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NYSDA 2019 Annual Report: One Mission, Many Services . . 1

Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Client-Focused Advocacy Supports the Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Landmark Criminal Justice Reform Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Advocacy in Other Forums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Message from the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Helping Individual Defenders Provide Improved Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Supporting Assigned Counsel in Multiple Ways . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Technical Assistance Helps Improve Public Defense . . . . . . . . . 6Aiding Chief Defenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Public Defense Case Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Other Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Restorative Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Improving Public Defense Through Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Elevating Public Defense in Family Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Improving the Representation of Veterans: Veterans Defense Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Distributing Information to Improve Public Defense . . . . . . . . 11The REPORT and News Picks from NYSDA Staff. . . . . . . . . . . 11www.nysda.org and Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Two Who Served NYSDA’s Mission in Different Ways: Ken Strutin and Jay Coleman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

NYSDA 2019: People Serving One Mission in Many Ways . . . 13Board of Directors:

Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Client Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13NYSDA Backup Center Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

NYSDA Veterans Defense Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14NYSDA Members and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Grant Funder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Photo Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Membership Application Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Donation Form: Jonathan E. Gradess Peace and Justice Fund . . . . 33

Annual Report of Directors Pursuant to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law 519. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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2019New York

StateDefendersAssociation

Annual Reportto the

Membership

NYSDAImproving the Quality of Public Defense Through Training

An Accredited Providerof Continuing LegalEducation (CLE),NYSDA presentsCLE training acrossthe state.

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THE mission of the New York StateDefenders Association (NYSDA) is toimprove public defense services. The variedservices described in this report, which areprovided to individual defenders, publicdefense offices, governmental bodies, andmany others, support that mission.

Client-Focused AdvocacySupports the MissionOne of the many ways that NYSDA supportsits mission is by advocating for laws and poli-cies that improve the justice system itself,securing the ideal of justice for all. Historiclegislative reforms achieved in the past year arethe highlights of this report.

Landmark Criminal Justice ReformLawGroundbreaking bail, discovery, and speedytrial reform laws that were enacted this year(Laws of 2019, Chapter 59) are a giant leapforward for fairness and equality, and addressfundamental problems that have plagued ourclients and impeded the administration of jus-tice. The discovery reforms lift the blindfoldand require that prosecutors disclose their evi-dence to the defense in a timely and meaning-ful way. The bail reforms guarantee that manypeople will no longer be jailed before trial sim-ply because they cannot afford bail, and, forcharges where bail is still an option, thereforms require judges to consider the leastrestrictive bail options, including bonds. Thespeedy trial reforms enact common sensemeasures to ensure that people do not languishin jail awaiting trial. Over time, the ripples ofjustice emanating from these laws will be feltby millions of people.

NYSDA is extraordinarily grateful for the lead-ership of the following policymakers on thesehistoric reforms that bring us closer to thepromise of equal justice under law: Governor

Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority LeaderAndrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly SpeakerCarl Heastie, the NYS State Senate, especiallySenators Jamaal Bailey, Luis Sepulveda,Michael Gianaris, Brad Hoylman, and LizKrueger, and the NYS Assembly, especiallyAssemblymembers Joseph Lentol, LatriceWalker, Jeffrion Aubry, David Weprin, JeffreyDinowitz, and Philip Ramos. The package ofbills in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 State Budgetpassed on April 1, 2019.

Five Criminal and Parental Justice Bills Pass Both HousesThe Legislature also passed five major criminaland parental justice bills at the end of the 2019legislative session which together will bringjustice and fairness to millions of our clients inthe criminal and family law systems (see detailsbelow). These bills will be sent to GovernorCuomo over the next six months for his con-sideration. In this watershed year, other initia-tives passed, including a law repealing the banon gravity knives, which has already beensigned by the Governor.

NYSDA thanks the following partner groupswho worked tirelessly for the Bail, Discovery& Speedy Trial laws, and these five importantbills: Brooklyn Defender Services, The BronxDefenders, Chief Defenders Association of NY,Center for Family Representation, CitizenAction, Genesee County Public Defender,Katal, The Legal Aid Society, Legal AidSociety of Nassau County, Legal Aid Societyof Suffolk County, Legal Aid Society ofWestchester County, Madison County BailFund, Neighborhood Defender Service ofHarlem, NYS Association of Criminal Defense

MISSION STATEMENTNYSDA’s mission is to improve the

quality and scope of publicly supported legalrepresentation to low-income people.

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Lawyers, NYS Bar Association, NYC BarAssociation, NYS Council of Churches, NY County Defender Services, NYSMagistrates Association, Parent LegislativeAction Network, Preserving Family Bonds,Repeal the Blindfold, Tompkins OAR BailFund, and others. Thanks also to the NYSDATeam that helped bring home these bills:

Susan Bryant, NYSDA Executive Director, Al O’Connor, NYSDA Litigation Counsel,Anne Rabe, NYSDA Organizing Coordinator,and Artie Malkin and Christine Tramontano,Malkin & Ross. Last, but not least, 65 groups,including NYSDA, succeeded in stoppingproposals that would have weakened the bailreform law.

Message from the Executive DirectorIn my new role as Executive Director, I am proud to work alongside our committed andexperienced staff and Board of Directors to carry on NYSDA’s mission.

We are entering a new phase of public defense, one where there is greater recognition ofand fiscal support for the work defenders do every day to represent clients. The legislativereforms discussed in this report, which primarily relate to the criminal arm of public defense,provide strength as we move forward. This year we saw a large-scale positive shift towardfairness. At the same time, there is more work to do with respect to criminal laws, parole,incarceration, and other issues. We must increase recognition of clients’ humanity andunderstanding of the ways our current system fails them, families, communities, and society,and counter efforts to rollback gains.

We are slowly building upon the existing committed defense community, encouraging newattorneys, social workers, investigators, and other professionals to work in public defense. Inthis new phase, we must do more to ensure that defenders and defense colleagues have thesupport they need to remain in this field. Public defense independence must also bemaintained and enhanced.

Over the past year, we have been happy to see a greater focus on family defense, particularlyat the state level. Too often family defense has been treated as separate from and lessimportant than criminal defense despite the crucial roles it plays in the overarching publicdefense system. The liberty interests at stake in Family Court are enormous, from potentialloss of all parental rights to a diminution of involvement in the lives of one’s children, andlawyers representing parents and other respondents make up a large portion of the attorneyswho provide mandated legal representation to litigants who cannot afford counsel. The workwe do to elevate and support family defense is summarized in this report.

While celebrating these changes, we have also been mourning the loss of two dearcolleagues this last year, Ken Strutin and Jay Coleman. Their dedication and passion remainan inspiration to all of us. They are sorely missed.

Along with our staff and Board, I look forward to strengthening our current work and creatingnew ways to help grow and strengthen public defense. NYSDA remains dedicated to itsmission and to serving our Association’s members, the defense community, and publicdefense clients.

—Susan C. Bryant


• Defender Access to Criminal HistoryReports: S. 2198 (Bailey) & A. 7644(Lentol) adds “public defenders, legal aidsocieties, and assigned counsel administra-tors” to the list of qualified agencies to givedefenders direct access to their client’s statecriminal history report information.

• Wrongful Conviction Prevention Act:S. 3672 (Bailey) & A. 748 (Cook) willdecrease wrongful convictions by authoriz-ing payment to assigned appellate lawyerswhen they raise claims of ineffective assis-tance of trial counsel. Counties seeking tocomply with the NYS Office of IndigentLegal Services (ILS) Appellate Standards,which are consistent with this bill, caninclude the minimal expenses in their coun-ty improvement public defense plans fundedby the Justice Equality Act of 2017, whereinthe State incrementally increases funding,resulting in $250 million annually by 2023.

• Charitable Bail Fund Reform Act: S. 494(Rivera) & A. 6980 (Blake) removes thegeographical restriction that a CharitableBail Organization (CBO) may only offerbail in one county outside of New York Cityso that more efficient regional CBOs can becreated, and allows CBOs to provide up to$10,000 in bail for both felonies and misde-meanors.

• Child Abuse State Central RegisterReform Act: S. 6427-A (Montgomery) &A. 8060-A (Jaffee) brings the StatewideCentral Register of Child Abuse &Maltreatment (SCR) in line with otherstates that tailor the impact of indicatedfindings to the individual’s record. Itchanges the standard of proof from “somecredible evidence” to a “preponderance ofthe evidence” for placement on the SCR.It ensures fairness and due process for peo-ple who face diminished employability forup to 28 years, eliminates harsh anddisproportionate consequences by eliminat-ing duplicative proceedings, limits employ-ment consequences for cases that do not

involve alleged abuse, and updates thestatute to reflect current procedures.

• Preserving Family Bonds Act: S. 4203-A(Savino) & A. 2199-A (Joyner) grants fami-ly court judges the discretion to order con-tinued visitation and/or contact betweenchildren and their birth parents and/or theirsiblings after a parent’s rights have been ter-minated. This may be done at the disposi-tional hearing in a termination of parentalrights proceeding when the court deemssuch contact to be in the child or children’sbest interests.

Advocacy in Other ForumsNYSDA advocates in many forums besides theLegislature for policies that promote client-centered representation and benefit the clientcommunity. In the last year, highlights of suchadvocacy included efforts to ensure fair treat-ment of youth and families.

NYSDA signed on to an amicus brief about aninterpretation of the Raise the Age legislationpassed in 2017. The brief, in which NYSDAjoined four New York City public defenseoffices, argued that a young defendant wasimproperly denied removal to Family Courtbased on the actions of alleged accomplices.The Appellate Division found that the issue inMatter of A.P. Jr. v Roberts should be raised ondirect appeal.

In a very different forum, in 2018 theAssociation presented testimony to the NewYork State Unified Court System Commission

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on Parental Legal Representation. Funda-mental points made about the provision ofpublic defense services to parents in FamilyCourt (and in all courts) include the need for:independence; sufficient resources and time;timely access to counsel; and holistic represen-tation. NYSDA urged the Commission not torush its recommendations but rather to engagein a thorough study like that underlying the2006 Kaye Commission report about publicdefense representation in criminal courts. Inissuing an Interim Report in February 2019,the Commission implicitly acknowledged thatrepairing decades of neglect with regard toparental representation requires detailed, on-going work.

