Honorable Fernando M. Camacho is a graduate of Columbia College and Fordham University School of Law. Justice Camacho was appointed to the Court of Claims in 2009 and has served as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, since 2013. He previously served as judge of the New York City Criminal Court from 1997 to 2008 and as Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters, 11th Judicial District from 2008 to 2012. Justice Camacho began his career in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where he served from 1985 until 1995 when he left to work in private practice.

 

 

 

 

Stefano (Steve) Cambareri, Esq., is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany with a B.S. (cum laude) in Business Administration, and the Syracuse University College of Law (magna cum laude), where he was a member of the Justinian Honorary Law Society and an Associate Editor of the Syracuse Law Review. Mr. Cambareri is Senior Partner in the law firm of Cambareri & Brenneck, PLLC, in Syracuse. He previously served as an associate at Bond, Schoeneck & King and later worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Onondaga County. Mr. Cambareri has taught trial practice at the Syracuse University College of Law and classes at Cazenovia College and Bryant & Straton College. He is a past member of the Lexis/Nexis New York Criminal Practice Editorial Board, has lectured on various law-related topics for the Onondaga County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program, the Syracuse Police Department, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, the Onondaga County Center for Forensic Sciences, local school districts and community groups.

 

 

 

 

Brian C. Doyle, Esq., is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Wake Forest School of Law. He is Co-Managing Shareholder of the Long Island office of law firm Greenberg Traurig. He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County before entering private practice. Mr. Doyle represents clients in real estate transactions, land use applications and litigated matters related to municipal determinations, construction, business and broker disputes, easements and adverse possession claims. Mr. Doyle previously chaired the Suffolk County Bar Association’s East End Committee and was a member of its Judicial Screening Committee. He also previously served on the Board of Directors of the East Hampton Business Alliance and as the treasurer of the East End Regional Intervention Court. In 2011, Mr. Doyle received the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Special Award of Recognition.

 

 

 

 

Honorable John A. Falk is a graduate of LeMoyne College and the University of Dayton School of Law. He has served as a Justice of the Brighton Town Court since 2008. He is the Managing Partner of Faraci Lange, LLP, in Rochester, where he focuses on serious injury litigation. Before joining Faraci Lange, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for Monroe County. Justice Falk is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

 

 

 

 

Honorable David Fried is a graduate of Manhattanville College, magna cum laude, and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Judge Fried was appointed to the Court of Claims in 2023 and serves as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in Rockland County. He was engaged previously in the private practice of law and served as Town Justice in Ramapo and Village Justice in Spring Valley. Prior to his judicial career, Judge Fried was a Rockland County Legislator, and he worked for the White House Office of Advance under President Bill Clinton and for Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey. He is President of the New York State LGBTQ+ Judges Association, co-chairs the Ninth Judicial District Equal Justice in the Courts Committee, and serves on numerous boards and judicial associations, including the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board, the Board of the Association of Court of Claims Judges, and the Executive Committee of the Justice Brandeis Law Society for the Ninth Judicial District. Judge Fried is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.

 

 

 

 

Robin Chappelle Golston, a graduate of Hampton University, is the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts. Ms. Golston has previously served as Executive Deputy Secretary to Governor Kathy Hochul, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Government Affairs at EmblemHealth, Vice President and Government Relations Manager at JPMorgan Chase, and as a political director under Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Hillary R. Clinton. Ms. Golston serves on the board of New York Open Air Shakespeare, an international theater company and educational organization.

 

 

 

 

Taa Grays, Esq., Vice Chair of the Commission, is a graduate of Harvard University, cum laude, and Georgetown University Law Center. Until 2024, she served in various senior positions at MetLife, Inc. including most recently as Vice President & Associate General Counsel for Information Governance. Prior to MetLife, she previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx from 1997 - 2003. Ms. Grays is the President-Elect of the New York State Bar Association, is on the New York Law Journal Board of Editors and has served as President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Network of Bar Leaders and the Association of Black Women. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her leadership in bar and diversity endeavors.

 

 

 

 

Honorable Peter H. Moulton is a graduate of Stanford University and Columbia University School of Law. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 2014 and appointed to the Appellate Division, First Department, in 2017. Justice Moulton has had several leadership positions within the court system, including Administrative Judge for Civil Matters of the First Judicial Department and Coordinating Judge for the New York City Asbestos Litigation. He began his judicial service in 2004 as a Judge of the New York City Civil Court, where he served as Supervising Judge in New York County from November 2010 to January 2014. Prior to taking the bench, Justice Moulton was principal law clerk to Justice Leland DeGrasse, worked as a litigator for the Affirmative Litigation Division of New York City’s Corporation Counsel and served as Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Charles E. Stewart, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Marvin Ray Raskin, Esq., is a graduate of New York Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the law school publication Equitas. He has maintained a private practice in the Bronx since 1977 and has an office in Yorktown Heights. Mr. Raskin previously served as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx. He has been a member of the Bronx County Bar Association for over 40 years, was elected president in 1994, and since 1996 has been Chair of its Criminal Courts Committee. Mr. Raskin served on the New York City Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, 2007-2017, under Mayors Bloomberg and DiBlasio. He is presently the Vice-Chair of the Central Screening Committee, Assigned Counsel Plan, for the Appellate Division, First Department. Among his professional awards are the New York County Lawyers Pro Bono Award for free legal services rendered to the Courts and the Public, The New York Law Journal award for Attorney's Who Lead by Example, and the President's Award for Extraordinary Service by the Bronx County Bar Association. Mr. Raskin regularly lectures on criminal law and procedure and legal ethics in the metropolitan area and has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York.