
Board of Directors
The Her Justice Board of Directors draws on diverse leadership from New York City’s leading companies and law firms.
Lee S. Attanasio, Esq.Sidley Austin LLP | Kevin J. LavinAnkura Consulting Group |
Amy Barasch, Esq. (President)Her Justice | Paul D. Leake, Esq.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
Paul M. Basta, Esq.Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Ivan R. Lehon CFA, CFE (Treasurer)Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC |
Jeffrey A. BrodskyQuest Turnaround Advisors, LLC | Elizabeth F. Maringer, Esq.National Basketball Association |
Matthew A. Feldman, Esq.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | Darin P. McAtee, Esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
Patricia Ferrari (Vice Chair)MBIA/National Public Finance Guarantee | Bruce H. MendelsohnPerella Weinberg Partners |
Drew S. Fine, Esq. (Chair)Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP | Eric M. Rosof, Esq. (Vice Chair)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
Edward J. GoldthorpeBC Partners | Roopesh K. ShahEvercore |
David J. Greenwald, Esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | Mary SinghCommunity Volunteer |
Gary T. Holtzer, Esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | Jonathan K. Youngwood, Esq.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
Kim Koopersmith, Esq.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Steven M. ZelinPJT Partners |
David N. Koschik, Esq. (Secretary)White & Case LLP | Ken ZimanLazard |
The Urgent Legal Care Project

When people go to court and they don’t have a lawyer, they come up short.
Doris, a 24-year-old mother of one, didn’t realize this until it was almost too late.
Representing herself in family court against her child’s father who punched, choked, scratched and cursed her, Doris was fighting to prevent him from claiming sole custody of their child. She knew that would have been a completely unsafe situation, especially with the father’s drug use and anger issues, yet her own attempts to block him in court failed.
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