Indigent Defense Working Group
Co-Chair, Honorable Susan Eagan, Erie County Court Judge and Supervising Criminal Court Judge for the 8th Judicial District,
Co- Chair, John Flynn. former Erie County District Attorney and partner at Lippes Mathias LLP
- Brian Melber, criminal defense attorney and partner at Personius Melber and newly elected Vice President of the Bar Association of Erie County;
- Joel Daniels, criminal defense attorney;
- James Harrington, criminal defense attorney partner at Harrington & Mahoney;
- Jessica Kulpit, criminal defense attorney;
- Marissa Washington, Support Magistrate in Erie County Family Court and current President of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, WNY Chapter;
- Marianne Mariano, Federal Public Defender for the Western District of New York State;
- Ayoka Tucker, Family Court Attorney whose primary practice is within Family Law;
- Hon. Erin Peradotto, NYS Supreme Court justice (retired), partner at Harris Beach;
- Erie County legislator John Gilmour (9th District), a criminal defense attorney in private practice; and,
- Erie County legislator Michael Kooshoian (3rd District), a former Assistant District Attorney.