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 WNY Chapter State Director and Criminal Committee co-Chair, Lisa Bloch Rodwin, Chief of the Erie County District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Bureau, has been a prosecutor since 1985. In 1995, she started the first Domestic Violence unit in New York State outside of New York City, dramatically changing the entire approach of the criminal justice system towards family violence. Ms. Rodwin was a leader for the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence, which spearheaded an effort that led to a reduction in the family violence homicide rate. In addition to her career, Ms. Rodwin dedicates herself to volunteer work in Western New York. She helped found the It Happened to Alexa Foundation, which provides funding to families of Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Survivors to be with their loved ones during a trial. She also serves as a member of the Board of the YWCA.
In 2004, she was named the recipient of the Lawyer of the Year Award from the Women’s Lawyers of Western New York for her dedication to assisting families in crisis and was also the recipient of the Kupferman Award for Juvenile Justice from the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. Ms. Rodwin has received service awards from the Coalition Against Family Violence, Hispanics United, NYS Crime Prevention Coalition and Prevention Focus. Ms. Rodwin resides in Amherst with her husband Michael Rickert who is a researcher at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. She has two sons, David and Benjamin.
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