Staff

Allison Franz joined Justice 360 as a Craig N. Yankwitt Capital Punishment Fellow in September 2021 and is currently a Staff Attorney.  She is a graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School and a native of Buffalo, New York.  While at Cornell, Ali interned with Justice 360 and the Capital Habeas Unit for the Southern District of Ohio.

Rosalind Major joined Justice 360 as a Craig N. Yankwitt Capital Punishment Fellow in September 2022. She is a graduate of Davidson College and Cornell Law School. While in law school, Rosalind worked with the Capital Punishment Clinic, the International Human Rights Clinic, and the Women’s Decarceration Practicum. She also spent a summer interning at the Capital Habeas Unit at the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Following law school, Rosalind served as a law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe in the District of Nevada.

Emily Paavola joined our organization in 2008, and served as our Executive Director for seven years.  From 2015 – until mid, 2017 she served as the Legal Director for Justice 360. She is a graduate of Baylor University and Cornell Law School, and previously served as the first Fellowship Attorney at the Cornell Death Penalty Project.

Leah Smith joined Justice 360 as a legal fellow in September 2025. She is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to law school, she served with AmeriCorps in Greenville, South Carolina and worked with horses in California and Michigan.