Faculty Overview
Among the many prestigious members of the Justice For All faculty are some of the country's leading legal scholars, forensic scientists, public policy makers, journalists, and others committed to the cause of criminal justice reform.
| Keynote Speaker | |
|---|---|
| Honorable William S. Sessions | Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP; Former Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation; Former U.S. Attorney for Western Texas;
Former U.S. District Judge for Western Texas; Member, Death Penalty
Initiative, The Constitution Project |
| Distinguished Guest Speaker | |
| Honorable Arlen Specter | United States Senator (R), Pennsylvania; Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee; Co-sponsor, Justice for All Act |
| Conference Faculty | |
| George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. | Edward R. Utley Professor and Chair, Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights, Boston University |
| Frederick R. Bieber, Ph.D. | Medical Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Kirk N. Bloodsworth | Program Officer, The Justice Project Former Death Row Inmate |
| George Castelle, Esq. | Chief Public Defender, Charleston, W.Va. |
| Edwin Colfax | Director, Death Penalty Education Project, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law |
| Jay Costa | Pennsylvania state senator, 43rd District |
| Karen Daniel, Esq. | Senior Staff Attorney, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law |
| Thomas Doswell | Former Pennsylvania Prisoner Exonerated by DNA Evidence |
| Frederick W. Fochtman, Ph.D. | Director and Chief Toxicologist, Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner, Laboratory Division |
| Paul C. Giannelli, J.D. | Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve School of Law |
| Joseph L. Hoffman, J.D. | Harry Pratter Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington |
| George H. Kendall, Esq. | Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight LLP |
| Henry C. Lee, Ph.D. | Chief Emeritus, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Division of Scientific Services |
| Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at El Paso |
| Steve Mills | Investigative Reporter, Chicago Tribune |
| Debra M. Parrish, Esq. | Attorney, Parrish Law Offices, Pittsburgh |
| Maurice Possley | Investigative Reporter, Chicago Tribune |
| Mark Rabil | Member, Board of Directors, The Darryl Hunt Project; Clinical Program attorney, Wake Forest University School of Law |
| John T. Rago, J.D. | Assistant Professor of Law; Executive Director, The Wecht Institute; Director, Post-Conviction DNA Project, Duquesne University School of Law |
| The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff | United States District Judge, Southern District of New York |
| Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, DeSales University; Author |
| Wendell Rawls | Managing Director, The Center for Public Integrity; Former Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter |
| Michael F. Rieders, Ph.D. | Chief Executive Officer, Laboratory Director and Forensic Toxicologist, National Medical Services |
| D. Michael Risinger, J.D. | Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law |
| Stephen Saloom, Esq. | Policy Director, The Innocence Project |
| Pete Shellem | Investigative Reporter, The Patriot-News |
| Ronald L. Singer, M.S. | Crime Lab Supervisor, Office of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner; Immediate Past President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences |
| Jack W. Snyder, M.D., J.D., Ph.D. | Associate Director, Division of Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine |
| James E. Starrs, LL.M. | The David B. Weaver Research Professor of Law and Professor of Forensic Sciences, The George Washington University |
| Nancy Steblay, Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology, Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects, Augsburg College, Minneapolis |
| Michael J. Sullivan, Esq. | United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts |
| Thomas P. Sullivan, Esq. | Partner, Jenner & Block, Chicago |
| Robert K. Tanenbaum, Esq. | Private Attorney and Author; Former New York Assistant District Attorney |
| John Terzano, J.D., LL.M. | President, The Justice Project |
| Rob Warden | Executive Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law |
| Cyril H. Wecht | Chairman of the Advisory Board, Wecht Institute; Clinical Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University; Distinguished Professor, Carlow University; Former Allegheny County Coroner |
| Victor W. Weedn, M.D., J.D. | Visiting Professor, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences and School of Law, Duquesne University |
| Michael Welner, M.D. | Chairman, The Forensic Panel; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University |
