James Clemente is a retired FBI supervisory special agent and former prosecutor from New York City. Clemente, a 22-year veteran of the FBI, worked on cases ranging from bank robberies to public corruption to serial killers, and he was a profiler with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit for more than a decade. Since his retirement in 2009, he has worked as an independent consultant for Park Dietz & Associates and the Academy Group Inc. Clemente also writes, teaches, and consults on several television programs, including “Criminal Minds” and “Crime Farm”.

Known nationwide as a victims’ rights advocate after her brother’s murder in the infamous O. J. Simpson murder trial, Kim Goldman is the executive director of The Youth Project, a nonprofit organization that provides free counseling, support groups, crisis intervention, and education and outreach to thousands of teenagers since opening in 2000. When not working with teens, Goldman travels the country as an impassioned public speaker on victims’ rights, the role of the media, judicial reform, and other related topics. Some speaking highlights include being the keynote speaker for numerous occasions, such as National Victims’ Rights Week events, Parents of Murdered Children Victims conferences, the FBI National Academy Conference, Department of Justice (OJP), Gov. Wilson’s Conference for Women, and at universities and national events. In 2016, Goldman joined the nationally syndicated, Daytime Emmy-nominated show, “Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen” as a special correspondent dedicated to telling stories from a victim’s perspective. As an accomplished writer, Goldman has appeared twice on The New York Times Bestseller list with “His Name is Ron, Our Search for Justice”, and “If I Did It, Confessions of the Killer”. In 2014, Goldman authored her memoir “Can’t Forgive”, and in 2015, “Media Circus, A Look at Private Tragedy in the Public Eye”. Kim is the Executive Producer and Host of “Confronting: O.J Simpson” podcast series, which launched in June 2019 and was named No. 4 of the Best 100 Podcasts of 2019, with more than 7 million downloads. She was previously the co-host of “Broadcast”, a radio show and podcast for and about women. As the founding co-chair of The Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice, Kim has also served on the board of the National Center for Victims of Crime for many years, including time as vice chair and co-chair. She is a past advisory board member for Habitat For Heroes, Survivors Empowered, a Vision 21 Committee member, and has collaborated with P.A.V.E (sexual assault prevention and awareness), Crime Survivors Inc., and other nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving victims of crime. Kim contributes to a variety of national media outlets and has been a guest on news programs such as “Oprah, 20/20”, “TODAY”, “Good Morning America”, “CBS This Morning”, “Dateline”, “Primetime Live”, “Dr. Phil”, and others. Kim’s commitment to youth and those in need has positioned her as a leader in her community, where she was recognized by Soroptimist International with the Making a Difference for Women award, honored as one of “40 under 40 Leaders” business professionals, nominated for Leadership in Non-Profit, received a Going Above and Beyond award from Crime Survivors, recognized as one of “51 Most Influential Leaders in Northern Los Angeles”, and is a recipient of the Frank Carrington Champion of Civil Justice Award. She is currently a resident of greater Los Angeles, where she raises her son.

Julie Grant is the host of “Opening Statements with Julie Grant” on Court TV! The former prosecutor and victims’ rights champion brings a powerful blend of legal expertise and journalism experience to the network. The licensed attorney, former prosecutor, and trial expert earned her juris doctor from the University of Akron. She further developed her trial expertise by earning her master of laws with honors in trial advocacy from Temple University’s School of Law. While serving as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Grant tried numerous felony and misdemeanor cases before both judges and juries. She enjoys teaching trial advocacy. She has taught in Temple’s highly regarded LL.M. program and served as a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Grant is also an award-winning journalist. She earned a bachelor’s degree in mass media from Mount Union College and has worked as an anchor and reporter at three television stations: WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio, WGHP in Greensboro, North Carolina, and KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was also the station’s legal editor. Her notable interviews include civil rights leader and literary icon Maya Angelou, famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.

