ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Honorable John R. Adams is a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Jennifer E. Ahearn, Esq. is an Assistant General Counsel for the Office of General Counsel at the United States Sentencing John J. Baker, Esq. is a Career Law Clerk in the Chambers of Judge Ricardo Hinojosa in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Honorable Rachel E. Barkow is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission and is also a Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and the Faculty Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York School of Law. Amy Baron-Evans, Esq. is the Sentencing Resource Counsel for the Federal Public and Community Defenders in Boston, Massachusetts. John Bendzunas is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of Vermont. He is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Kevin Blackwell is a Senior Research Associate for the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Richard Bohlken is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of New Mexico. He is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Noah Bookbinder, Esq. is the Director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the United States Sentencing Honorable Paul D. Borman is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. Teresa M. Brantley is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the Central District of California. Honorable Charles R. Breyer is a Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California and is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing He is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of California, Hastings College of Law. L. Russell (Rusty) Burress is the Principal Training Advisor for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Todd A. Bussert, Esq. is a partner of Frost Bussert LLC in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the Co-Chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer s Corrections Committee and is a former Co-Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing
Russell P. Butler, Esq. is Executive Director of the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He is also the Chair of the Victims Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Cynthia L. Caltagirone is an IT Specialist for the IT Systems Deployment and Support division of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in San Antonio, Texas. Honorable William B. Carr, Jr. is a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Honorable Kathleen Cardone is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas. Honorable Ruben Castillo is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United Stated Sentencing John G. Cherry, Esq. is the Chief of the Criminal Division at the United States Attorney s Office for the Southern District of Alabama. Heather Childs, Esq. is Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Honorable Sanford C. Coats is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Honorable Tristram J. Coffin is the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Kealin Culbreath, Esq. is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Carolyn L. Darville is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Louisiana. David Debold, Esq. is Of Counsel for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP in Washington, DC. He is former Special Counsel for the United States Sentencing Commission and is Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. is the Deputy Director for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Elisabeth F. Ervin is the Deputy Chief United States Probation Officer II for the Western District of North Carolina. Bobby L. Evans, Jr. is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing 2
James E. Felman, Esq. is a partner with the Law Firm of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. He is Co-Chair of the Committee on Sentencing of the ABA and is a former Co-Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Jeanneine Gabriel is the Section Chief for the Program Development & Admin at the Administrative Office of the United States Court s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston, South Carolina. Honorable Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr. is a United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico. Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons is a Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Memphis, Tennessee. Honorable John Gleeson is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Nina Goodman, Esq. is the Senior Counsel for Appeals for the Appellate Section in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Catharine M. Goodwin, Esq. is a Restitution Consultant in Sun City West, Arizona. Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. is the General Counsel for the United States Sentencing Steven Grocki, Esq. is the Deputy Chief for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Shannon T. Hanson, Esq. is the Criminal Chief at the United States Attorney s Office for the District of Delaware. Honorable Timothy J. Heaphy is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Rick Holloway is a United States Probation Officer Specialist for the District of South Dakota. He is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing 3
Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia and is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Honorable Raymond Alvin Jackson is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. Jacqueline A. Johnson, Esq. is the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio. Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr. is a Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. He is also a former Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Joseph E. Koehler, Esq. is an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Mandy LaMotte is a United States Probation Officer for the Middle District of Georgia. She is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Jordan Leiter, Esq. is the Senior Counsel for Sentencing, Policy and Legislation for the Office of Policy and Legislation in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Christine Leonard, Esq. is the Director of the VERA Institute of Justice s Washington, DC Office. Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington. Honorable Theodore A. McKee is the Chief Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, Anya McMurray, Esq. is the Deputy General Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee to Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT). Pamela G. Montgomery, Esq. is the Director and Chief Counsel of Training for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United Stated Sentencing Honorable Federico A. Moreno is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Brent E. Newton, Esq. is the Deputy Staff Director at the United States Sentencing David O Neil, Esq. is the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Counsel in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Rachel L. Pierce is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing 4
Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr. is Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Birmingham, Alabama and is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Robert Reed, Esq. is the Executive Assistant United States Attorney for the Community Outreach and Special Programs at the United States Attorney s Office in the Eastern District of Louis W. Reedt, Ph.D. is the Deputy Director of the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Honorable Luis Felipe Restrepo is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of John Rhodes, Esq. is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Montana. Honorable Julie A. Robinson is a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas. Honorable Margaret C. Rodgers is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Laura M. Roffo is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of Massachusetts. Cynthia W. Roseberry, Esq. formerly, the Executive Director of the Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia, Inc., is the Project Manager for Clemency Project 2014. Riley Ross, Esq. is a Criminal Defense Attorney for Ross Legal Practice, LLC in Philadelphia, Krista L. Rubin is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Jon M. Sands, Esq. is the Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona. Honorable Patti B. Saris is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and is the Chair of the United States Sentencing Glenn R. Schmitt, Esq. is the Director of the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Courtney Semisch, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate in the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Leigh Skipper, Esq. is the Chief Federal Defender for the Community Defender for the Eastern District of H. Michael Sokolow, Esq. is the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas. 5
John R. Steer, Esq. is a partner with The Law Firm of Mark Allenbaugh in Fairfax Station, Virginia. He is former Vice Chair Commissioner and former General Counsel of the United States Sentencing James R. Strawley, Esq. is a Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the United States Sentencing Stephen Tausend, Esq. is the Senior Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee to Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). Eric Tirshwell, Esq. is a Partner with the law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York, NY. He is also a member of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Alicia Vasquez, Esq. is the Senior Counsel in the Designation & Sentence Computation Center for the Bureau of Prisons in Grand Prairie, Texas. Tamala Wayne, Esq. is a Supervisory Second Circuit Staff Attorney in United States Court of Appeals in New York, New York. Raquel Wilson, Esq. is a Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the United States Sentencing Honorable Jonathan J. Wroblewski is a Commissioner (Ex Officio) of the United States Sentencing Commission and is Director of the Office of Policy & Legislation in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice. 6