Andrew Carrington is a 1987 graduate of Oakwood University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Political Science. In 1990, Mr. Carrington obtained his JD from Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., where he served as Lead Articles Editor of the Howard Law Journal.
Upon graduating from Law School, Mr. Carrington was recruited by the Washington State Attorney General's Office to work in its Seattle Office. He defended the State of Washington in Industrial Insurance and Major Tort Actions there. After leaving the Attorney General's Office in 1992, Mr. Carrington was an associate at Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, a Seattle Insurance Defense Firm specializing in catastrophic injury cases. In 1995, Mr. Carrington began Carrington Law Office, P.C., a General Litigation Practice Firm in Downtown Seattle, focusing on Serious Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, Wills, Probate Litigation, and Criminal Defense cases.
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Mr. Carrington is a past Chairperson of the Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board. He serves as a Conflicts Review Officer within the Washington State Bar Association lawyer disciplinary system. Mr. Carrington previously served as a member of the Judicial Evaluation and Recommendation Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, a committee tasked with making Supreme Court and Court of Appeals appointment recommendations to the Governor of the State of Washington.

Since 1990, Mr. Carrington has served on numerous community and civic boards, including the City of Seattle Head Start Policy Committee, where he was Chairman, the Board of Directors of Amara Adoption Agency, and the Board of Directors of the Washington Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists. Currently, Mr. Carrington serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Walla Walla University, where he serves on the Executive Committee.

Robert L. Harris, Esq. is a retired Vice President of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he attended segregated schools, he migrated to Oakland, CA, in 1960 and graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1961. A 1963 graduate of Merritt College and a 1965 graduate of San Francisco State University, he was inducted into S.F. State University’s Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1972, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University Of California School Of Law at Berkeley (Boalt Hall). At Boalt Hall, he was an associate editor of the California Law Review and published two articles in the Review. Admitted to the California State Bar on December 13, 1972, he was a state bar examination grader from 1973-79.

Shortly after graduating from law school, he joined the legal staff of PG&E. He practiced law there for seventeen (17) years, handling various legal matters before transitioning to the business side of the corporation in 1989. In 1985, he became the first and only lawyer in PG&E’s history to argue and win a case for it in the United States Supreme Court. In so doing, he became the first lawyer in the nation to convince the Supreme Court that a corporation, like an individual, has negative First Amendment rights. After completing the Advanced Management Program (AMP 103 ) of the Harvard Business School (1988), he became Division Manager of one of PG&E’s major operating Divisions, where he had responsibility for over 500 employees and led the efforts to restore energy in the aftermath of the 1991 Oakland firestorm (one of the largest in the nation’s history) in record time. Subsequently, he was selected as Executive Assistant to the PG&E President and in 1994, elected Vice President of Community & Local Governmental Relations. In 1998, he was elected Vice President of Environmental Affairs (the first-ever environmental officer for PG&E). He retired on January 1, 2007, as Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety, Technical, and Land Services after 34 years of service with the Company.

As a community leader, he has distinguished himself in numerous endeavors and received countless awards nationwide. A former president of the Charles Houston Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area and a member of its Hall of Fame, he served in 1979-1980 as President of the National Bar Association (NBA), the first ever from the West Coast. As President of the NBA, he convened the first National Conference on Black-on-Black Crime in 1980. One of the founders of the California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) in 1977, he presided at its first meeting. He received its highest honor (the Loren Miller Award) and its Life Time Achievement Award. Moreover, he drafted the California Code of Civil Procedure 527.7 on behalf of CABL, which was sponsored by then-State Senator Diane Watson. In 2013, he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, and in 2016, into the CABL Hall of Fame.

Long active in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, he served as the fraternity’s 27th Grand Polemarch (national president) from 1991-1995. He is also a past Sire Archon (president) of Alpha Gamma Boulé (Oakland) of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and served as Grand Sire Archon (National President) of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (the Boulé) 2008-2010. He is the recipient of a number of prestigious Awards including the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Leadership Award of the A. Philip Randolph Institute; the Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Charles Houston Bar Association; the Gertrude E. Rush Award of the NBA (2011); the Roy C. Nichol Lifetime Achievement Award of the Downs Community Development Corporation; the 2011 Heart of Gold Award (Rotary Club of Oakland), the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award of the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, and the 2016 Civic Award of the Oral Lee Brown Foundation.

