Briggitte Carlson, President of the Board of Directors, is an Associate at Sachnoff & Weaver in the litigation department. At both Sachnoff & Weaver and her previous firm, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Ms. Carlson assumed a leading role in In re: A.Z. and Z.Z., a six-year-long juvenile court battle in which she represented, in both the trial and appellate courts, a Mexican father deprived of custody of his children in violation of state, national, and international law. Through her work in In re: A.Z. and Z.Z., Ms. Carlson became involved with creation of the Family Defense Center and has been instrumental in securing pro bono assistance for the Family Defense Center from other attorneys in her firm. She is a 2001 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, and a 1998 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where she double majored in Spanish and Political Science.
Michael T. Brody
Michael T. Brody is a partner at Jenner and Block's Litigation Department, which he co-founded in 1984.
Helene M. Snyder, a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School,
has a background in both private practice and public interest law, including
two years as a guardian ad litem with the Cook County Office of the Public
Guardian representing children in abuse and neglect proceedings and supervising
courtroom attorneys.
