David Gespass   began his law practice in Washington, DC in 1971. He spent a year working in Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan with the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Office. He is the immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild, the  oldest integrated national bar organization in the United States. He has also served as editor-in-chief of the Guild Practitioner (now NLG Review), the Guild's intellectual journal. He was a founder and steering committee member of the Military Law Task Force and has been a member of the advisory board of the National Police Accountability Project since its founding in 1999. His practice includes police misconduct and prisoner rights' litigation, Social Security disability and personal injury.  David has been practicing law in Birmingham since 1978.


Kathy Johnson began her practice with the National Lawyers Guild's Military Law Office in Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan in 1973. A member of its steering committee, she helped to found the Guild's Military Law Task Force. She returned to school and received a masters degree in international human rights law. Her international work has included serving as a United Nations volunteer in Bosnia and Croatia in 1994 during the Balkan wars and as a Human Rights Officer with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) immediately after end of the Bosnian war. She has since worked with OSCE in Croatia and Tajikistan and with the American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative in Tajikistan. In addition, she has extensive experience with elections, serving in various capacities for elections throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe.