Lawrence Jay Braunstein, JD, is a partner at Braunstein & Zuckerman, Esqs., in White Plains, New York, practicing matrimonial, family, and collaborative law, with expertise in child custody litigation and cases involving allegations of child sexual and physical abuse. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers, Past Chair of the New York State Bar Association Child Custody Committee, Past CoPresident of AFCC-NY, and Vice President of the New York Chapter of APSAC. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law, teaching Child Abuse and Neglect, Collaborative Family Law, and Modern Divorce Advocacy. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on child abuse, custody litigation, and courtroom psychology.

Kelly M. Champion, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical and forensic psychologist in Rockville, Maryland, practicing at Cadeus Behavioral Health, and is American Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She is licensed in Maryland, Virginia, Iowa, and Massachusetts. She has specialized training and experience in adult and child trauma, court-involved families, school bullying, and the prevention, assessment, and treatment of child maltreatment. She provides treatment and conducts court-related assessments and child forensic interviews, and serves as an expert witness nationally and locally. She has presented nationally and internationally on child trauma and forensic child mental health, including as part of Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children (APSAC)'s Do No Harm workshop. She serves on the APA's Committee on Professional Practices and Standards and as treasurer of the National Plan to End Interpersonal Violence.

Christine Gervais, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Criminology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (IRLRC) based in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. She is a member of the Child Rights Academic Network (CRAN) within the Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights at Carleton University. Her teaching and research areas focus on upholding children’s rights and safeguarding the best interest of all children in the context of child-to-child sexual harm and of aggression toward family and caregivers in childhood and adolescence. Her interdisciplinary work explores the impacts of child-rights awareness and accessible education in the contexts of international development and social justice. Her child rights research has been widely published.

Seth Goldstein, JD, has represented litigants in child abuse cases with interpersonal violence for over 30 years. He was in law enforcement for 20 years, the latter years working sexual abuse cases. He testifies as an expert witness and often sits second chair in these matters. He has authored a leading textbook on investigations of sexual abuse and has articles in several publications related to family law. He has lectured around the world on these subjects.

Jennifer L. Hardesty, PhD, is a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on intimate partner violence, separation and divorce, and parenting after separation, examining how contexts of violence, such as coercive control, shape post-separation experiences. Her current work centers on family court responses to intimate partner violence in child custody cases. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice.

Peter Jaffe, PhD, is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario and director emeritus of the London Family Court Clinic. For over 40 years, his research and clinical work has focused on adults and children who have been victims of abuse and involved with the criminal, family, and civil court systems. He has co-authored 12 books, 40 chapters, and over 90 articles, including Preventing Domestic Homicides: Lessons Learned from Tragedies and Understanding Family Violence in Family Court Proceedings. He has presented to judges, lawyers, and mental health professionals across North America, Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and Europe, and has served as an expert witness in five provinces and seven US states. He is a founding member of Canada's first Domestic Violence Death Review Committee and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009.

Angelique Jenney, MSW, PhD, RSW, is an associate professor and the Wood's Homes Research Chair in Children's Mental Health in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She has 25 years of experience in intervention and prevention services within the gender-based violence, child protection, and children's mental health sectors. Her community-based, simulation research and practice interests focus on trauma-informed approaches to working with young people with childhood experiences of intimate partner violence and their families.

Hon. Mark Juhas, sits in a long-cause general family law assignment on the Los Angeles Superior Court. He is a past president of the AFCC California Chapter, immediate past chair of the California Commission on Access to Justice, current chair of the Commission's e-justice committee, and current president of the Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles County Law Library. His Judicial Council service includes the CJER Governing Committee, the Family and Juvenile Advisory Committee, and the Elkins Family Law Task Force and Self-Represented Litigant Task Force. He has received a lifetime achievement award from the Family Law Section of the State Bar, a Distinguished Service Award from the California Judicial Council, and the Aranda Access to Justice Award, among other honors.

Maha Kamal, JD, is the founder of the Colorado Family Law Project and author of Colorado Family Law: A Trail Guide. She litigates complex, high-conflict custody and financial cases and speaks frequently at legal conferences, including for the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association and the Colorado chapter of AAML. She has published in The Colorado Lawyer and The Docket magazine. A former co-chair of the Supreme Court's PALS Subcommittee, which established Limited Licensed Paraprofessionals in Colorado, she currently serves on the Executive Councils for Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution and the CBA Legislative Policy Committee.

Natalie Malovich, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and credentialed Master Mediator based in Utah and the founder of Aspen Mediation. She brings over 30 years of psychological expertise to conflict resolution, specializing in high-conflict family law, domestic relations, and custody disputes. Her dual background allows her to address the legal complexities of divorce while attending to the emotional well-being of parents and children. She is recognized on the Utah Court Roster for Domestic Mediation and works with the Mountain Mediation Center, handling cases involving divorce modifications, parent-time, and domestic violence issues.

Kathleen McNamara, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice in Fort Collins, Colorado. She received her master's in counseling from The Ohio State University and her doctorate in counseling psychology from Penn State, and was a tenured associate professor of psychology at Colorado State University before devoting herself to full-time practice. She specializes in working with high-conflict families. She is a past chair and current member of the Colorado Psychological Association Ethics Committee, a past president of the Colorado Chapter of AFCC, and serves on the AFCC Executive Board, Conference Committee, Continuing Education Committee, and Finance Committee.

Angelina Ray, JD, is a Sacramento-based Certified Family Law Specialist and founder of Pacem Tempestate Law, APC in Elk Grove, California. She litigates complex, high-conflict custody and financial cases in Sacramento and Yolo Counties, with a specific focus on minor's counsel work and refuse-resist case dynamics. She is the Past President of the Sacramento County Bar Association, a frequent MCLE presenter, a teacher of Community Property at McGeorge School of Law, and sits as a judge pro tem.

Michael A. Saini, PhD, MSW, RSW, is a full professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and crossappointed with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He holds the endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law and Social Work and is the Co-Director of the combined JD/MSW program. He is an AFCC Past President. In 2019, he was awarded the AFCC Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research Award and was awarded the Meyer Elkin Essay from the Family Court Review in both 2018 and 2024. Mike is the Social Science Editor of Family Court Review.

David N. Simmons, JD, maintains a private practice in Englewood, Colorado, and has taught Immigration Law in English and Spanish as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is a member of the Colorado and Central Florida chapters of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and serves the Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) as Rocky Mountain Region Legal Officer and National Legal Officer Emeritus. Active in pro bono and community education. He has worked with the Consulates General of Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru in Denver and has lectured before professional associations, governmental agencies, and universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala.

Dawn R. Smith, Esq., is a partner at Evolve Family Law, LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, where she has represented children and families for over 36 years. She is a Fellow of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the co-chair of the AFCC-AAML biennial, interdisciplinary conference. In addition to litigating family law matters, Dawn frequently serves as a guardian ad litem, mediator, arbitrator, and late case evaluator. She is the co-president of the Georgia provisional chapter of AFCC.

Sujata Warrier, PhD, is the Chief Strategy Officer for the Battered Women's Justice Project. She trains and provides technical assistance to professionals across criminal justice systems nationally and internationally, with a focus on cultural competency, violence against women, and intersectionality. Her publications appear in Family Court Review and other venues, and her international work has taken her to Iraq, Bangladesh—where she served as Country Director for an ABA Rule of Law Initiative—Egypt, Jordan, Russia, Argentina, and India. She was appointed by the Attorney General to the Federal Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's Advisory Board.