• Hon. Vanessa Aufiero da Rocha
  Magistrate Judge, Author, Special Guest from Brazil

• Kathleen (Kate) Costello Bar-Tur, LCSW, FIPA
  Psychoanalyst, Divorce and Family Mediator, and Collaborative Divorce Professional

• Robert E. Emery, PhD
  Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia; Author

• Patricia Grant, Esq.
  Partner, Grant + Appelbaum, PC, Family and Matrimonial Attorney, Mediator, and Collaborative Law Practitioner

• James Katz, PhD
  Director, Division of Emerging Media Studies, Boston University, College of Communication; University Professor

• Matthew Kiernan, JD
  Director of Pilot Projects for the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Managing Editor of Family Court Review, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

• April Kuchuk, PhD
  Clinical Psychologist, University Professor

• Monica Michell, MD
  Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; University Professor

• Hon. Jane Pearl
  Family Court Judge, Immediate Past President of AFCC-NY

• Hon. A. Gail Prudenti
  Former NYS Chief Administrative Judge; Executive Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law; Special Advisor to the Dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

• Maurice Robinson, JD
  Attorney, Mediator, University Professor

• Hon. Jeffrey Sunshine
  Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County; Supervising Judge for Matrimonial Matters, Kings County; Chair of the Chief Administrative Judge’s Matrimonial Practice Advisory and Rules Committee

• Ellen Taner, MA
  Family and Parenting Educator, University Professor

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