A celebrated trial attorney and legal expert known as the female litigator “who stared down Bill Cosby” (The New York Times), Kristen Gibbons Feden joined Anapol Weiss as a shareholder in March 2024. In addition to being internationally recognized as a leading fierce and relentless litigator in the #MeToo Movement and her world-renowned closing argument in the Bill Cosby trial, Feden is known for the two eight-figure verdicts she won in a single day in 2023 – a $10.5M verdict for survivors of singer and entertainer R. Kelly and a $22M verdict for a sexual abuse survivor of a renowned pediatrician in New York. Between 2024 and 2025, she won additional significant victories for other sexual abuse survivors of the same pediatrician, with 104 verdicts totaling $1.6 billion.

Eric Smith is the assistant dean for external affairs emeritus at the Florida Coastal School of Law. He is also a professor there. He is the president of the Victim Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR), vice chair for Families of Slain Children, the founder of the Jacksonville Victim Services Center, and a partner at Maddox Horne Law Firm. Smith is also the producer and host of the television program “People and Politics”.

Attorney | Tribal Appellate Justice | Advocate for Sovereignty, Healing, and Justice Hedi Hitchcock, an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, is a deeply respected attorney and appellate justice whose career spans more than 25 years of unwavering dedication to tribal sovereignty, Indigenous justice, and community resilience. Her work is rooted in both professional expertise and lived experience—shaped by her own survival of the Cedarville Rancheria mass shooting in 2014, a traumatic event that transformed her personal and professional commitment to victims’ rights and healing-centered justice. Hedi currently serves as an Appellate Justice and attorney for Indian tribes throughout the country. During her distinguished career, she has held roles as a federal and tribal prosecutor, General Counsel, Tribal Liaison, and private attorney, providing legal counsel to tribal nations, intergovernmental bodies, and Indigenous organizations across the country. Her practice is both broad and nuanced, encompassing tribal governance, cultural resource preservation, land-into-trust, environmental and energy law, taxation, employment law, and economic development—always guided by a fierce commitment to upholding the inherent rights and dignity of tribal nations. Following the tragedy at Cedarville Rancheria, Hedi became a powerful voice for victim-centered policy and trauma-informed legal advocacy within Indian Country. She has worked extensively on the development and expansion of tribal victims’ services programs, federal grant compliance under the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and the creation of coordinated, culturally rooted responses to violence and crisis in tribal communities. Her unique perspective—as both a legal expert and a survivor—has informed tribal justice system reform, training initiatives, and national dialogues on public safety and healing in Native communities. Hedi’s legal philosophy is one of restoration and empowerment. She believes that justice must be both legally sound and spiritually grounded, and she works alongside tribal leaders and communities to craft solutions that reflect Indigenous law, culture, and strength. A graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law and Saint Olaf College, Hedi brings not only a depth of legal knowledge but also a profound understanding of the emotional and cultural complexities of tribal legal work. Her legacy continues to be one of resilience, compassion, and transformative justice.

Jennifer McGuffin has over 25 years of experience and proven results driving media strategy. Her work includes successful national media campaigns for Romanucci & Blandin as a consultant in 2017, when the firm was lead counsel representing victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, and led other efforts to shut down Backpage.com for advertising young victims of sex trafficking while representing the family of a Chicago teen who died. Since joining the law firm full-time in 2019, Jennifer has managed strategic communications for issues including sexual abuse cases against the Boy Scouts and religious organizations and various police misconduct and civil rights cases, including the murder of George Floyd. She has more than a decade of experience leading global corporate communications teams at Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE) and Calamos Investments. She also served as Vice President of Culloton + Bauer Luce, an internationally respected crisis communication and PR firm based in Chicago. Jennifer has nearly 20 years of experience as a professional journalist, producing and on-camera reporting roles in Chicago television news and at the network level for NBC’s News Channel division. Additionally, she was the editor of a high-end lifestyle magazine and an adjunct journalism professor at a private college in the Chicago area.