We proudly present the participants from the United States of America:

Bernard J. Fried - at present judge at the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (Manhattan); also professor of law, Brooklyn Law School; has been an acting justice of the Supreme Court; worked as a judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York.

Nina Gershon - at present United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York; worked as a United States magistrate judge; worked as an attorney for an agency of the New York State Courts representing mental patients; was also an adjunct professor of law at Cardozo School of Law.
Andrew H. Fried – at present an associate in the litigation department of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, a law firm with a national and international practice; previously was an associate at Bryan Cave, LLP, and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Michael A. Ponsor, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Jonathan L. Fried - at present associate in the litigation department of the law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, primarily in the area of general commercial litigation; pioneered the firm’s externship with South Brooklyn Legal Services, where he worked full-time representing the poor in landlord-tenant disputes.