As a civil rights activist, he has received the NAACP’s highest legal honor, the “William Robert Ming Award” (1986) for litigating civil rights issues. His leadership in the legal profession earned him the NBA’s highest honor, the “C. Francis Stradford Award” (1982), and the American Bar Association’s highest Pro Bono Service Award (1986). Because of his commitment to civic affairs, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, in 2005, bestowed upon him its highest honor, the “Laurel Wreath.” On two separate occasions, he served as Co-Chair of the San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and was its first Black Co-Chair.

He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and a member (Lead Director) of the board of directors of Amarantus BioScience, San Francisco, CA. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Tri-Valley Bank (San Ramon, CA) and a former member of the board of directors of Alta Alliance Bank (now Torrey Pines Bank), Oakland, California. A Board member emeritus of both the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and the Peralta Colleges Foundation Board of Directors, he is the current Secretary and General Counsel of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce and was the 2013 Commence Speaker for Merritt College, Oakland, CA. A former host of “All About Community” on Comcast cable OURTV78, he was selected for the History Makers in 2006.

Active in countless organizations, he is past chair of the United Negro College Fund’s Bay Area Advisory Board and has received its highest honor, the “Frederick D. Patterson Award.” From 1996-2000, he was a commissioner for the Port of Oakland and previously served as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Richmond. Active in energy matters, he is a former General Counsel of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, a former board member of the U. S. EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, the Congressional Black Caucus’ National Energy Policy Commission, the California EPA Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the California League of Conservation Voters. A former member of the Board of Trustees of the Alta Bates Medical Center (Berkeley, CA), he is Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African American Experience Fund of the National Park Foundation (emeritus Board Member), and is the current Chair of U. S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Finance Committee. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a member of Oakland’s Domain Awareness Center Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Privacy and Data Retention. On six (6) different occasions (1980, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 2009) he was selected by Ebony Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Blacks in America.” Harris is the author of the recently published book, “Goodbye, Arkadelphia! Turning Obstacles into Opportunities.”

He is married to Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D., and is the father of four children and the grandfather of six.

Chuck Hobbs is a trial lawyer and freelance writer who won the Florida Bar Media Award in 2010 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary by the Tallahassee Democrat in 2011. Hobbs is a featured writer for The Hill and has been featured in the New York Times. A Tallahassee native, Hobbs is a graduate of Morehouse College, Florida A&M University School of Graduate Studies, and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Hobbs has appeared on CNN, Fox News, the E! Network, and numerous print, online, and broadcast media outlets, discussing legal issues and offering social and political commentary. He is a former legal adviser to the Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, where his legal drafting skills helped defeat efforts to place a biomass plant in the heart of a neighborhood, influenced the extension of hours at Florida's voting precincts during the 2008 presidential election, and filing of legal briefs with the Florida Supreme Court in defense of the rights of disenfranchised minority groups. Hobbs is a member of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, the Federalist Society, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and 100 Black Men of America. Hobbs received the Tallahassee Area Chapter of 100 Black Men of America's "Advocacy Award" for his legal work on behalf of indigent clients.

Carlos E. Moore, Managing Partner of Moore Law Group, PC, Carlos holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1999 from the University of South Alabama and his Juris Doctorate from The Florida State University College of Law in 2002. Attorney Moore is also an alumnus of the University of Mississippi School of Law, having completed his last year of law school there as a visiting student. Licensed to practice in state and federal courts in Mississippi and Tennessee and before the US Supreme Court. He was the first African-American to receive the prestigious Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi by the Mississippi Bar in 2008. Carlos is very active in several bar associations, including the Mississippi Bar, the Tennessee Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Magnolia Bar Association, the Mississippi Association for Justice, and the Grenada County Bar Association. The National Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division honor Carlos with the 2012 National Young Lawyer of the Year award. He also received the 2014 ​Trailblazer Under 40, 2014 Esquire Award, & 2014 Presidential Fred D. Gray Legacy Award from the National Bar Association as well. He would soon serve as the Vice President of the Association. He's a certified The Million Dollar Advocates Forum member and a former Mississippi Bar Commissioner. Additionally, his other accolades and community service commitments:
- Abundant Life Assembly, General Counsel
- ​Past Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of The Mississippi Bar​
- Founding Chairman of the Board, Grenada Unit of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Delta, Inc.
- 100 Black Men of Grenada, Inaugural President.
- National Law Group, Inaugural President.​
- ​Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
- Leadership Grenada (2010) and Leadership Mississippi (2013)
- Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Super Lawyer-Rising Star
- Southern Region Black Law Students Association: 2015 Outstanding Alumni Award
- Selected for the second edition of Who's Who in Black Mississippi
- ​White House Fellows Regional Finalist: 2012

