

Jean N. Crowe
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
and the Cumberlands
Nashville, TN

Sarah Deer
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
St. Paul, MN

Laura V. Farber
Hahn and Hahn, LLP
Pasadena, CA
ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Liaison

Honorable Elizabeth Finn
Glendale City Court
Glendale, AZ

Julie Goldscheid
The City University of New York
School of Law
Flushing, NY

Stacey A. Koch
Shook Hardy and Bacon LLP
Miami, FL

David J. Lansner
Lansner & Kubitschek
New York, NY

Reverend Al Miles
Pacific Health Ministry
Honolulu, HI

Marjorie A. O’Connell
O’Connell & Associates
Washington, DC

Sonia M. Rodriguez
Morales Rodriguez, PS
Yakima, WA

Charles Song
Howrey LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Joan Zorza
Domestic Violence Report
Washington, DC

Commission Liaisons

ABA Asia Law Initiative
Laura Stein, Senior Vice President/General Counsel
The Clorox Company
Oakland, CA 

ABA Judicial Division
Honorable James M. Riehl
Kitsap County District Court
Port Orchard, WA

ABA Law Student Division
Amy Marie Pritchard
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA 

ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID)
George B. Cauthen
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Columbia, SC 

ABA Young Lawyers Division
Jaime Hawk
Federal Defender
Spokane, WA 

Break the Cycle
Juley Fulcher, Director
Break the Cycle Washington, DC
Washington, DC
 
Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Nina Zollo, President of Legal and Policy
Florida Coalition Against DomesticViolence
Tallahassee, FL

Immigrant Women’s Program at Legal Momentum
Leslye Orloff, Associate Vice President/Director
Immigrant Women’s Program at Legal Momentum
Washington, DC

International Justice Connections
Robin Thompson
International Justice Connections
Tallahassee, FL

Mary Kay Inc.
Anne Crews, Vice President-Government Relations
Mary Kay Inc.
Dallas, TX 

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Rita Smith, Executive Director
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Denver, CO

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Rob (Roberta) Valente, Assistant Director
Family Violence Department
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Washington, DC

National Domestic Violence Hotline
Gretta Gardner, Director
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Austin, TX

National Network to End Domestic Violence
Cheryl Howard, Executive Director
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Springfield, IL

University of Texas School of Law
Sarah Buel, Domestic Violence Clinical Professor
University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX 

Women’s Law Project
Terry Fromson, Managing Attorney
Women’s Law Project
Philadelphia, PA 

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