A portion of NYSDA’s annual budgettestimony also related to representation inFamily Court, urging the State Legislature toprovide funding requested by ILS for ParentRepresentation Caseload Relief and QualityImprovement.

NYSDA signed on to an amicus brief on acriminal issue filed in a federal appellate courtin July 2018 about use of surveillance withmasking technology in attorney-client boothsin the Richmond County Courthouse. InGrubbs v Brown, 18-670-pr (12/3/2018), theSecond Circuit ruled favorably on the positiontaken by the amici.

As always, the Association maintained itsadvocacy for continued or increased fundingfor a variety of services relating to publicdefense in criminal courts. NYSDA greatlyappreciates existing state support of its servicesand those of other groups seeking to ensurequality public defense representation, butnotes that stagnant funding in many areasthreatens the progress that NYSDA has helpedbring about.

Helping Individual DefendersProvide Improved RepresentationIn addition to improving public defense sys-tems and training lawyers, described elsewherein this report, NYSDA also offers concreteassistance to individual defenders who arefighting in real time to secure the best possibleresult for their clients. These direct defenderservices fill a need statewide.

Lawyers call the Backup Center for quickresearch to rebut last-minute assertions byadversaries or judges that contradict a defensetheory. Occasionally, a defender still faxes adocument, perhaps to ask if it meets the some-times obscure requirements of the CriminalProcedure Law or Family Court Act. Often,attorneys email their questions to the BackupCenter.

“I used your point about opposing counsel’s‘opportunity to respond’ in my memo and thejudge made reference to that in his decision.”

—Attorney receiving direct defender services

In responding to email inquiries, and in usingresearch resources online, NYSDA attorneyskeep in mind the confidentiality issues thatmodern methods of communication pose. Andto ensure that legitimate questions reach theBackup Center but ransomware and excessivespam do not, NYSDA relies on Director ofInformation Technology Dave Austin, whokeeps up on cybersecurity issues as part of hismany duties in maintaining NYSDA’s net-works and computer systems.

NYSDA maintains extensive in-house data-bases holding hundreds of thousands of items.A network of servers puts all this informationwithin easy “reach” of NYSDA’s legal staff.This information, plus a library of relevanttreatises and the experience of NYSDA’s legalstaff, helps ensure that lawyers receive neededassistance quickly.

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For small county defender offices or solo prac-titioners to obtain individually the human andoffice resources required to meet their researchand consultation needs would be redundantand financially prohibitive. The Backup Centeris an efficient means of ensuring public defenselawyers have what they need. Helping ensurethat efficiency is Business Manager JoelRosenberg, who directs and manages NYSDA’sfinancial and human services.

Supporting Assigned Counsel inMultiple WaysIn every county of New York, defendersinclude private lawyers who handle some por-tion of public defense cases. These assignedcounsel, also called 18-B attorneys for theCounty Law article that governs their appoint-ment, constitute a vital component in theState’s provision of mandated legal representa-tion. These attorneys face time and resourcedemands that differ from those of their institu-tional defender colleagues.

“This was great training. It’s wonderful to bemade aware of resources available to support

Assigned Appellate Counsel.” —Attendee at “Assigned Counsel Appeals Training”

NYSDA’s direct defender services, above, pro-vide 18-B lawyers with opportunities forbrainstorming difficult cases, identifying andaccessing experts, and researching new orunique issues—support that can be especiallycrucial when a conflict prevents discussingthese matters with other local lawyers.

Assigned counsel compensation, set by statute,must cover the overhead costs associated with18-B lawyers’ public defense cases as well astheir time. When 18-B rates stagnate, attor-neys cannot afford to continue to acceptappointments. The resulting shortage creates acrisis for counties, courts, and public defenseclients. Information on the need to increase

current fees, and NYSDA’s support for thatand for maintaining appropriate assignedcounsel rates, are noted in the February-April2019 issue of the Backup Center REPORT.

Factors other than fees also contribute to ascarcity of 18-B attorneys in rural areas, whichface a dropping number of lawyers in general.As noted on the Stateline page of the PewCharitable Trusts, on June 26, 2019, rural“legal deserts” exist across the nation. An April2019 Albany Law School Government LawCenter study reported survey results that warnof worsening access to legal services in ruralareas absent an increase in younger lawyerswilling to replace retiring attorneys or otherinnovative solutions. NYSDA distributed thereport, “Rural Law Practice in New YorkState” to Chief Defenders, and is working withthem and others to encourage law graduates toconsider public defense careers as noted below.

Confronting lawyer shortages and ensuringquality representation by assigned counselrequires empowered, well-resourced AssignedCounsel Programs (ACPs). NYSDA workswith individual programs as well as with ILS,counties, and others to improve ACPs acrossthe state. For example, NYSDA provided tech-nical assistance to ILS through the active par-ticipation of Senior Staff Attorney MardiCrawford in the drafting of the newly promul-gated ILS Standards for Establishing andAdministering Assigned Counsel Programs.NYSDA encourages 18-B lawyers, ACPAdministrators, government policy-makers andfunders, and ILS itself to use these new stan-dards to secure quality representation for everyassigned counsel client in every court.

“These CLE’s are excellent. As an 18-Battorney in a solo office. I appreciate the

opportunity to brainstorm with otherattorneys. These types of CLE’s for Criminal

Law would also be extremely helpful.” —Attendee at “Family Court, Article 10:

Intensive Skills Module 2”

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Technical Assistance HelpsImprove Public DefenseSince its beginnings on Long Island in 1978,and certainly since the State began funding itin 1981, NYSDA’s Public Defense BackupCenter has offered technical assistance toimprove public defense across the state. To dothat, the Association has developed its ownexpertise, collected knowledge from others,and then shared the information and toolswith many entities and individuals.

Aiding Chief Defenders For over 35 years, NYSDA has invited thehead of every public defense program in thestate to periodic meetings at which NYSDAprovides information and these ChiefDefenders have an opportunity to sharestrategies and questions about current issues.One such Convening is held in conjunctionwith the Annual Meeting and Conference.Last year a second Convening was held inDecember. Executive Assistant Diane DuBoisis responsible for organizing the Convenings,and for many other duties that keep theBackup Center running, like managing thework to fulfill state reporting requirementsand of course supporting the work of theExecutive Director.

The Backup Center also sends blast emails toChiefs about developments affecting publicdefense programs, including breakdowns ofthe state budget. NYSDA provides its publica-tions to all Chiefs and fields Chiefs’ inquiries.

NYSDA also works with the Chief DefendersAssociation of New York (CDANY). Forexample, NYSDA cosponsored two publicdefense career fairs with CDANY in the lastyear to help recruit attorneys. One, alsocosponsored with the University of BuffaloLaw School, was held in October 2018. Theother, also cosponsored with Albany LawSchool, occurred in April 2019.

Public Defense Case ManagementSystemThe most “technical” of NYSDA’s technicalassistance is its Public Defense Case Manage-ment System (PDCMS). This software,designed with public defense providers, hasundergone major upgrades to improve its corefunctions and to provide additional featuresrequested through NYSDA’s recent PDCMSUser’s Survey. The most-requested feature, theability to send batch text and/or emailreminder messages to clients regarding upcom-ing court appearances, will be piloted by theMonroe County PD office in August. This wasone of the new features demonstrated at theDecember Chief Defender Convening whenthe PDCMS team presented an “Overview andNew Functionality Demonstration.” DarleneDollard, the Director of Software Develop-ment, and Mike Mayer, the Systems Adminis-trator, presented and were assisted by DandreWheeler, an Information Systems Specialist.The map of current PDCMS installationsappearing below is also courtesy of Dandre.

As that map shows, 77 public defense officesin 48 counties now use the PDCMS. To meetthe support needs of its growing user base, thePDCMS team has added another valuablemember, Information Systems Specialist AsaphKo. This team additionally supports RIAC, theRegional Immigration Assistance Center soft-ware developed by NYSDA to help those cen-ters track requests from defense attorneysaround the state.

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Other Organizations NYSDA participates in a variety of committeesand groups that address issues affecting publicdefense and the client community. Sometimes,NYSDA is the sole voice for public defense inthe room. Other times, it offers to defense col-leagues a depth of knowledge based on itslong-standing, state-wide involvement inefforts to improve public defense. A samplingof NYSDA’s liaison roles in the last yearinclude participation in the following: Officeof Court Administration’s Advisory Com-mittee on Criminal Law and Procedure; NYSOffice of Mental Health and the NYSConference of Local Mental HygieneDirectors, Inc. Competency to StandTrial/Competency Restoration LearningCollaborative (grant funded by the federalSubstance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration GAINS Center); NYS BarAssociation Committee on Mandated Repre-sentation and its Mental Health Subcommitteeand Task Force on Incarceration ReleasePlanning and Programs; Board of the NYSAssociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and

Supreme and County Court (Criminal)Advisory Committee on electronic filing.

NYSDA also participates in a number of ILSadvisory bodies and groups, including theAppellate Defender Council; ParentalRepresentation Advisory Group, CriminalDefense Advisory Group, and the Hurrell-Harring Assigned Counsel Summit.

Restorative PracticeNYSDA provides technical assistance andother services to help defenders provide thebest representation possible in the adversarysystems that exist in criminal and familycourts. But public defense clients can also ben-efit from changes to those systems, and frombeing removed from those systems. NYSDAencourages development of alternatives totraditional court proceedings. RestorativePractitioner John Cutro provides NYSDA’sstaff and others with insights about the advan-tages that restorative practices can offer notonly litigants but also their communities.


Improving Public DefenseThrough TrainingNYSDA’s founders knew that improving pub-lic defense representation requires affordable,relevant, high-quality training. Early, informalsharing of information among motivateddefenders though NYSDA, beginning in the1960s, evolved into formal Continuing LegalEducation (CLE) programs. Seeking to ever-more effectively improve defenders’ skills andknowledge, NYSDA continually encouragesclient-centered representation; provides infor-mation on developments in law, forensic sci-ence, and other relevant disciplines; and up-dates the content and structure of its trainings.

