Our Leadership
From scholars and litigators to marketers and philanthropists, our leadership team consists of dedicated attorneys who’ve spent decades fighting for justice, as well as those with lived experience who’ve faced challenging circumstances within the criminal justice system.
The Past Four Decades Have Been Rife with Misconduct
Over the past four decades, the Philadelphia police have sentenced countless individuals to a lifetime behind bars – many of them undeserving of their punishment.
Instead of justice, criminal behavior and corruption have determined the outcome.
Our Board is here to right these wrongs.
Our Leadership
See who’s making it possible.
Staff Leadership Team
Joseph M. Marrone
Founding Partner
Michael D. Pomerantz
Executive Director
Gregory Stover
Advisor/Consultant
Gregg, or “G” as he is known among friends and coworkers, brings extraordinary compassion and patience to his work at Second Justice. G joined the team in 2022 and has steadily increased his role. He now is responsible for reviewing files, evaluating potential new cases, providing support for all litigation cases, and a majority of client contact.
The last item deserves special recognition because G’s phone NEVER stops ringing. If he is on with one client, it’s as likely as not that he has another one (at least) on hold. And the calls don’t stop when G leaves the office at the end of the day.
G’s dedication comes after a hard fought process where he was convicted as a young man,
given a long sentence, and, after many years, was able to win his freedom through
commutation. All the people G talks to everyday know that HE KNOWS a lot about what they’re going through.
When he is not combing through Second Justice case files, you can find him at home in the
West Mount Airy section of the city on the phone after hours fielding calls from prisoners,
listening to jazz music, working out at the gym, on his bike, or spending time with family
Keir Bradford - Grey
Legal Director
Gregg, or “G” as he is known among friends and coworkers, brings extraordinary compassion and patience to his work at Second Justice. G joined the team in 2022 and has steadily increased his role. He now is responsible for reviewing files, evaluating potential new cases, providing support for all litigation cases, and a majority of client contact.
The last item deserves special recognition because G’s phone NEVER stops ringing. If he is on with one client, it’s as likely as not that he has another one (at least) on hold. And the calls don’t stop when G leaves the office at the end of the day.
G’s dedication comes after a hard fought process where he was convicted as a young man,
given a long sentence, and, after many years, was able to win his freedom through
commutation. All the people G talks to everyday know that HE KNOWS a lot about what they’re going through.
When he is not combing through Second Justice case files, you can find him at home in the
West Mount Airy section of the city on the phone after hours fielding calls from prisoners,
listening to jazz music, working out at the gym, on his bike, or spending time with family
Michael White
Advisor/Consultant
After serving nearly five decades of a life sentence, Michael White was released with time served with the legal assistance of Second Justice. Now Mr. White serves as a board trustee and volunteer with Second Justice, contributing valuable insight from his lived experience in the areas of governance, oversight, storytelling, community relations, and ethics.
Tahj Malone
Advisor/Consultant
Tahj Malone is an aspiring future attorney and entrepreneur. As a Drexel alumnus and a Co-Founder of the fintech startup TrainingHub, he has a proven record of driving initiatives through the development of innovative solutions. Tahj is also a passionate advocate dedicated to securing justice for the wrongfully convicted.
Tahj Malone
Advisor/Consultant
Tahj Malone is an aspiring future attorney and entrepreneur. As a Drexel alumnus and a Co-Founder of the fintech startup TrainingHub, he has a proven record of driving initiatives through the development of innovative solutions. Tahj is also a passionate advocate dedicated to securing justice for the wrongfully convicted.
Emily Barkann
Law Clerk
Emily Barkann is in her final semester of law school at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University. Emily is experienced with criminal law and civil rights. She mainly assists with Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) claims. Emily is joining Marrone Law Firm in the fall following completion of her Juris Doctor and pending her admission to the state bar association. Prior to law school, Emily graduated with her Master of Arts degree in political science from Villanova University in 2022 and with her Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast and digital journalism from the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2019.
Emily worked as an associate producer at NFL Films where she won a 2019 National Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage for her work on the show NFL 100 Greatest & All-Time Team. Her work also appeared on multiple programs including HBO’s 2019 Emmy-Award nominated show, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Oakland Raiders and Showtime’s Inside the NFL.
In her spare time, she runs the White House Student Correspondents Program through a local media corporation for undergraduate students from across the United States with the goal of teaching them political journalism skills.
Board of Directors
Board Members
- Founder and Chair, Joseph M.
Marrone Esq. - Vice Chair, Michael Pomerantz Esq.
- Director, Gregory Stover Esq.
- Secretary, Emily Barkann
- Advisor/Consultant, Tahj Malone
- Trustee: Michael White
Exoneree Board Members
- Michael White, served nearly 50 years in prison
- William Franklin, served 44 years in prison
- Walter Ogrod, served 28 years in prison
- Major Tillery, still fighting for freedom
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