Hon. Abby Abinanti
Chief Judge
Yurok Tribal Court
Klamath, Del Norte County
Zakia Afrin
Director, Survivor Advocacy, MAITRI,
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
Cherri Allison
Executive Director
Alameda County Family Justice Center
Oakland, Alameda County
Nadia Costa
Shareholder
Miller Starr Regalia
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County
Jessica Dayton
Partner
ADZ Law
San Mateo, San Mateo County
Mieko Failey
Director of Legal Services
The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach
Long Beach, Los Angeles County
Donald Falk
Partner
Schaerr Jaffe LLP
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Seth Goldstein
Partner
Law Offices of Seth Goldstein
Napa County & Monterey County
Mindy Mechanic
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist/Expert Witness, and Legal Consultant
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
California State University, Fullerton, California
Protima Pandey
Administrative Services Manager III, Chief Operating Officer,
Custody Health Services, Santa Clara County Health and Hospitals
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
Carolyn Russell
Executive Director
A Safe Place
Oakland, Alameda County
Joanne Schulman
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Joanne Schulman
Bay Area
Alexandrea Scott
FVAP Co-Founder
Staff Attorney
Network for Victim Recovery of DC
Washington, District of Columbia
Craig Stewart
Partner, Issues and Appeals Practice
Jones Day
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Juvenile Dependency/Child Welfare Advisory Board:
Hon. Leonard Edwards – consultant of California Judicial Council, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Anya Emerson – private trial attorney, former FVAP senior staff attorney
Oakland, Alameda County
Andrew Cain – Directing Attorney, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, a program of the Law Foundation for Silicon Valley
San Jose, Santa Clara County
Cristina Gabrielidis – private appellate attorney
San Diego, San Diego County
