Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx made history as the first Black woman to lead the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, the second-largest prosecutor’s office in the country, taking office in December 2016 and winning re-election in 2020. Under her leadership, she has implemented sweeping criminal justice reforms focused on equity and public safety, including overhauling the Conviction Integrity Unit which has overturned over 230 convictions—including the first-ever mass exoneration in Cook County for 15 men whose convictions stemmed from police misconduct. She played a pivotal role in crafting the 2020 Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and has expunged over 15,000 cannabis convictions. Her bail reform efforts, including instructing prosecutors to agree to recognizance bonds and reviewing cases where people are detained for bonds of $1,000 or less, culminated in Illinois becoming the first state to abolish cash bail entirely through the Pretrial Fairness Act.
Born and raised in Chicago’s Cabrini Green, Foxx earned her B.A. in Political Science and J.D. from Southern Illinois University. Before becoming State’s Attorney, she served 12 years as an Assistant State’s Attorney and worked as a guardian ad litem advocating for children in the welfare system. She later served as Chief of Staff for the Cook County Board President, where she helped architect the county’s criminal justice reform agenda to address racial disparities. Foxx has pioneered transparency in prosecution, becoming the first prosecutor in the nation to make felony case-level data publicly available, and is recognized as a national leader in progressive criminal justice reform, serving as a sought-after speaker and contributing to anthologies on progressive prosecution and criminal justice reform.
Ismail Ramsey
From 2023-2025, Ismail Ramsey served as the 53rd United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. He was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote. From 2006 until March 2023, he was a partner at Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP in Berkeley, Calif. He also has served as a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, teaching a seminar on “White Collar Crime.” From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Ramsey served as an Assistant United States Attorney. From 1997 to 1999 and 2003 to 2005, Mr. Ramsey worked as an associate at the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP. In 1996 and 1997, he served as a law clerk for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
Mr. Ramsey earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1989, a Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business in 1996, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1996. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force.
George Tran
George Tran is an experienced trial lawyer and litigator at Delahunty & Nash LLP, a boutique litigation firm founded by former federal prosecutors and “big law” attorneys. There he focuses on government and internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and commercial litigation. George is a former federal and state prosecutor. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice between 2020 and 2023 before returning to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney in 2023 until recently. Early in his career, George served as a prosecutor in San Francisco and Sonoma Counties. He has over 10 years of experience as a prosecutor. George has led complex criminal investigations into fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion, public corruption, organized retail thefts, environmental crimes, drug trafficking, and child exploitation. He has also tried over 30 cases and has deep courtroom and trial practice knowledge. George graduated from UCLA with a degree in Psychology and received his J.D., with a concentration in criminal law, from UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings Law).
Caleb Webster
Caleb Webster has been a deputy district attorney at the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office since 2013. Caleb serves as the Resentencing Project Prosecutor for prosecutor-initiated resentencing. He also handles other forms of post-conviction review and litigation, including matters involving immigration consequences and legislation providing ameliorative relief for defendants. He has been in his current position for the past four years. Previously, Caleb acted as a misdemeanor team supervisor, and spent time in the worker’s compensation insurance fraud and felony calendar units, among others. He is a graduate of Gonzaga University and University of California, Berkeley School of Law (2012).