Public defense lawyers navigating systemicchanges like those underway pursuant to theRaise the Age legislation of 2017 continue toturn to NYSDA for training. Among thosehelping make that training possible is NancyGinsburg, Director of the AdolescentIntervention and Diversion Project of TheLegal Aid Society, Criminal Practice. For herwork in making Raise the Age a reality andher dedication to high quality representationof young people, NYSDA presented to Nancyits 2018 Wilfred R. O’Connor Award.Throughout the last year she has continuedhelping attorneys and Chief Defenders under-stand the implications and intricacies of Raisethe Age, presenting at CLE sessions, sharingmaterials about developing caselaw, and beingever-ready to field questions.

“This is by far the best training I have been toon Raise the Age so far.”

—Attendee at “Raise the Age: Preparing for the Changes to Come”

Staples of NYSDA training like the two-dayAnnual Conference in Saratoga Springs andthe Annual Metropolitan New York Trainercontinue, updating hundreds of attorneys onlegal changes, interdisciplinary practice, and

other issues. NYSDA also brings its trainingexpertise to collaborations with others; ILSand NYSDA have cosponsored events intend-ed to meet the quality improvement require-ments of the Hurrell-Harring settlement andits statewide expansion as well as eventsintended to ensure justice in the provision ofcounsel. Such cosponsored trainings included,in the last year, “Doing Bail Better: UsingCPL 520.10 and 510.30 to Make Fairer BailDecisions” and “Criteria and Procedures forDetermining Financial Eligibility for AssignedCounsel Representation in Criminal Casesunder County Law §722.”

“Excellent training — should present to DSSand CPS workers and Family Court judges.”

—Attendee at “Opioids and Pregnancy: Applying the Science to Family Court Matters”

NYSDA works to expand its use of hands-onand interactive training methods, a key aspectof the well-known Basic Trial Skills Program(BTSP). This year’s BTSP, held at SkidmoreCollege in Saratoga Springs, gave its 46 gradu-ates1 the intense immersion in preparing andpresenting a public defense client’s case forwhich BTSP is well-known, with changesintended to improve the experience further.

Other NYSDA trainings address specific issuesand clients with specific problems. This lastyear, such trainings included “Improving Skillsfor Handling Special Issues: From Non-Citizen Clients to Not Responsible Pleas”;“Negotiation Skills and Implicit Bias”; and“Opioids and Pregnancy: Applying the Scienceto Family Court Matters.” Many programswere presented regionally, at local defenderoffices or facilities, to make attendance possi-ble for busy lawyers and maximize local publicdefense resources.

1 The new graduates receive a year’s membership inNYSDA; their names are noted with an * in the mem-bership list beginning on p. 15.

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Senior Staff Attorney Stephanie Batcheller hasprimary responsibility for planning NYSDAtraining. Her insights on what defense attor-neys want and need, based on broad experi-ence as both a trial and appellate defender insome very different jurisdictions, help maintainNYSDA’s reputation for training excellence. InNovember 2018, Stephanie was an invitedspeaker at the American Society of Criminol-ogy annual conference in Atlanta, GA, present-ing “Trauma and the criminal justice systemfrom a lawyer’s perspective” as part of aroundtable on “Criminalized and Harmed—Women in the ‘Criminal’ Justice System.”

Training Coordinator Alexandra Walters han-dles many of the logistical aspects of NYSDA’sCLE training; she was formerly the ProgramAssistant, a position that requires involvementin the detail work of training and many otherNYSDA activities. Our new Program Assis-tant, K.J., has taken on those responsibilities.

Training offered to lawyers representing par-ents and other respondents in Family Courtmatters, described in more detail below, wasvery well received. So was training providedby NYSDA’s Veterans Defense Program, dis-cussed at p. 10.

Elevating Public Defense inFamily CourtJust over 10 years ago, NYSDA held a ChiefDefender Convening primarily focused onpublic defense representation of adults inFamily Court. Chiefs were encouraged to

bring their primary Family Court lawyers toparticipate in a substantive discussion of issues.At that time, NYSDA had already been seek-ing funds to put an experienced Family Courtattorney on staff. Consistent denial of suchfunding, like the refusal of the Kaye Com-mission to address the question of publicdefense in Family Court in its 2006 report,was emblematic of how representation of par-ents was being ignored.

“Res judicata training was particularlyexcellent; it was short, to the point and

captivated the audience with its dramatic twists.”

—Attendee at “2019 Crimes and Immigration Seminar”

Continued efforts to elevate the BackupCenter’s work in this area bore fruit. Forseveral years, NYSDA has offered directdefender services and increased its training forfamily defenders, engaged in advocacy toelevate public and government awareness ofpublic defense issues in Family Court, andcollaborated with ILS and others on projectsintended to improve the quality of FamilyCourt representation.

In the last 12 months, several CLE events pro-vided high-quality training specific to FamilyCourt practice. The regional training on opi-oids and pregnancy noted above featuredBernadette Hoppe, who made extraordinaryefforts to give family defense lawyers the toolsthey need. Those efforts were noted in theFebruary-April REPORT item announcing herdeath from cancer. Three “Intensive Skills”modules focused on representation in FamilyCourt Act article 10 (child protective proceed-ings); these were cosponsored by the OntarioCounty Public Defender’s Office. A jointCriminal and Family Defense Update and aprogram on the Intersection of Family Courtand Immigration rounded out the list.


In addition to testifying before the ParentalLegal Representation Commission, discussedabove, last year NYSDA sought and received aNew York Bar Foundation grant for a discreteFamily Defense Project to gather informationand assess family defense needs. This project isintended to inform NYSDA’s training effortsand complement the ongoing work of theCommission.

In 2019, the Backup Center welcomedKimberly Bode as its new Family Court StaffAttorney, replacing Lucy McCarthy who nowworks at ILS. Kim spent more than a decadeas a family court attorney with the SuffolkCounty Legal Aid Society, fighting every dayto preserve her clients’ parental rights in virtu-ally all types of Family Court matters.Attorneys with Family Court questions areencouraged to reach out to Kim at the BackupCenter: 518-465-3524, [email protected].

Improving the Representation ofVeterans: Veterans DefenseProgramNYSDA’s Veterans Defense Program (VDP)had a year of growth, with new staff and thecreation of a Long Island office, resulting inincreased support and legal assistance to publicdefenders with trauma-informed effective rep-resentation of veterans in the state’s criminaland family court systems. The VDP helps themost vulnerable of our veterans by assistingdefense attorneys in providing justice to veter-ans with military-related mental health issues,such as PTSD, and facilitating treatment refer-rals to heal their war wounds. From 2016 to2018, the VDP helped justice-involved veter-ans to be diverted into treatment and proba-tion, and avoided a maximum total of 743

years of incarceration with a cost saving to theState of an estimated $44.5 million.

The following statement from a U.S. MarineCorps veteran exemplifies the life-changingwork of the VDP. “I can’t thank you enoughand am forever grateful for your help andguidance through one hell of a storm in mylife. You were there when many turned theirbacks. I will never forget that.”

VDP has an office in Batavia, NY, as well ason Long Island and a presence in the BackupCenter in Albany. The following is a list ofVDP attorneys with their Judicial District(JD) coverage areas: VDP Director GaryHorton covers JD 7 & 8, Deputy Director ArtCody covers JD 1, 3, 9, 12 & 13, StaffAttorney Blair Hill covers JD 2, 10 & 11, andStaff Attorney Sandra Cassidy covers JD 4, 5& 6. Mentoring, expert referrals, and supportare provided by Program Coordinator DeeQuinn Miller, Case Manager Michael White,Case Manager Richard Henry, and AssistantProgram Coordinator Barbara Lombardi.

Art Cody received the David S. MichaelsMemorial Award during the New York StateBar Association Annual Meeting in January2019. The awards program noted Art’s work,including training presentations nationally onveterans’ defense.

“Excellent training! Very good to hear from a combat veteran as well.”

—Attendee at “Intensive Mitigation Training”


Distributing Information toImprove Public DefenseEvery function NYSDA performs relies on thedissemination of information, from descrip-tions of new law to advocacy for new legisla-tion. Some information is sent to targetedaudiences, while some is offered to the publicat large to simultaneously fulfill many needs.

The REPORT and News Picks fromNYSDA StaffNYSDA’s newsletter, the Public Defense BackupCenter REPORT, provides readers withdescriptions of legal developments affectingpublic defense providers and clients, announce-ments of selected national and statewide con-ferences and seminars, and case summaries.Regular readers of the REPORT will havenoted that, beginning in 2019, the format ofcase summaries changed. To get relevantappellate decisions to defenders more quickly,and to avoid duplication of effort, NYSDA isnow reprinting summaries from other defenseorganizations in addition to preparing some inhouse. The Association thanks The Legal AidSociety’s Juvenile Rights Practice and CriminalDefense Practice, and ILS, for permission touse their summaries.

Electronic updates—News Picks from NYSDAStaff—appear more frequently than theREPORT and provide concise, current itemsselected from the flood of information thatpours into the inboxes of Backup Centerlawyers every day. Time-sensitive notices ofproposed rules and hearings, announcementsof new resources, and alerts about new lawsare just some of the topics that are covered.

News Picks is just one example of the practicalNYSDA services that now Senior Staff

Attorney Charlie O’Brien spurs the BackupCenter to provide. Charlie was instrumental inbringing many of NYSDA’s services, fromPDCMS to training, to the level of excellencefor which they are known. In his current rolehe continues to inspire—and insist on—thatexcellence.

www.nysda.org and Social Media Online searches for a variety of terms relatingto public defense will bring web users towww.nysda.org. There, menu items let visitorslearn “about us,” about “our work,” and abouta variety of public defense resources. Resourcesinclude lists (under “pd info”) of publicdefense providers, standards—like the new ILSassigned counsel standards noted earlier—andlinks. Other resources appear under specifictopics like “Criminal/Family Ct ImmigrationResources.” Tweets and retweets from NYSDAare available on the homepage for those whothemselves are not on Twitter. The Associationalso has a Facebook page.

NYSDA’s annual reports can be found on thewebsite, along with membership information.Whether joining or renewing online or by useof a paper form like that found on p. 31,members will receive prompt acknowledgmentthanks to the work of Senior Contact ManagerDawn Allert. Among her other duties areupdating and maintaining the extensive con-tacts database and managing and supportingthe membership program.

