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. Lavin
Ankura 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. Brodsky
Quest 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. Mendelsohn
Perella Weinberg Partners
Drew S. Fine, Esq. (Chair)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Eric M. Rosof, Esq. (Vice Chair)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Edward J. Goldthorpe
BC Partners
Roopesh K. Shah
Evercore
David J. Greenwald, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Mary Singh
Community 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. Zelin
PJT Partners
David N. Koschik, Esq. (Secretary)
White & Case LLP
Ken Ziman
Lazard

The Urgent Legal Care Project

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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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