Adanté D. Pointer is an attorney with the Law Offices of John L. Burris. Since beginning practice in 2005, he has represented clients in civil and criminal litigation in courts throughout California, concentrating his efforts in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

He is a Bay Area native who completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

Adanté is not a stranger to high-profile and high-stakes police abuse cases. For example, in 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer as he lay unarmed on his stomach. The shooting was captured on video and made national and international headlines for the shocking nature of the incident. After litigating the matter for several years, Adanté secured a multi-million dollar settlement for Mr. Grant's mother and daughter. The case was turned into the blockbuster movie Fruitvale. He currently represents many families who have loved ones that were killed by Police Officers, including the families of Alex Nieto, Mario Woods, Luis Gongora, and Nandi Cain. He also currently represents over 10,000 people who were injured as a result of the 2012 Richmond, California Chevron Refinery Fire. He counts presently NFL player Michael Bennett as one of his clients as a result of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the Las Vegas Police while attending the Floyd Mayweather Connor McGregor Fight in Las Vegas.

Mr. Pointer is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Superlawyers Magazine has named him a Rising Star for several years, an esteemed designation reserved for less than 3% of all attorneys. In 2012, the National Bar Association selected him for the prestigious Nations Best Advocates Award. In addition, Ebony Magazine counted him among the country's future leaders, who they tabbed the 30 on the Rise. His opinions and analysis have been featured at multiple Know Your Rights Events and publicized in numerous newspapers, television, documentaries, and radio programs. He is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

Winfield Ward Murray, Esq. is an attorney who grew up in Atlanta in a family that has been educated at Morehouse and Spelman for four generations. His great-great-grandparents sent all five of their children to schools in the Atlanta University Center. And each generation since has attended either Morehouse or Spelman for their undergraduate education. His father, Winfield Ward Murray M.D., was one of the contributing founders of Morehouse School of Medicine.

Winfield graduated from Morehouse in 1998. He earned his J.D. degree from Howard University School of Law and then earned his LL.M. or Master of Law degree from The George Washington University School of Law. Winfield began his legal career as a Judicial Clerk for the U.S. Virgin Islands Chief Judge. Since then, he has served as a prosecutor with the City of Atlanta and became the Chief Prosecutor for Atlanta’s Community Court, which sought to reduce the recidivism rate through alternative sentencing. He held that position for seven years. Later, Winfield became the Assistant Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor. In that capacity, he worked on a special task force created by Congress and the White House to reduce a substantial backlog of cases stemming from the Mine Safety and Health Division (MSHA). Miners work in some of the most abysmal conditions in the United States, and work-related injuries and death are a constant threat. However, Winfield was instrumental in improving the working conditions of miners throughout the southeastern region by rehabilitating dangerous mines from West Virginia to Puerto Rico, and he garnered millions in uncollected fines for the federal government.

Currently, Winfield serves as Trial Counsel in the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, ensuring equality in purchasing, selling, and renting homes. Principally, he is charged with eradicating discrimination in the housing industry, whether the discrimination is based on race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and/or sex. Winfield has won critical cases and cases of first impression under the Fair Housing Act. He secured one of the largest settlements in his region for a disabled senior citizen whose housing provider refused to grant her a reasonable accommodation so that she could continue to live in her home. Winfield also secured a substantial award for a single mother who was denied housing because she was a single parent of a minor child.

In addition to practicing law, Winfield is also a professor at Morehouse College, where he serves as the Associate Pre-Law Director and teaches Constitutional Law and Moot Court. As a practicing attorney, Winfield brings a unique perspective to the Political Science Department, whether teaching Constitutional Law students the preferred method of briefing cases for law school or capitalizing on his fourteen years of experience as a litigator to teach trial techniques to his Moot Court students. After creating the Morehouse Moot Court Team in 2013, Winfield led the Morehouse Moot Court Team to become the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s national championship team during the 2015-16 academic year. The victory was historic on multiple levels as this was the first time that this honor had ever been achieved by a historically black college or university. The team was also the first African-American team to win the national championships. The team received a Proclamation from the Atlanta City Council for their historic feat, and Morehouse remains the only HBCU with a moot court team at the undergraduate level.
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Lastly, Winfield serves on the board of several influential non-profit organizations including Gideon’s Promise, Communities in Schools – Atlanta, and the Judson Lyon’s Society. He is also a proud member of Leadership Atlanta class of 2017.