More information about all staff duties is avail-able on the website. The people of NYSDA—its Board of Directors, Client Advisory Board,and staff—are listed beginning on p. 13.They make all the services described in thisreport possible. �

http://66.109.34.102/membership.htmlhttps://www.nysda.org/page/BoardAndStaff_


Two Who Served NYSDA’sMission in Different Ways: Ken Strutin and Jay ColemanNYSDA experienced great sorrow and lossin the last year with the illness and death oftwo vital members of its staff. Each fur-thered NYSDA’s mission in his own way.Each leaves a legacy and a void with hispassing.

Ken Strutin Word that Ken Strutinhad died shocked andsaddened admirersacross the state. Kenwas Director of LegalInformation Servicesat NYSDA for manyyears. His death wasannounced in a Dec.4, 2018, New York Law Journal obituary,and in News Picks From NYSDA Staff onDec. 21, 2018. Expanded details of his con-tributions to NYSDA and to justiceappeared in the January 2019 issue of theBackup Center REPORT. Ken wrote exten-sively about technology’s uses and effects onthe legal field, particularly in criminaldefense. He also wrote passionately aboutthe legal needs of people in prison, whomhe often assisted by providing research andinformation. Ken’s writing, his researchskills, and his compassion received praisefrom those reflecting on his life and work.

Over six months after Ken died, NYSDAreceived a letter from a person in prisonwho had just found out about Ken’s death:“[E]ven though I have not obtained anysuccess through my legal battle, meetingMr. Strutin via numerous correspondenceswas a blessing. This man helped me somuch ….” The letter noted the “many arti-cles [Ken] wrote advocating for prisoner’srights and injustice.” The letter’s authoradded: “There is no doubt that Mr. Strutin

will be missed by so many people not onlyoutside of these walls, but also people likeme that lack a voice out there. He was agreat man fighting on our side.”

Jay ColemanJohn “Jay” Colemanused his experiences asa formerly-incarceratedperson to offer guid-ance to other peoplefacing the challengesof prison life and lifeupon release. AsNYSDA’s ClientCoordinator, Jay wasinstrumental in creating and implementingthe Prisoner Pre-Entry Mentoring Project(PPMP). This initiative sought to assistprison-bound individuals in making goal-oriented plans to help them lead productive,educational lives. At the time of his final ill-ness, Jay was working with others on plansto replicate PPMP. He had been awardedthe 2015 National Legal Aid and DefenderAssociation’s Client Contribution Award.

Back when he was still incarcerated, Jay wasa NYSDA member and provided valuablecomments on drafts of the Client-CenteredRepresentation Standards. Created in 2005by NYSDA’s Client Advisory Board—whichJay went on to chair after his release—thesestandards were endorsed and approved byNYSDA’s Board of Directors. The standardsare cited, among other places, in the com-mentary to the recently-issued ILS Stan-dards for Establishing and AdministeringAssigned Counsel Programs discussed above.

Jay and his family shared the months of hisfinal journey together. They also shared itwith friends and anyone who might benefitfrom stories of love and redemption; Jayand his wife Alison Coleman were featuredin a January 1, 2019, Times Union columnthat captured some of Jay’s work and spirit.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/12/04/ken-strutin-technology-today-columnist-dies-at-56/https://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-Picks-from-NYSDA-Staff--December-21--2018.html?soid=1111756213471&aid=6GXdNBFbWrMhttps://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nysda.org/resource/resmgr/pdf-the_report/19-nysda_report-Jan.pdfhttp://66.109.34.102/ym_docs/05_ClientCenteredStandards.pdfhttp://66.109.34.102/ym_docs/05_ClientCenteredStandards.pdfhttps://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Grondahl-After-prison-and-estrangement-a-13502182.php?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Timesunion_DailyeEdition

Board of Directors

OfficersEdward J. Nowak, PresidentPrivate AttorneyPenfield, NY

Norman P. Effman, VicePresident

Executive Director, WyomingCounty-Attica Legal AidBureau, Inc.

Wyoming County PublicDefender

Warsaw, NY

Merble H. Reagon, SecretaryExecutive Director, Women’s

Center for Education andCareer Advancement

New York, NY

Richard A. Rothermel,Treasurer

Private AttorneyOneonta, NY

DirectorsThomas N.N. AngellDutchess County Public

DefenderPoughkeepsie, NY

Cynthia H. Conti-Cook Staff Attorney Special

Litigation Unit, Legal AidNew York, NY

Alice P. GreenExecutive Director, Center for

Law and Justice, Inc.Albany, NY

Richard M. Greenberg Of Counsel, Romano & Kuan

PLLCNew York, NY

Susan R. HornPrivate AttorneySyracuse, NY

Steven J. HymanPartner, McLaughlin & SternNew York, NY

Rick JonesExecutive Director,

Neighborhood DefenderService of Harlem

New York, NY

Magdalena Hale SpencerIP Litigation Counsel, Sandoz

Inc.Princeton, NJ

Seth SteedManaging Attorney, Criminal

Defense Practice,Neighborhood DefenderService of Harlem

New York, NY

John C. TuriRensselaer County Public

DefenderTroy, NY

Marsha WeissmanSr. Policy Fellow, Center for

Community AlternativesSyracuse, NY

Deborah L. WrightCAP Representative/Political

Director, United AutoWorkers, Region 9a,

New York, NY

Client Advisory BoardMarion H. Hathaway

(Chair Emeritus)New York, NY (Long time client advocate;

Harlem Legal ServicesClient Board Member;Member, National ClientsCouncil, Project AdvisoryGroup)

Charles CulhaneBuffalo, NY (Poet; and formerly

incarcerated person)


NYSDA 2019: People Serving One Mission in Many Ways

Elisia DonesBronx, NY (Building Maintenance,

FTRE; Retired ClinicalSupervisor, Argus Com-munity, Inc.; and formerlyincarcerated person)

Juan Dones, Sr.Bronx, NY(Senior Counselor, Samaritan

Village, Inc.; and formerlyincarcerated person)

Paquita Y. GuilloryCornelius, NC(Client advocate with over

25 years experience)

Kevin HalpinSchenectady, NY(formerly Program Director,

820 River StreetCommunity Residence; and formerly incarceratedperson)

Heather HenryMenands, NY(Associate Director of

Financial Aid, HudsonValley Community College;and formerly incarceratedperson)

Darryl JohnsonAlbany, NY(formerly Office Operations

Coordinator, The Centerfor Law & Justice, Inc.;and formerly incarceratedperson)

Helga A. SchroeterSchenectady, NY(Former Judicial Chair,

League of Women Votersof Schenectady County;Judicial Specialist for theLeague of Women Votersof NYS; and NYSDALiaison to the StateLeague)

NYSDA Backup CenterStaffSusan C. Bryant, Executive

Director

Dawn Allert, Senior ContactManager

Dave Austin, Director ofInformation Technology

Stephanie Batcheller, SeniorStaff Attorney

Kimberly Bode, Family CourtStaff Attorney

Mardi Crawford, Senior StaffAttorney

John Cutro, RestorativePractitioner

Darlene Dollard, Director ofSoftware Development

Diane DuBois, ExecutiveAssistant

K.J., Program AssistantAsaph Ko, Information

Systems SpecialistMike Mayer, Systems

Administrator

Charlie O’Brien, Senior StaffAttorney

Al O’Connor, LitigationCounsel

Anne Rabe, OrganizingCoordinator

Joel Rosenberg, BusinessManager

Alexandra Walters, TrainingCoordinator

Dandre Wheeler, InformationSystems Specialist

NYSDA Veterans DefenseProgram Gary A. Horton, DirectorArt C. Cody, Deputy Director

Sandra Cassidy, Staff AttorneyRichard Henry, Case ManagerBlair Hill, Staff AttorneyBarbara Lombardi, Assistant

Program CoordinatorDeanne Quinn Miller,

Program CoordinatorMichael White, Case Manager


Individual Members and ContributorsJeffrey J. Abate Anthony D. Abbarno Glenn R. Abolafia Gary AbramsonFatima Abughannam Joshua D. Ackerman Salvatore C. Adamo Arielle Adams David R. Addelman Fern S. Adelstein Jerry M. Ader Mark A. Adrian Jennifer Aguila Louis R. Aidala Jamaal Ali Shariff Allah-Bey Karina Alomar Matthew Alpern Michael L. Alperstein Mark H. Alquist

John Alston Ana Alvarado Francis C. Amendola Michael C. Anastasiou Monroe Romell Anderson Ryan W. Anderson Melvin Anderson James S. Andes John M. Ange Thomas N. N. Angell Casey Anis John A. Annechino Michael T. Ansaldi Sara L. Anthis Francis J. Apicella Peter D. Apostol Joseph L. Arbour Michael L. Arcesi Dorina A. Armani*Michael Aronowsky Jose Arroyo Corey Devon Arthur Joseph J. Artrip Aleka Asamoah Jean Robert B. Auguste Germaine A. Auguste Daria Aumand Wallace Van C. Auser Stuart Austin Bre’Anna L. Avery Peter W. Avery George C. Awad

Douglas Babon Pamela Babson Bernard R. Bacharach David P. Badanes Barbara A. Baggott Jeffrey N. Bagnoli David S. Bahn Anne Majors Bair James A. Baker Michael T. Baker Jacqueline L. Balikowski Steven G. Ballan Robert H. Ballan Piotr Banasiak Herman Bank N. Scott Banks Patrick Bannon Paul Barahal Amanda Barfield Peter D. Bark Bruce A. Barket Nathaniel L. Barone Daniel E. Barry Travis J. Barry Stephen Barry Farina M. Barth*Mayo G. Bartlett Paul S. Barton Michael E. Basile Michael Bass Warren Bass Peter J. Batalla


NYSDA Members and Contributors

The work that NYSDA does benefits public defense lawyers, clients,and all who value justice. The people who assist NYSDA throughmembership and contributions help make that work possible. A strongmembership aids in securing funding and strengthens advocacy efforts.Financial contributions increase the Association’s flexibility in address-ing new or pressing issues. Membership and donation forms are avail-able at pages 31 and 33 to make your continued support of NYSDA’smission easy. The Association thanks everyone who joins, donates,or does both as noted below!1

NYSDA also thanks the Legislature and the Governor for thefunding that made possible much of the work described in thisreport. The Association has received state funding for the BackupCenter since 1981, and for the Veterans Defense Program since 2015.NYSDA’s services help the State meet its constitutional responsibilitiesand assist localities in stretching local and state dollars.

