List of Participants

Charles D. Adler, Esq.
President
Center for Community Alternatives

Hon. Sal F. Albanese
Member, N.Y.C. City Council

Robert M. Baum, Esq.
Attorney-in-Charge, Legal Aid Society

Hon. Harold Beeler
Justice, N.Y.S. Supreme Court
New York County

Kildare Clarke, M.D.
Kings County Medical Center

David C. Condliffe
Executive Director
The Drug Policy Foundation

Norman Corenthal, Esq.
Borough Chief, N.Y.C. Law Department
Family Court Division, Queens County

Hon. Stephen G. Crane
Justice, N.Y.S. Supreme Court
New York County

Hon. Lewis L. Douglass
Justice, N.Y.S. Supreme Court
Kings County

Prof. Ernest Drucker, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Community Health
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sheila Dugan, Esq.
Attorney, Manhattan

Hon. Laura Safer Espinoza
Judge, N.Y.C. Criminal Court
New York County

Lynn Fahey, Esq., Former Deputy Attorney-in-Charge, Legal Aid Society,
Criminal Appeals Bureau

Alan B. Fischler, Esq.
Chair, NYCLA Drug Policy Task Force

Hon. Joseph L. Galiber*
N.Y.S. Senator, Bronx Co.

Robert Gangi
Executive Director
Correctional Association of New York

Hon. Abraham Gerges
Justice, N.Y.S. Supreme Court
Kings County

Prof. Shanara Gilbert*
Associate Professor
CUNY School of Law

Prof. Keri A. K. Gould
Director, Externship Programs
Fordham University School of Law

Diane Gover
Special Assistant for Public Safety
Office of the Manhattan Borough President

Linda Kenepaske, Esq.
Attorney, Manhattan

Hon. Whitman Knapp
Judge, U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York

Hon. Joseph R. Lentol
Member, N.Y.S. Assembly

Michael Z. Letwin, Esq.
President
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys

David C. Leven, Esq.
Executive Director
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York

Juliette S. Levin, Esq.
Attorney, Manhattan

Hon. Yvonne Lewis
Justice, N.Y.S. Supreme Court
Kings County

Rhea Schaenman Mallett, Esq.
Project Director
Correctional Association of New York

Hon. William I. Mogulescu
Judge, N.Y.C. Criminal Court
New York County

John P. Morgan, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
CUNY Medical School

Patrick V. Murphy
Director, Criminal Justice and Public Policy Programs
U.S. Conference of Mayors

Ethan A. Nadelmann, J.D., Ph.D.
Director
Lindesmith Center

Leonard Noisette, Esq.
Project Director
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

James Ostrowski, Esq.
Attorney, Buffalo

JoAnne Page
Executive Director
Fortune Society

Carol Shapiro
Project Director
Vera Institute of Justice

Thomas Sheehan, Esq.
Attorney, Queens County

Jesse Sligh, Esq.
Executive Assistant District Attorney
Office of the Queens County District Attorney

Hon. Robert W. Sweet
Judge, U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York

Deborah Weich, Esq.
Secretary, NYCLA Drug Policy Task Force

Hon. Jack B. Weinstein
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court
Eastern District of New York

Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
CUNY at Queens College

* We mourn the passing of Joseph L. Galiber, a tireless and articulate advocate of reason, whose voice shall be sorely missed. We also regret the loss of Shanara Gilbert, and shall miss the thoughtful contributions she made to our discussions.