Meredith Schriver has worked her entire professional career in the criminal justice field as a court advocate, mitigation specialist, alternative to incarceration programs liaison, and forensic interviewer. Immediately prior to co-founding Mitigation Works, Meredith was a Senior Court Advocate at The Osborne Association, where she was employed for nine years. There, she conducted psycho-social assessments, developed client-specific service plans, and prepared pre-plea and pre-sentence memoranda in criminal, supreme, and federal courts. Meredith holds dual Master's Degrees in Mental Disability Law (New York Law School) and Forensic Psychology (John Jay College of Criminal Justice). As a graduate student, she interned at New York State Psychiatric Institute; Manhattan Psychiatric Center; and STEPS to End Family Violence, a program for victims of gender-based violence. Meredith is also the author and co-author of distinguished articles, including those pertaining to the rights of people who are incarcerated. Amongst others, her work appears in the Albany Government Law Review and American University Washington School of Law's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Justice Studies.