1 Names in bold indicate memberswho made contributions in addi-tion to payment of their dues.A name in bold italic indicatessomeone who donated to NYSDAbut is not a member. Namesmarked with * indicate graduatesof the 2019 Basic Trial SkillProgram described on p. 8.

Alexander G. Bateman Erin C. Bates Robin J. Bauer Henry R. Bauer Terrence J. Baxter Angel Beauchamp William Beck Robert H. Beck Carl H. Becker Christine Becker Gary G. Becker John W. Bedaska Reginald H. Bedell Sara Behuniak Ronald J. Bekoff George S. Bellantoni Anthony P. Belletier G. Michael Bellinger Theodora Belniak Samuel M. Benatovich Zamir Ben-Dan Debra K. Bender Steven B. Bengart Brett J. Bennett Catherine Armitage Berchou Peter Bereskin Peter Bergenstock Richard Berger Michele G. Bergevin Joseph F. Bergh Brian Berkowitz Jerrold Berman Simone Berman-Rossi Andres J. BermudezHallstrom

Adele Bernhard N. G. Berrill Richard A. Berube David H. Besso Anna P. Besson Joanne L. Best Jahnavi Bhaskar Timothy Birchall John A. Birdsall Carl D. Birman Stanley Birnbaum Scott M. Bishop Gary Bitetti Danielle K. Blackaby

Jamison D. Blair Alfred Blanche Frank E. Blando Jeffrey S. Blank Carrie Watkins Bleakley Jon S. Blechman Michelle Bleecker*Matthew W Bliss Darryl R. Bloom Jeffrey C. Bloom Alexander W. Bloomstein Andrew C. Blumenberg Theresa M. Bobear Wayne C. Bodden James Bogin Jessica Bogran Frank M. Bogulski Adam L. Bojak

Senora Bolarinwa Robert Bolm Michael E. Bongiorno Martin P. Bonventre Scott Bookstein Eftihia Bourtis Brandon E. Boutelle Thomas M. Bowes Patrick Bowie Ruth Boyer Robert J. Boyle Alan J. Bozer John T. Bradley Kirk R. Brandt John Braslow Samuel Braverman John P. Brennan

Samuel C. Breslin Elizabeth A. Brewer David Brickman Dominick J. Brignola Peter E. Brill Alyssa Briody Kissa Broadie Natalie Brocklebank Bryan G. Brockway William D. Broderick Felice A. Brodsky Brett Broge Heather Brondi Johanathan D. Brooks Matthew E. Brooks John T. Brophy Dwayne Brown Michael J. Brown Lawrence P. Brown Camille S. Brown Lisa M. Bruce Anthony M. Bruce Dustin J. Bruhns John J. Brunetti Glenn R. Bruno Justin C. Brusgul Susan C. Bryant Kevin Bryant Linda Bucher Jake Buckland Brian G. Buckmire*Timothy M. Bulger Anthony P. Burger Lisa A. Burgess William T. Burke John F. X. Burke Thomas K. Burniston Angela Olivia Burton Susan Godden Butani Stephen L. Buzzell Matthew J. Buzzetti Frank L. Bybel Mark James Byrne David J. Byrne Patricia Cadrette Regina Cahill Philip A. Cala Gennaro Dominick Calabrese Paul M. Callahan


Malik Callender*Susan Calvello Bryan Cameron John D. Cameron Kevin B. Campbell Linda M. Campbell Emily Campbell Dominic Paul Candino Joseph G. Canepa E. Carey Cantwell Joseph Capaldo Delton F. Caraway Antonio Cardarelli Clifton C. Carden Michael R. Cardinale Sandra L. Cardone Gerard M. Carey Catherine A. Carey Nora K. Carnes Jay D. Carr Monica Carrascoso J. R. Santana Carter James A. Caruso Kathleen E. Casey Loventino Cassadean Sandra K. Cassidy Israel Napoleon Castillo Deron R. Castro Antonio D. Castro Michael W. Castronovo A. Joseph Catalano Christian A. Catalano Marco Caviglia Anthony J. Cervi Ruth A. Chaffee Paul F. Chambers V. Bruce Chambers Tyasia Chance*Tracey J. Chance Elsie Chandler Luis Charbonier Richard E. Chase Sherry Chase Ammar N. Chatha James S. Chatwin Neil B. Checkman Elan Y. Cherney Daniel G. Chertok Daniel J. Chiacchia

David M. Chidekel Luchele Chisunka Youngjin Choi Gregory D. Cholakis Shanaz Chowdhury*Nora E. Christenson Mark F. Cianca Michael Cianfarano Michael V. Cibella Michael Charles Cimasi Thomas N. Cioffi Martin Cirincione John H. Ciulla Alyssa Clark Alyson S. Clark Robert Clark Diane Clarke

William G. Clauss Frances S. Clemente Thomas R. Cline Scott Clippinger Bryan J. Coakley Matthew Cobado Art C. Cody Stephen R. Coffey David Louis Cohen Lori Cohen Amos S. Cohen Christine Cohoe Richard W. Cole Michael W. Cole Michele A. Coleman Lisa Coleman Cheryl Coleman

William H. Collier George V. Collins Eugene ColonJennifer Colvin Karloff Commissiong Alyssa S. Congdon Matthew D. Conlon Caitlin M. Connelly Joseph R. Connelly Stephanie Conners Kevin M. Connolly Michael J. Connolly Elizabeth A. Connolly Frank A. Connor Terrence M. Connors Cynthia Conti-Cook Robert N. Convissar Christine Cook Michelle A. Cooke Joel Copperman Dennis B. Coppin Dominic J. Cornelius Paul R. Corradini Elizabeth M. Corrado Jay Corredor Andrew D. Correia Milton E. Corretjer Paul Keely Costello Catherine Costigan P. Christopher Cotronei David B. Cotter Amy L. Counter Barry N. Covert Jeanne N. Cox Kenneth G. Cranna Mardi Crawford Mark A. Crawford James R. Crean Joseph P. Crimi Heather M. Crimmins*Ian L. Crimmins Anthony Criscuolo John M. Cromwell Richard J. Croughan Bethany R. Crowhurst Eric Cruz Charles Culhane John E. Cullen Alice Cullina


Charles Cummings Jessica P. Cunningham John Cunningham Mark Cunningham William C. Curtin Robert J. Cutting Kimberly Czapranski Esmeralda Daci*Mark H. Dadd Hayden M. Dadd Thomas C. D’Agostino Samantha Dahan*April M. Dalbec Jason Daley Victor G. Daly-Rivera Gerard M. Damiani Kelly A. Damm John Dangl Renee N. Daniel*Dana M. Dantonio Mollie A. Dapolito Griffin D. Dault Andrew Davies Barbara J. Davies James H. Davis Yasmin Davis Sara Davis Miles Davis Darnell Davison Keith D. Dayton Matthew S. De La Torre Vincent De Marte Ivette De Moya*Robert M. Deadman Robert S. Dean Kenneth B. Deane Brian C. DeCarolis William C. Dedes Harold M. Dee Joseph F. DeFelice Christian D. DeFrancqueville Brian P. Degnan Peter J. Degnan Timothy W. DeJohn Arthur L. Del Negro David S. Delbaum Colleen E. Delcore Edgar DeLeon Anne J. D’Elia

Paul Gordon Dell Paul R. Delle Monica Delmonte*Andrew B. DeLuca James DeMatteo Jamie W. Dening*Mary Beth DePasquale Stephen DeProspero Michael J. Derevlany David P. DeSantis Brian J. DeSesa Lawrence J. Desiderio Madalyn DeThomasis Brian W. Devane Carl deVyver

Ellen Dexter Jehed Diamond Gabrielle L. DiBella Shannon Dickinson Paul S. DiCola Robert D. Didio Massimo DiFabio Julius DiFiore Anthony J. DiFiore Chris M. Dilorenzo Anthony J. DiMartino James Scott Dimmer Robert A. DiNieri Mitchell Dinnerstein Karen L. Dippold Robert F. Diubaldo

Bethany Dixon*Robert F. Docherty Eric Dolan Todd J. Doldo Barry S. Dolgoff Darlene A. Dollard Jeffrey A. Domachowski Russell W. Dombrow Timothy P. Donaher Juan Dones Elisia Dones Edward Donlon James F. Donlon Seamus P. Donnelly*Kelly J. Donohue Burns Lawrence Donovan Wayne J. Donovan Tracy A. Donovan Laughlin Michael R. Doran Isaac Dorfman Cecile Mathis Dorliae Matthew D. Dotzler*Kathleen M. Dougherty Stephen Douglass William J. Dowling Stephen F. Downs Michelle C. Dowst Vincent E. Doyle Joseph S. Dressner Darryl Joseph Dreyer William J. Dreyer George M. Drosdowich Diane DuBois Daniel J. Dubois Drew R. DuBrin Joshua E. Dubs Peter S. Dufault Michael K. Duffy Sheila Dugan Kimberly F. Duguay TheArthur A. Duncan Edward P. Dunn John R. Dunne Jameson Dunne Robert A. Earl William T. Easton Stephen C. Effler Norman P. Effman Ingrid Effman


Andrew H. Eibel Gary Elliot Eisenberg David P. Elkovitch A. Irene Elliott Lucien A. Elliott Richard P. Ellman Lawrence Elmen Steven B. Epstein Nancy Eraca Holly A. Erick Joseph A. Ermeti Tara S. Evans Emily Evatt Kathleen M. Evers Lynn W. L. Fahey Pamella M. Fairclough Scott P. Falvey W. Patrick Falvey Frank S. Falzone Elias A. Farah William G. Farber Michael C. Farkas Thomas C. Farley David C. Farman Dennis Farrell Gary Farrell Barbara E. Farrell Jennifer S. Farrell Kenneth J. Farrell Sean Farrow David J. Farrugia Konstantinos G. Fatsis Morris D. Faulk Sophie Feal Cynthia Feathers Michael A. Feit Mary A. Felasco Tammy Feman Luke Z. Fenchel David R. Ferguson John J. Ferlicca Noemi Fernandez James P. Ferrari James P. Ferratella Dana Ferris M. Kreag Ferullo Emily D. Fialkowski Nicholas Fici Walter L. Fields

