Date: Wednesdays, 

June 3, 10, & 17

(3 sessions)

Time: 8:00-9:30 ET / 7:00-8:30 CT / 6:00-7:30 MT
 

Click here for enrollment: https://forms.gle/NY32HQ5JRwWkHtFD7

The zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87168249935

 

Navigating the System

Facilitators: Paul Rothschild, David Grosky, Nick Seidel, & Scott Pollack

Course Objectives

This panel-style course empowers participants with practical knowledge and strategies for effective advocacy within the court system and behind prison walls.

 

Session 1 

FAMM Advocate

Session 2 -  Paul Rothschild & David Grosky

Advocacy in the federal system, both in and out of prison. 

Session 3 - Nick Seidel & Scott Pollack

This session is a dialogue about rebuilding your life. 
 

The Facilitators

Paul Rothschild is a facilitator, organizer, and restorative justice practitioner with lived experience navigating the criminal legal system. Formerly incarcerated, Paul has transformed that experience into a life of advocacy and community building.

He works to dismantle systems of permanent punishment and expand pathways for healing, accountability, and reintegration. Paul has led statewide campaigns for criminal record relief, co-chaired narrative change initiatives, and produced cultural projects centering directly impacted voices.

As a facilitator, he brings a deep commitment to community-led solutions, transformative justice, and building power with those most affected by systemic harm.  

 

 

David Grosky is a 1983 graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a 1986 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Mr. Grosky was a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois from 1987-2007. During these years in private practice, Mr. Grosky specialized in complex business bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.

David is employed as Sales Development Manager at Visiplex Inc. in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Visiplex is a global leader and provider of Wireless Emergency Notification systems to schools, nursing homes, places of worship and manufacturing and other industry companies.

Mr. Grosky has devoted his time and energy to assisting prison inmates with their legal and administrative research, writing and filing needs. He often assists as a legal advisor to the Hinda Institute where Mr. Grosky serves in several other capacities.

 

 

Nick Seidel  currently is a paralegal contractor for the Enforcement Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Chicago Regional Office. At the SEC, Nick assists the trial unit in investigating and civilly prosecuting securities fraud. He works to recover stolen investor funds and return them to the fraud victims.

Nick has a bachelor's degree in political science from Roosevelt University as well as an associate degree in Liberal Arts from the City Colleges of Chicago. In addition, he has earned five certificates for paralegal studies and advanced field-related studies from Blackstone Career Institute and a certificate in cannabis dispensary operations from the City Colleges of Chicago. 

Currently Nick is enrolled in DePaul University's Master of Legal Studies Program, with a graduation date of 2025 and plans to earn his JD at Loyola to become a practicing attorney.