BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Christal Arroyo Roman
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Pre-law student at Marquette University with a passionate commitment to legal and social reform. Drawing from her own experience as a justice-impacted individual, she serves as a professional community organizer dedicated to supporting system-impacted women and men. In her role, she focuses on facilitating the reintegration of women and men into society post-incarceration and advocates for crucial legislative changes, including anti-shackling laws and fair housing policies. She is devoted to building a community that embraces transformative approaches to supporting women and men affected by incarceration and driving meaningful change within the criminal justice system. |
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Jacqueline Boynton - Board Secretary/Treasurer
Attorney Jacqueline Boynton has more than 30 years experience. Her practice concentrates on nonprofit corporate legal issues. Boynton is a community activist interested in progressive political organizing and women’s issues.
Tim Burns
A partner at the Madison law firm of Burns Bowen Bair, which he founded. Prior to that, he was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP.
He is the former co-chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association. He has been involved in many professional organizations, and serves on the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Board of Directors.
Marisol González Castillo
Associate attorney at MacGillis Wiemer's Verona office representing individuals in personal injury.
A native of Mexico City, she proudly represents clients in both Spanish and English. Previously, González Castillo practiced law in Milwaukee, where she provided free legal representation to low-income individuals in the areas of housing and consumer law.
González Castillo is an active member of the community, volunteering with the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Latinos United for College Education Scholarships Board, and the International Practice Section Board, the Diversity Scholarship Foundation, the Ready Set Practice program for law students, and Wisconsin Dreamers.
One of González Castillo’s passions is to help the movement to increase diversity in the legal field. To her this means not only increasing the diversity in those practicing law but also in those able to access the legal system. She pursues this passion by volunteering as a mentor and reaching out to first generation students and students who have been historically excluded from the legal field. She also conducts presentations in Spanish in her areas of practice to reach Spanish speaking individuals all over the state and inform them of their rights. González Castillo was recognized as the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazer by the State Bar of Wisconsin and is a Wisconsin Law Foundation Fellow.
A native of Mexico City, she proudly represents clients in both Spanish and English. Previously, González Castillo practiced law in Milwaukee, where she provided free legal representation to low-income individuals in the areas of housing and consumer law.
González Castillo is an active member of the community, volunteering with the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Latinos United for College Education Scholarships Board, and the International Practice Section Board, the Diversity Scholarship Foundation, the Ready Set Practice program for law students, and Wisconsin Dreamers.
One of González Castillo’s passions is to help the movement to increase diversity in the legal field. To her this means not only increasing the diversity in those practicing law but also in those able to access the legal system. She pursues this passion by volunteering as a mentor and reaching out to first generation students and students who have been historically excluded from the legal field. She also conducts presentations in Spanish in her areas of practice to reach Spanish speaking individuals all over the state and inform them of their rights. González Castillo was recognized as the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazer by the State Bar of Wisconsin and is a Wisconsin Law Foundation Fellow.
James Gramling
Retired Milwaukee Municipal Court judge long active in local and state justice issues. Before he was elected to the bench, he worked at the Legal Aid Society in Kansas City, MO, and then Milwaukee Legal Services (later Legal Action of Wisconsin). He has served as the president of the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission and as a volunteer with the Center for Driver's License Recovery and Employability.
Retired Milwaukee Municipal Court judge long active in local and state justice issues. Before he was elected to the bench, he worked at the Legal Aid Society in Kansas City, MO, and then Milwaukee Legal Services (later Legal Action of Wisconsin). He has served as the president of the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission and as a volunteer with the Center for Driver's License Recovery and Employability.
Robert Hampton III
Criminal defense attorney in the State Public Defenders Office, Trial Division in Milwaukee.
Craig Johnson - Board President
An attorney at the law firm of Sweet and Associates and a former public defender. Craig Johnson has been practicing criminal defense for 30 years. He has received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the State Public Defender Board of Directors, the Hanson Memorial Advocate's Prize from the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he was named by the Wisconsin Law Journal as a “Leader in the Law." Johnson also serves as the Village of Whitefish Bay Municipal Judge. He received his law degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin, where he was an associate editor of the Wisconsin Law Review.
An attorney at the law firm of Sweet and Associates and a former public defender. Craig Johnson has been practicing criminal defense for 30 years. He has received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the State Public Defender Board of Directors, the Hanson Memorial Advocate's Prize from the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he was named by the Wisconsin Law Journal as a “Leader in the Law." Johnson also serves as the Village of Whitefish Bay Municipal Judge. He received his law degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin, where he was an associate editor of the Wisconsin Law Review.
Gabriela Leija
Defense attorney at the Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin since 2016. Her passion for criminal defense began over a decade ago. She has served the indigent population of Milwaukee as a legal assistant, client services specialist, and then as an attorney for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office. She is a 2014 graduate of Marquette University Law School.
Defense attorney at the Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin since 2016. Her passion for criminal defense began over a decade ago. She has served the indigent population of Milwaukee as a legal assistant, client services specialist, and then as an attorney for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office. She is a 2014 graduate of Marquette University Law School.
Edgar Lin
Counsel and state policy strategist at Protect Democracy. He previously worked at Ahmad & Associates and the Buting, Williams, & Stilling law firms, practicing civil rights and criminal law. Prior to private practice, he was a public defender in the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office, Milwaukee Trial Division. Before attending the University of Wisconsin Law School, he worked in the financial sector in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Colin McGinn
Attorney at the State Public Defender's Office. After graduating from UW Law School in 2014, McGinn joined the Milwaukee Trial Office and began his career as a public defender. He left indigent defense for a year, 2021-2022, and worked as advocacy director for The Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee. Since May of 2022, he has been back working as a public defender. Prior to working as a lawyer, he taught high school English in Milwaukee and in Quito, Ecuador.
Roy Rogers
Executive Director of the Onesimus Group Milwaukee, a consulting and solutioning firm that promotes redemptive reentry strategies for engaging incarcerated populations in Wisconsin and promoting prison ministries from the inside out. A public speaker and subject matter expert on juvenile Justice issues with lived experience as a juvenile impacted by the justice system.
Rogers currently works for a marketing experience company as a manufacturing coach providing mentoring and career development support to new hires. He also sits on the board of directors for Innovative Educational Solutions Institute, an employment training provider. He serves in a support role with the nonprofit The Community.
Outside of his activism Rogers is a singer-songwriter and musician involved in the music ministry at his local church.
Executive Director of the Onesimus Group Milwaukee, a consulting and solutioning firm that promotes redemptive reentry strategies for engaging incarcerated populations in Wisconsin and promoting prison ministries from the inside out. A public speaker and subject matter expert on juvenile Justice issues with lived experience as a juvenile impacted by the justice system.
Rogers currently works for a marketing experience company as a manufacturing coach providing mentoring and career development support to new hires. He also sits on the board of directors for Innovative Educational Solutions Institute, an employment training provider. He serves in a support role with the nonprofit The Community.
Outside of his activism Rogers is a singer-songwriter and musician involved in the music ministry at his local church.
Emma Shakeshaft - Board Vice President
Staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union–Wisconsin. Her focus areas are racial justice, criminal justice, the criminalization of poverty, and policing. Shakeshaft is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. She also holds doctorate and master's degrees in sociology from UW-Madison.