Scott N. Fierro Joshua K. Figura Gregory A. Fina Marisa Nicole Finkelberg John E. Finnegan Peter F. Finnerty Robert A. Fiordaliso Laura A. Fiorenza Jonathan S. Fishbein Harvey Fishbein Jeremiah M. Flaherty Adrienne Flipse Hausch Marcy I. Flores Patricia K. Fogarty Dana J. Fogle Jonathan S. Follender

Steve Fondulis Corey Ford Fawn A. Ford Harry M. Forman Ronald Foster Mark Foti Darryl Fowler Tamara Fowlston Rebecca L. Fox Veronica E. Fox Kenneth Foy Peggy A. Foy William Frank Donald Frazier Joseph G. Frazier

Krista Ann Freego Tammeka Freeman Debrajoy Friedenberg Richard B. Friedfertig Daniel B. Friedman Arthur R. Frost Richard L. Fuchs Henry Fulmore LaToya S. Funderburk Mark D. Funk Karen M. Funk Emily R. Fusco Alison Claire Gachter Michael J. Gaffey Michael A. Gajdos Edward Galison Timothy D. Gallagher James J. Galleshaw Robert D. Gallo Mario F. Gallucci Kimberly Galvin Pauline M. Galvin Emily V. Galvin Avik K. Ganguly Mary K. Gantert*Julie A. Garcia David A. Garcia Robert I. Gardner Alan M. Gardner Valerie Gardner Thomas F. Garner Devin Benedict Garramone John B. Garrity Michael A. Garzo Daniel M. Gaudreau Samuel A. Gauthier Raymond E. Gazer Diane Geary Kent J. Gebert Linda Gehron Vincent Gelardi Alvin Geller Giovanni Genovese Howard Gerber Bennett L. Gershman Peter Gerstenzang Daniel P. Gerwig Steven J. Getman Jon P. Getz


Jhilmil Ghaleb Mario A. Giacobbe Vincent Giaimo Leslie Jean Gibbin John J. Gilsenan Nancy L. Ginsburg Justin D. Ginter Paul J. Giovanniello*Rodney A. Giove Mitchell Gittin Maxwell J. Glass Leslie H. Gleisner Joshua Glick Michael Gluck*Majer H. Gold Jack G. Goldberg Steven P. Goldenberg Sara A. Goldfarb Jan D. Goldman Howard Goldstein Jay Golland Gregory G. Gomez Jose Antonio Gonzalez Jill S. Goodman John J. Goodman Clifford Gordon Emily E. Gordon Stacey L. Gorman Pamela R. Goshman Robert L. Gosper Roger S. Gradess Jonathan E. Gradess Alicia M. Grasso Daniel P. Grasso Jeffery L. Greco Alice P. Green Peter W. Green Richard M. Greenberg Charles J. Greenberg Howard Greenberg Herbert L. Greenman Michael E. Greenspan Lee D. Greenstein Benjamin Greenwald Jamie C. Greenwald Robert Gregor Rebecca Gregory John C. Grennell Jonathan M. Gresham

Daniel M. Griebel William P. Griffin Kevin M. Griffin Jon N. Griffin W. Bradney Griffin Naira Grigoryan Phillip A. Grimaldi George Groglio Robert A. Gross Stephen A. Grossman Charles Grosso David L. Gruenberg Vincent F. Gugino Mark E. Guglielmi Paquita Y. (Wheeler) Guillory Nicole Ann Guliano Richard L. Gumo Raghuvijai Guntur Gerardo Gutierrez Richard M. Gutierrez Michael Gutman David W. Guy Mark J. Hackett Paul H. Hadley Lyle T. Hajdu Raymond Hakimi Stephanie A. Hale Caitlyn Hall Robert B. Hallborg Nellie R. Halloran Zachary Halperin Kevin Halpin Joseph W. Hammer Ernest H. Hammer

Clara Hammond-Oakley Stephen P. Hampsey*Paul Hanft Arline L. Hanna Trevor W. Hannigan Joseph A. Hanshe Anthony Harden Kayla Hardesty James P. Harding Michael L. Harding Victor Hardy Richard A. Harlem M. Jerald Harrell Ian Michael Harrington James P. Harrington Kevin Harris Camille Jennifer Hart Ronald Paul Hart James M. Hartmann Tina L. Hartwell Marion H. Hathaway Tim L. Havas Christina Charlene Haynes M. Alan Hays Andrew J. Healey Scott Hechinger Thomas Hegeman Timothy J. Hennessy Heather M. Henry Daniel Henry Warren C. Herland Raymond C. Herman Julio Hernandez Benjamin J. Herold


Stephen W. Herrick Jeffrey L. Hersh Nicholas W. Hicks David M. Higgins Melvin T. Higgins Tammy Hill James S. Hinman Andrea G. Hirsch Jack S. Hoffinger Alan S. Hoffman David A. Hoffmann John Jay Hogan John Hogan Gustavo Holguin Susan R. Horn Jeffrey A. Horn Michael D. Horn Robert Allen Horne Gary A. Horton Jennifer L. Hose*Mark D. Hosken Todd E. Houslanger Michael C. Howard Jessica D. Howser David Huber Nyiesha R. Hudson Stephen M. Hughes Stephen R. Hunter Anthony R. Huntley Julie M. Hutchins Brian J. Hutchison Steven J. Hyman Christopher Hynes Douglas Hyson

Anthony Iannarelli Frank S. Ieraci Mitchell E. Ignatoff Ruth Ann Ihne Joseph M. Ingarra John Ingrassia Daire Brian Irwin Edward Izyk Justin L. Jablonski Michael T. Jaccarino Barry S. Jacobson Joseph Jaffe Jeffrey A. Jaketic R. Joseph Jalbert Seymour W. James John J. Janiec Joseph T. Jarzembek Masooma Javaid*Albert Javier Donnell Jefferson Leona Deborah Jochnowitz Darryl Johnson Christopher G. Johnson Linda B. Johnson Herbert R. Johnston Stephen A. Johnston David A. Jones Peter H. Jones E. Stewart Jones Rhian D. Jones Rick Jones Samuel K. F. Jones Barry J. Jones Jeffery Jones

Leslie R. Jones Thomas Pamela Jordan Kirlyn H. Joseph Cyrus Joubin Patrick Joyce Mark A. Juda Michael D. Jurena Nicholas Justiz Carol Kahn Molly KalmusThomas S. Kajubi Ivan Kalter Kenneth A. Kamholtz Barry Kamins Kelly R. Kapperman Susan Marie Karalus Nigos Karatas Kevin Karnyski Andrew C. Karpf Michelle Karshan Elizabeth Kase Cheryl L. Kates-Benman Philip Katowitz Kostas A. Katsavadakis Gary M. Kaufman Kevin T. Kearon Padraic A. Keating Thomas F. Keefe Eugene Keeler Alexander M. Keene*Michael Keesee Martin J. Kehoe Jennifer J. Kehoe Gary Kelder Charles A. Keller Brendan S. Keller Barbara J. Kelley James P. Kelley Ben Kelley William J. Kelley Sean P. Kelly Robert E. Kelly John R. Kelly Kevin T. Kelly Robert P. Kelly Marshall A. Kelly Robert L. Kemp Christian J. Kennedy Mark F. Kennedy


Nicholas Kenny Anthony J. Keogh Angela C. Kerins Mitchell S. Kessler Patrick J. Kilker Christian Killoran Terence L. Kindlon Lee C. Kindlon Victoria L. King Joseph H. King John D. Kinsella Denis A. Kitchen Edward W. Klein Scott Harris Klein Irwin G. Klein Bruce D. Klein James E. Kleinbaum Benjamin J. Klemanowicz Casimir J. Klepacz Michael A. Klima Victor Knapp Lawrence J. Knickerbocker Robert J. Knightly William P. Knisley Claire E. Knittel Bruce E. Knoll Michael L. Kobiolka Adam W. Koch Lynda S. Koenig Barbara Kogan Peter M. Kooshoian Richard E. Kopacz Kyle Kordich Steven Kos Veronica M. Kosich Seth I. Koslow Larry R. Koss Andrew Kossover Mark Kotnis Steven X. Kouray Martha Koutsogiannopoulos Jeffrey S. Krajewski Roger Kraminitz Peter L. Kristal Lisa M. Kroemer Arnold S. Kronick Julie N. Krumwiede Kathleen A. Kugler Karan Kukreja

Paul W. Kullman Jessica A. Kulpit Stephen Kunken Joshua Kuttner Michael Kuzma Jennifer LaBeau Marcel J. Lajoy Robert R. LaLonde George E. LaMarche Eugene Lamb Lee Charles LaMendola Anthony Joseph Lana Philip J. Landry M. Joe Landry Frederick M. Lang Anthony M. LaPinta Leanne Lapp Carmelo M. Laquidara Donna Maria Lasher

Nelson J. Lassalle Kareem Abdul Latif Jonathan T. Latimer Dennis B. Laughlin Lindsey Laveaux William T. LaVelle Walter J. Law James A. Lazarus Janet Claire Le William J. Leahy Mary Kate Leahy Karen A. Leahy Benjamin L. Felcher Leavitt Charles O. Lederman Jennifer Lee Joseph T. Lee Chanwoo Lee

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Thomas LoFrese Paul S. London Cary London James E. Long Frank J. Longo Colin S. Loomis Giza Lopes Alejandra Lopez*Joseph LoPiccolo Jonathon R. Lorge Andrew C. LoTempio


Timothy R. Lovallo Linda J. Lovell Robert R. Loveridge Raymond L. Loving Brent Low*Yang Hao Lu Greg D. Lubow Robert C. Lucks Wendy I. Luger Kevin A. Luibrand Renate J. Lunn Emily Lurie Frederick C. Luther David Lynch Ying-Ying Ma MaryJane MacCrae Brian A. MacDonald Parker R. MacKay Melissa Mackey Brian S. MacNamara Joanne Macri Sally A. Madigan Paul G. Madison Karen M. Madsen Glenn W. Magnell Samantha Maguire Christopher X. Maher Stephen R. Mahler Mark J. Mahoney Matthew A. Maiello Mitchell B. Maier Michael Mainetti Aristides Maisonave Dwayne Malave Arthur N. Malkin Jeffrey T. Mallaber Erin P. Malone Joan E. Maloney Keeley A. Maloney Judah Maltz Michael Mancusi Richard V. Manning Susan Marcus Zachary A. Margulis-Ohnuma Nathalie T. Marin David Marinucci Amy Beth Marion Michael L. Marley Peter L. Maroulis

