Nonjustice Foundation

James P. Kimmel, Jr., J.D. is the founder of the Nonjustice Foundation. Attorney Kimmel has appeared before courts across the United States on behalf of a wide variety of clients, from indigent families seeking food stamps and prisoners seeking better conditions of confinement to some of the wealthiest individuals and largest corporations in the world. Recognized as an expert in written advocacy and legal analysis, he has also been retained as a consultant by law firms around the country to assist them in developing legal strategies and drafting legal arguments. Attorney Kimmel is also a leader in providing forensic peer support services to mentally ill individuals within the criminal justice system and is the Chief Operating Officer of Peerstar LLC.

Attorney Kimmel received his doctorate in jurisprudence from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and his B.S. degree summa cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University. He served an internship with the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, a judicial clerkship with a United States federal trial court judge, worked for two of the most prestigious law firms in the United States, and founded a law firm consulting company. He is an editor of Handbook of Federal Judicial Practices and Procedures (West 1996), the author of Disclosing the Environmental Impact of Human Activities, 138 U. Pa. L. Rev. 505 (1989), and an author and co-author of hundreds of published and unpublished legal articles, judicial opinions and legal briefs. Attorney Kimmel also holds a United States patent as the inventor of the first automated legal research assignment and ordering system.

Attorney Kimmel's literary works include Suing For Peace: A Guide For Resolving Life's Conflicts (Without Lawyers, Guns Or Money) (Hampton Roads Publishing, April 2005). Attorney Kimmel is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). His rich and varied spiritual background includes experiences in evangelical Christian churches (where his grandfather was a preacher), two near misses at becoming an Episcopal priest himself, attending Buddhist meditation retreats, and stops along the way to study Hinduism, Taoism and Judaism. He is a scholar of the world's religions and justice systems, a peace witness and a homeless advocate. More information can be found by visiting Attorney Kimmel's website: www.AttorneyKimmel.com.

Attorney and advocate N. Ramaswami received his B. L from Bharathiar University in Coimbatore. He has made appearances before the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi, the High Court of Judicature in Tamil Naidu, and the subordinate tribunals of Tamil Naidu. He has handled cases in the areas of employment law, constitutional civil rights, criminal law, environmental law, commercial law, and intellectual and patent law. Attorney Ramaswami is also a practicing Hindu, peace advocate, and teacher and practitioner of the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi.