David Shalleck-Klein is the Executive Director and Founder of the Family Justice Law Center. David had been an attorney at The Bronx Defenders in the Family Defense and Criminal Defense practices. David graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from New York University School of Law, after which he clerked for the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. At NYU, David was a member of the Family Defense and Juvenile Defender clinics and was the recipient of the Christian Jarecki ’98 Memorial Prize for outstanding work and commitment in a law clinic.

Eliza McDuffie is a Litigation Counsel at the Family Justice Law Center. Prior to joining FJLC, Eliza was an Equal Justice Works fellow at Southern Center for Human Rights, where she challenged horrific conditions of confinement, represented clients in resentencing hearings, and litigated against voter intimidation. Eliza began her career at the MacArthur Justice Center’s Supreme Court & Appellate Program and clerked for the Honorable Beverly B. Martin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Eliza graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the winning team in the 2018 Ames Moot Court competition and participated in the Capital Punishment Clinic. She is a member of the New York and Georgia bars.

Jessica Purcell is the Development and Legal Counsel of the Family Justice Law Center. Jessica practiced as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders in the Family Defense and Immigration practices for almost five years. Jessica graduated from Yale Law School in 2017, where she participated in the Capital Punishment Clinic, the Veterans Legal Services clinic, and served as co-president of Law Students for Reproductive Justice. During law school Jessica interned at the San Francisco Public Defenders Office and the ACLU of Southern California's Gender, LGBTQ, and Reproductive Justice Project. She speaks Spanish and French and is a member of the New York and California State Bars.