Elizabeth H. Marris*John J. Marshall Mark Marsillett Michele Marte-Indzonka Cylas R. Martell-Crawford Katie A. Martens-Henderson Patrick J. Marthage Edward J. Martin Michael Martin Amanda Martin Jeffrey R. Martin Jamie Martineau Matthew J. Martinez Martin J. Martinez Patricia Martin-Gibbons Anthony J. Martone

William F. Martuscello Nicholas C. Maselli Daniel J. Mastrella Carlos Mateo Michaelangelo Matera Anne W. Mathews Robert Mauer Kurt Mausert Bruce Maxson Brad Mazarin Louis Mazzola Maureen McBride James A. McCann Lucy J. McCarthy Margaret McCarthy David McClary Kirtland B. McCloud Timothy M. McClusky Joseph M. McCoy Thomas E. McCullough Kris McDaniel-Miccio Michael P. McDermott Kristen McDermott

Tiffany D. McDuffie*James P. McEleney*Dennis W. McEvoy John R. McFadden James McGahan Christopher P. McGuire Alexander J. McHugh Matthew A. McKeighan John F. McKeown Kevin P. McKernan John L. McMahon Jeffrey E. McMorris Peter L. McShane Thomas M. McShane Anne S. Meadvin James H. Medcraf Ralph C. Megna Robert R. Meguin Thomas J. Melanson Beau Allen Melita Jules M. Mencher Edward Z. Menkin Michael J. Mercure Jane Merrill*Sarah J. Merry Toni Messina Randolph A. Meyer Daniel L. Meyers Paul M. Michalek Aviva Michelman-Dumas Kevin E. Michels Joseph M. Midiri Tara A. Midlik Lucas G. Mihuta Raymond T. Miles Gary W. Miles Samuel B. Militello Bryan R. Milks Joseph P. Miller John P. Miller Todd H. Miller Michelle Miltner Maryellen Miner Anna Miranda Laura M. Miranda Michael J. Mirras Samuel Richard Miserendino Mark S. Mishler Murphy M. Mitchell*


Neville O. Mitchell Matthew J. Mix Charlie Mixon Sara C. Molinaro*John J. Molloy Katherine A. Moloney Lori Robb Monaghan Armando Montano William Edgar Montgomery James C. MooreMelissa Mora Reynaldo Morgan Mildred Morillo Cory H. Morris Richard J. Morrisroe Richard T. Morrissey Sara A. Morton*Peter J. Moschetti Curtis Mosley Kent V. Moston Victor Mui Ryan J. Muldoon Gary Muldoon Christopher J. Mullen Laurette D. Mulry Abram A. Murante David A. Murante Kenneth J. Murphy Phillip J. Murphy Timothy P. Murphy Thomas J. Murphy Richard H. B. Murray Timothy J. Murray Karen L. Murtagh James A. Musacchio Danielle M. Muscatello Joseph Anthony Muscato Jessica N. Mussell Kenneth Myers Aaron Mysliwiec John J. Nabinger Matthew D. Nafus James A. Napier David D. Narain Edward F. Narrow Charles B. Nash Malvina Nathanson Eugene B. Nathanson J. Henry Neale

Luke A. Nebush Frank J. Nebush Barbara S. Nectow Karen R. Needleman Harold J. Neithardt John C. Nelson Eric Nelson Benjamin L. Nelson David Nelson Roy Nestler Michael Neumann

Robert C. Newman Andrew Newmark Ann M. Nichols Jon Allon Nichols Thomas C. Nicotera Andrea Nieves Robert M. Nigro Jamie A. Niskanen-Singer*James Nobles Julie A. Nociolo Jennifer Norman L. Jeffrey Norwalk Julio Nova Paul Novak Edward J. Nowak Leah R. Nowotarski Timothy Nugent Larisa Obolensky John M. O’Brien Charles F. O’Brien Kevin D. O’Connell Patrick M. O’Connell Daniel J. O’Leary Patricia E. O’Malley

Thomas J. O’Neill Amanda Oren Alison Oropallo Michael G. O’Rourke Manuel Ortega Adetokunbo Oseni Benjamin Ostrer Lauren Owens Andrew J. Pace Nathan D. Pace Michael P. Padden Marcos A. Pagan Ramon W. Pagan Joseph D. Pagano Peter Panaro Edward S. Panzer Jill L. Paperno Michael Papson Daniel S. Parker Vincent T. Parlato J. Matthew Parrinello John R. Parrinello Jeffrey R. Parry Donald Partyka Anthony Pastel John P. Pastore Karine P. Patino Craig A. Patrick Shondell Paul Michael Paul Kim K. Paul Timothy J. Pawarski Neil A. Pawlowski Kimberly E. Payne Joseph M. Payne Robert Peck Christopher Jude Pelli Brittany Lee Penberthy Luis Andrew Penichet Gilbert R. Perez Judith E. Permutt Robert T. Perry Richard W. Perry Ira Pesserilo Mark J. Peszko Karen L. Peterson Samantha Peters-Smith Bruce A. Petito Gary M. Phillips


George Phillips Kirk A. Phillips Rebecca Phipps Brian A. Picarello Paul W. Pickelle Lindsey M. Pieper John P. Pieri David C. Pilato Brian D. Pilatzke Eric Pilch*William G. Pixley Glen A. Plotsky Steven M. Politi Arlene R. Popkin Allen S. Popper Christopher Porco Michael J. Poretta Matthew J. Porter J. Scott Porter Annaleigh Porter Mark L. Potashnick Todd J. Potter Eric G. Poulos Verena C. Powell Hettie V. Powell Gregory J. Power John T. Powers Darienn M. Powers Heather A. Prado Franklin R. Pratcher Cynthia E. Preiser Zachary M. Press William D. Pretsch Evans D. Prieston Christopher A. Privateer Andrew J. Proler Kevin Prue Lynn Pucciarelli George E. Pugh Kenneth Puig Victor Pulecio Dean S. Puleo John C. Putney Jesse Pyle Francis D. Quigley Christopher G. Quinlan Patrick J. Quinlivan Mary Zugibe Raleigh Sally Ramage

Shadron Rambert Daniel C. Ramsey Barbara Raney Mark R. Raniewicz Frederick M. Rarick David J. Rasmussen Martha Rayner Kathleen P. Reardon George W. Redder George E. Reed Veronica L. Reed Adam Regenbogen Stephen Reich Danielle Neroni Reilly Tyler W. Reimers Susan P. Reinecke Ron Reinstein Kenneth A. Reiver Frederick Rench Kathleen Rende Andrea Carapella Rendo David Rhodes Michael H. Ricca Stephen R. Ricci

Jacqueline Ricciani John P. Rice Matthew J. Rich Jeffrey T. Richards Kevin F. Richards Homer W. Richardson Joyce I. Richardson Jason Richland Labe M. Richman Gary R. Rick Kevin M. Riddell Brendan Rigby

Elizabeth S. Riker Nathaniel V. Riley Roland G. Riopelle Scott F. Riordan Dorothy Riordan Hughes James L. Riotto Christopher Ritchey Rosemary Rivieccio Antonia Robertson Edward A. Robertson Lisa Joy Robertson Shannon M. Robin Theodore P. Robinson Olivier E. Roche Jose A. Rodriguez Laurita H. Rodriguez*Wesley A. Roe Leslie A. Roff Casey E. Rogers Nicholas A. Romano Jake D. Rood*Estelle Roond Walter L. Rooth Eve S. Rosahn Lourdes P. Rosario Amanda L. Rose Jonathan Rosenberg Alan Rosenthal Donald K. Ross Alan Ross Scott Ross Michael Anthony Rossi Nicholas Michael Rossi Elisabeth Rossow William M. Roth James M. Roth Jonathan Lehman Rothermel Richard A. Rothermel Roger B. Rothman Philip Rothschild Michael J. Roulan Bryan Rounds Gail B. Rubenfeld Charles A. Rubenstein Elise L. Rucker Francis D. Ruddy Joel B. Rudin Elisha R. Rudolph Tim Rupert


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Salvatore T. Sanfilippo Juan SanPedro Daniel Santana Sabby C. Santarpia Jeffrey P. Santoro Jorge E. Santos Brian P. Sanvidge Dominic H. Saraceno David S. Sarkovics Shawn M. Sauro Mike Savage David B. Savlov Robert A. Scalione Richard S. Scanlan Luke Scardigno John A. Scarpa Angelo F. Scaturro Carol Brafman Schajer Daniel Schaus Julie Schechter Sarah C. Schellinger

Jeffrey V. Scherer Arthur P. Scheuermann Michael P. Schiano Charles A. Schiano Russell A. Schindler Craig P. Schlanger Dennis B. Schlenker Jonathan Schnader Deborah Schneer Andrea J. Schoeneman Gary Schoer David C. Schopp Kurt D. Schrader Oscar Schreiber Lisa Schreibersdorf Helga A. Schroeter Claudia S. Schultz Victor Schurr Michael Schwartz Louis David Schwartz Edna Schwartz Nathan Schwartzman Lawrence M. Schwegler John E. Schwenkler Raymond P. Sciarrino Lorraine A. Seager Andre Sedlak Dennis P. Sedor Sarah M. Seese Eric A. Seiff Maurice H. Sercarz Steven D. Sessler Lance Sessoms Brandy Shafer Taramanie Shakur Laurie Shanks Thomas F. Shannon Sabina Shapiro Robert Sharoff John W. Sharon Ryan R. Sharpe Marc S. Shatkin Adam J. Shatzkes Irwin Shaw Kristine M. Shaw Megan Elizabeth Shay William A. Sheeckutz Steven J. Sherlock Richard J. Sherwood

