Hon. Jessica Kronstadt  received her B.A. from Yale University, where she was a member of the Varsity Women’s Volleyball Team. She received her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she received a Distinguished Young Alumni Award.  After graduating from law school, Judge Kronstadt worked as a litigation associate at Latham & Watkins and as a staff attorney at Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Judge Kronstadt then served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, where she prosecuted domestic violence and child sexual abuse matters. Judge Kronstadt was appointed to the bench in March 2023 and is currently assigned to the Family Law Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Recently, Judge Kronstadt was selected by Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin as a Woman of The Year for the 42nd Assembly District. She was also recently recognized by the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) as one of its Jewish American Heritage Month honorees.

Judge Kronstadt is a Past President and current Board of Governors Member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She currently serves as the judicial liaison for LACBA’s Family Law Executive Committee and as a member of LACBA’s President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession. As an attorney, Judge Kronstadt was recognized as a “Top 40 Under 40” lawyer by the Daily Journal and as a “Southern California Rising Star” in Public Interest by Super Lawyers™.  She has also been recognized by LACBA as one of its Women’s History Month honorees. Judge Kronstadt was honored by the Jewish Free Loan Association as a “Wonder Woman.” 

Judge Kronstadt has run in and successfully completed five marathons and five half-marathons.  She is a devoted member of the Peloton® community. 

Seth L. Goldstein has acted as trial counsel, second-chair counsel, and a trial consultant for the last 30 years in matters where sexual abuse is alleged. Previously he was the Project Director for the Child Abuse Vertical Prosecution Unit of the Napa County District Attorney, an investigator with the Santa Clara County District Attorney, and was a police officer in Berkeley. He now represents litigants in Family Law, Juvenile, and Personal Injury matters wherein child abuse allegations have arisen.
He has presented throughout the USA and beyond, lecturing for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, CJER, the University of Southern California, Stanford and Harvard Universities, and the FBI Academy, and other organizations.

He is the author of The Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Investigation, and Intervention, 2nd Edition, and written several articles on the subject of sexual abuse of children in custody matters. He has received numerous awards for this work, including recognition by the ABA for “Significant Legal Contributions Advancing the Welfare of Children”.

He has testified as an expert witness on sexual abuse matters.