Carol Ruth Silver is licensed to practice law in California, before federal courts, and the United States Supreme Court. Silver was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where she served three terms. In 2007, after a robust political career, Silver accepted an appointment as Director of Prisoner Legal Services for the San […]

  Nick Morrow served as a deputy sheriff and detective for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, where he worked custody, patrol, narcotics and training assignments. He was certified as a Drug Recognition Expert Instructor and provided training to hundreds of law enforcement officers.  

Yvette McDowell served as a firefighter and paramedic for 14 years before she became an assistant city prosecutor in Pasadena, California. Her work as a prosecutor spanned 14 years and involved all aspects of pre-trial, trial preparation and appellate work.

Stephen Downing began his 20-year police career in a squad car and finished as a deputy chief of police. As Commander of the Bureau of Special Investigations at one point, the Administrative Narcotics Division was one of the divisions within his scope of authority. Downing is an expert on issues related to police militarization, civil […]

Kyle Kazan is a retired police officer of the Torrance Police Department in Los Angeles County, California. During his service, Kazan gained recognition as an expert in gang and drug identification and eradication.    

David Muhammad is the former Chief Probation Officer of the Alameda County Probation Department, where he oversaw 20,000 people on probation in addition to a staff of 600. He implemented reforms emphasizing the positive youth development model of probation, which builds on the strengths of young probationers by providing opportunities, support, positive role models, and […]

James Anthony spent three years as an award-winning Neighborhood Law Corps attorney and zoning prosecutor in Oakland, California. He is a long-time leading lawyer and political strategist in the medical and adult-use marijuana movements. He currently runs a private legal practice in Oakland.

Carl Tennenbaum became a Field Training Officer (FTO) in 1984, a position that he held during the entire course of his career. As a FTO, he was responsible for teaching police recruits the strategies of safe and successful patrol duties.

David M. Long served for nearly nine years as a special agent with the US. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, Division of Labor Racketeering, working union corruption and related organized crime cases in Florida. Later, he was transferred to Los Angeles where he began investigating identitytheft cases tied to the Mexican Mafia.

  Judge George Eskin (Ret.) spent the early part of his career as a prosecutor for Ventura County, California. He was later the Chief Assistant City Attorney for Los Angeles from 1976 until 1981 and a Superior Court Judge for the County of Santa Barbara from 2003 to 2013.