Timothy H. Shields Brian Shiffrin Eric S. Shiller Reveka Shteynberg Michael J. Shultes Stephan Jacob Siegel Carol Siegel Leonidas Sierra John S. Siffert Kristopher M. Sigeti Stephen M. Signore Walter P. Signorelli Teodoro X. Siguenza David K. Silverberg Jeffrey Silverson Calvin J. Simons Murray E. Singer Randy I. Siper Peter C. Sipperly Richard A. Siracusa Frans Sital Gary R. Skuse Daniel R. Slade Todd Hunter Sloan Mark S. Smalec Matthew R. Smalls Benjamin Smalls Ariel A. Smallwood*Wayne P. Smith Alex Smith Kenneth Smith Willie Smith Benjamin Smith Alexandra H. Smith Tarsha C. Smith David S. Smith Trey Smith Marian Smith Todd M. Smith Brenda J. Smith Aston Kristin M. Snyder James G. Snyder Rebekah B. Sokol Jay Solow Eric Solstein Tiffany M. Sorgen Bernard Sorrentino Thomas G. Soucia Meaghan E. Speedling



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Tiffany Taveras Alexandra R. Tawfik Brian Nelson Tedd*Daniel T. Tedford Stanley J. Teich George A. Terezakis Joseph J. Terranova Marcea Clark Tetamore Nicholas T. Texido Areeba Thakir*Thomas Theophilos Pamela Thibodeau Matthew Thomas Donald M. Thompson Christopher D. Thorpe Susan V. Tipograph David Tobias John F. Tobin David P. Todaro Natali J. H. Todd John Tolliver Heather A. Tomes Nelson S. Torre Delrease Tota-Neal David Touger Eugene D. Toussaint*Brian K. Towey Bruce D. Townsend Norman Trabulus Donald Tracy Christine Tramontano Emily Trott Alexandra V. Tseitlin Scott B. Tulman Lana V. Tupchik Matthew J. Turetsky John C. Turi Robert P. Turner Lucy E. Turner Joseph P. Turner Denis J. Uminski Stephen K. Underwood Paul J. Vacca Joseph A. Vaccarino Twiesha Vachhrajani Ronald C. Valentine Alexandra Valicenti Morton Van Allen Kevin Van Allen

Jennifer Van Ort Christopher J. Van Zele Jamie VanDenburgh Manuel D. Vargas Rafael Vargas Vinoo P. Varghese Chad Vazquez John J. Ventosa Catharine M. Venzon Richard Vercollone Joseph Vidal Peter S. Visconti Y. Andre Vital Richard Vladimir Jeffrey F. Voelkl Donald H. Vogelman Jacob A. Vredenburgh Bruce Wagner Victoria Wagnerman Cara A. Waldman

Stanley G. Walker Raymond Wallace Sherry Levin Wallach John S. Wallenstein Kevin Walsh Catherine A. Walsh Ronald T. Walsh Kimberly A. Prince Walsh Robert A. Walters Daniel J. Ward Danielle Ward Patricia Warth Kenneth D. Wasserman Jeffrey S. Wasserman Paul N. Weber

Diane T. Webster Diane Webster-Brady Cappy Weiner Johnathan E. Weinrich David B. Weisfuse Barry F. Weiss Marsha Weissman Jamie B. Welch Joseph T. Welsh Zachary T. Wentworth David A. Werber Anthony Westbrook Eric T. Weyand*John M. Whelden Samantha I. V. White*Elizabeth Paige White Robert J. White Christopher Whitehair April White-Small Daniel C. Whorley Jeffrey Wicks Michael A. Wiener Wallace W. Wiens Joseph F. Wierschem Jay L. Wilber Danielle Wild Thomas D. Williams Whitney WilliamsRyan P. Williams

Mark S. Williams Christopher Willis Patricia Wilson David W. Wilson Christopher G. Wilson April J. Winecke James W. Winslow Rebecca Wittman Benjamin J. Wittwer Paul W. Wolf Stacy WolfWilliam J. Wolfe Thomas J. Wolff James F. Wolff Jennvine Wong*Patrick V. Wood Michael Woodruff Travis Woods Mark A. Worrell Lawrence E. Wright Deborah Lynn Wright Andrea Yacka-Bible Ellen Yaroshefsky Philippe S. Yates Bruce A. Yerman Jane I. Yoon Christopher York Mark A. Young Michael F. Young

Christopher Young Lydia L. Young Danielle Young Scott Young Richard W. Youngman Angela Zagreda Andrew R. Zahnd Neil Martin Zang Frank A. Zarro Claire Zartarian Edward A. Zebulske Carol Zeldin John M. Zenir Lori Zeno Robert W. Zimmerman Clark J. Zimmermann Eric W. Zitofsky Michael R. Zosh Marc A. Zuckerman Joseph D. Zumbo Jessica Zwicklbauer

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Photo CaptionsCover:Four photos, from the top:Susan Jacobs (r), foundingExecutive Director and currentSpecial Counsel of the Center forFamily Representation in NewYork City, received the 2018Jonathan E. Gradess Service ofJustice Award. Susan C. Bryant(l), then Acting Director andnow Executive Director ofNYSDA, presented the award atthe Annual Meeting andConference.

Alex B. Rosen, Bureau Chief ofthe Criminal Unit of theDutchess County Office of thePublic Defender (not pictured)was awarded the 2018 Kevin M.Andersen Memorial Award, cre-ated by the Genesee CountyPublic Defender Office. Due to ascheduling conflict, the awardpresentation at NYSDA’s AnnualMeeting and Conference wasmade by Jerry Ader (l), GeneseeCounty Public Defender, toRosen’s parents, Barbara (c) andBarry (r) Rosen.

Nancy Ginsburg, Director of theAdolescent Intervention andDiversion Project of The LegalAid Society, Criminal Practice,was honored with NYSDA’s2018 Wilfred R. O’ConnorAward. More information aboutthe three 2018 awards is avail-able at http://readme.readmedia.com/Inspiring-Public-Defense-Lawyers-Honored-at-NYSDA-Conference/15815489.

The 2019 Basic Trial SkillsProgram (BTSP) graduates andcoaches. New graduates areawarded a one-year membershipto NYSDA; their names aremarked with an * in the list thatbegins on p. 15.

Background: The State Capitol Building andLegislative Office Building inAlbany. NYSDA’s work toimprove public defense servicesstatewide includes legislativeadvocacy. This year saw excitinglegislative justice reforms, asdescribed beginning on p. 1.

Inside Cover:Two photos (from right):Jonathan E. Gradess (c),NYSDA’s former ExecutiveDirector, was honored by theNYSDA Board in 2017 with theestablishment of a fund to sup-port NYSDA in his name. WhenNYSDA received a Certificate ofAppreciation from the Coalitionof Concerned Legal Professionalson Mar. 9, 2019, Gradess joinedSusan Bryant (r), in acceptingthe recognition.

NYSDA Organizing CoordinatorAnne Rabe displays a flyer fea-turing the Jonathan E. GradessPeace and Justice Fund duringNYSDA’s 2018 Annual Meetingand Conference.

Page ii:Five photos, clockwise from the top:

Kim Taylor was among the pre-senters at the “Assigned CounselAppeals Training” that NYSDAcosponsored with the AppellateDivision, Fourth JudicialDepartment, in Rochester inApril 2019.

Sheila Shea (r), greets attorneyRobert Linville (l), following thepresentation by Shea and ChristyCoe (not pictured) on“Combatting the Stigma ofMental Illness” at the 2018Annual Conference.

Lance Salisbury was one of sev-eral presenters at “Best Practicesin Early Entry Representation,”cosponsored by NYSDA and theSchoharie County AssignedCounsel Plan in January 2019.

David Weisfuse (standing) andRobert Dean presented on “TheTrial Lawyer’s Responsibility toEffectuate the Client’s CriminalAppeal” held at the Legal AidSociety of Westchester County.The Conference Room is namedfor former NYSDA Board mem-ber Stephen J. Pittari, who head-ed the Society for many years.

Nora Christenson (r) and NancyGinsburg greet 2018 NYSDAAnnual Conference attendees fol-lowing their Raise the Age pres-entation.

Page 3:Archana Prakash, SupervisingHomicide Attorney, HomicidePractice Group at The BronxDefenders, presents at the 2019Basic Trial Skills Program.

Page 6:Evelyn A. Kinnah (seated), nowDeputy Director of the AlbanyCounty Regional ImmigrationAssistance Center (RIAC),Region 3, speaks with attendinglawyers including Sherri Brooks,Albany County AlternateDefender, at the 2018 NYSDAAnnual Conference.

Page 9:At the Public Defense CareerFair held in Albany on April 11,2019, Lori Zeno (r), ExecutiveDirector of Queens LawAssociates, stops at the NYSDAtable staffed by Susan Bryant(standing) next to the table forthe NYS Association of CriminalDefense Lawyers staffed byJennifer Van Ort (seated).


Veterans Defense Program LongIsland Open House, Touro LawSchool, Central Islip, NY, Dec.12, 2018.

Page 12:First column: The late KenStrutin, who was NYSDA’sDirector of Legal InformationServices, during a break at the2014 Annual Meeting andConference.

Second column: The late John(Jay) Coleman, who wasNYSDA’s Client Coordinator andChair of the Client AdvisoryBoard.

Page 13:Two photos, from top:Edward J. Nowak (l), NYSDA’sBoard President, addressing the2018 Membership Meeting, withSusan Bryant (r) on the dais.

NYSDA Vice President NormanP. Effman.

Page 14:Two photos, from top:NYSDA Treasurer Richard(Otto) Rothermel.

Alexandra Walters, seen here atlast year’s Annual Conference,joined the Backup Center Staff asProgram Assistant and is nowNYSDA’s Training Coordinator.

Page 15:The New York State Capitol andLegislative Office Building, seenfrom West Capitol Park, are onlya few blocks from NYSDA’soffice in Albany, NY.

Pages 16–27:People photographed duringNYSDA’s 2018 Annual Meetingand Conference in SaratogaSprings, NY.

Page 28:NYSDA Family Court StaffAttorney Kim Bode (l) andExecutive Director Susan Bryant(c) accepted a New York BarFoundation grant from JamesBarnes, Vice Chair of theFoundation’s Fellows, in April2019.


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