Membership

Chair

John H. Gross, Esq., Suffolk
Ingerman Smith, LLP, Northport, NY
Cornell University (B.S. 1967)
Cornell University Law School (J.D. 1971) 

Vice-Chair

Hon. James M. Wicks, Suffolk
U.S. Magistrate, Eastern District of New York
Wheeling College (B.A. 1983)
St. John’s University School of Law (J.D. 1989) 

Members

Lanessa L. Owens-Chaplin, Esq., Syracuse
New York Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New York
State College at Old Westbury, NY (B.A. 2007)
St. Thomas University School of Law (J.D. 2012)

William Craco, Esq., New Jersey
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ 
Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1990)
Williams College (B.A. 1986)

Matthew Diller, Esq., New York 
Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Harvard University (A.B. 1981)
Harvard University Law School (J.D. 1985)

Hon. Randall T. Eng, Queens
Meyer Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Garden City, NY
Presiding Justice, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department (Ret.)
State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. 1969)
St. John’s University School of Law (J.D. 1972)

Sophia J. Gianacoplos, New York
Executive Director, New York County Lawyers’ Association, New York, NY
Pace University (B.S. 1977)

Henry M. Greenberg, Esq., Albany
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY
University of Chicago (B.A. 1983)
Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. 1986)

Arthur J. Kremer, Esq., Uniondale
Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY
New York University
Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1958)

Hon. Rachel Kretser, Albany
Adjunct Professor, Albany Law School, Albany, NY
Albany City Court, Albany, NY (Ret.)
State University of New York at Albany (B.S. 1972)
Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1978)

Roger Juan Maldonado, Esq., New York
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Yale College (B.A. 1977)
Yale Law School (J.D. 1981)

Hon. Jenny Rivera, New York 
Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, Albany & NY
Princeton University (B.A. 1982)
New York University School of Law (J.D. 1985)
Columbia University School of Law (LL.M. 1993)

Seth Rosner, Esq., Saratoga Springs
Wesleyan University (A.B. 1952)
Columbia University Law School (J.D. 1955)
New York University School of Law (LL.M. 1960)
Universite de Paris, Faculte de Droit, Ford Foundation Fellow (1960-61)

Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman, White Plains
Supreme Court Justice, Ninth Judicial District, White Plains, NY
City College, City University of New York (M.A. 1972)
Cornell University (M.A.T. 1967)
Graduate Center City University of New York (Ph.D. 1977)
Pace University School of Law (J.D. 1980)

Marc Waldauer, Esq., Syracuse
Court Attorney, Syracuse City Court, Syracuse, NY
Stony Brook University (B.A. 1970)
Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. 1973)

Members Emeritus

Paul C. Saunders, Esq., New York (Former Chair)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, (Ret.)
Fordham University (A.B. 1963)
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1966)
New York University (M.S. 2018)

Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, Esq., New York (Former Vice-Chair)
Clerk of Court, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, New York, NY
College of the Holy Cross (B.A. 1977)
Fordham Law School (J.D. 1980)

Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, New York 
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Group), New York, NY
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals (Ret.)
Hunter College of the City University of New York (A.B. 1963)
St. John's University School of Law (J.D. 1967)