THE JUDGES

Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, United States, presiding judge:
The sole judge from the United States, and one of two female judges at the International Criminal Tribunal, Judge McDonald is used to chartering new ground. Born in St. Paul and raised in Manhattan, Judge McDonald, 54, attended Boston University and Hunter College, but never earned a degree. She then entered Howard University School of Law and graduated first in her class. Her first job out of law school was working as a staff attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. She moved to Texas in 1969 and joined her then-husband Mark McDonald's solo practice. For the next decade, the couple specialized in plaintiffs' discrimination cases, including a 1976 settlement for $1.2 million against the Lone Star Steel Company. At the request of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, President Jimmy Carter nominated her to the U.S. District Court in Houston, becoming only the third African-American woman appointed to the federal bench. She quit the bench in 1988, worn out by a crushing caseload and a low salary. She moved to Austin, worked for two different firms, and was set to return to Houston for a one-year teaching stint at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Christian University, when she was asked to join the international court.

Datuk Lal Vohrah, Malaysia, judge:
Born in 1934, Judge Vohrah served as a High Court Judge in Malaysia for more than 15 years. He has attended several international treaty conferences, such as the U.N. Conference on the Law of Treaties in Vienna in 1969, and the U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea in Caracas in 1974.

Sir Ninian Stephen, Australia, judge:
Born in 1923, Judge Stephen was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1970, hearing both civil and criminal matters. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1979 and sat on its Judicial Committee. From 1982 to 1989, he was the Governor-General of Australia.

THE PROSECUTION TEAM

Richard Goldstone, South Africa, Chief Prosecutor:
Currently on leave from his seat on South Africa's Supreme Court, Richard Goldstone, 56, was appointed to the post of chief prosecutor in July 1994. Goldstone is a hero to the anti-apartheid forces in his homeland. He was the sole investigator of an incident where the South African police fired into a crowd of 50,000 demonstrators. The investigation resulted in the prosecution of police for unlawful use of force. Since 1991, Goldstone has also led an investigation into human rights abuses by all of South Africa's political parties and security forces. He was asked to join the tribunal by Nelson Mandela; his role is seen as part of South Africa's re-emergence into the international community.

Goldstone will return to the bench in South Africa this fall. Eloquent and commanding, Goldstone has been the public face of the tribunal and has lobbied tirelessly on its behalf. Goldstone, along with Chief Judge Antonio Cassese of Italy, have relentlessly pestered the U.N. bureaucracy to insure the International Criminal Tribunal has adequate funding. It was Goldstone who traveled to Washington, D.C., on the eve of the negotiations for the Dayton Agreement and met with Secretary of State Warren Christopher and President Bill Clinton to persuade them not to sell out the tribunal during the talks.

Graham Blewitt, Australia, Deputy Prosecutor:
Graham Blewitt led Australia's prosecution of former Nazi war criminals. He headed the Australian equivalent of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations, which has brought deportation proceedings against alleged former Nazis who lied on their immigration documents.

Grant Niemann, Australia, chief prosecutor in the Tadic case:
Grant Niemann is another Australian known for his prosecution of Nazi war criminals, and was recruited for the tribunal by Blewitt. Before joining the tribunal, Niemann was the deputy director of the Public Prosecution for South Australia in Adelaide, a position roughly equivalent to that of a U.S. Attorney.

Alan Tieger, United States, Tadic prosecutor:
Alan Tieger is a U.S. lawyer, on loan from the Justice Department's criminal section of the civil rights division. He was a prosecutor in the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating Rodney King. He joined the tribunal in June 1994 and is paid by the U.S. government.

Lt. Col. Brenda Hollis, United States, Tadic prosecutor:
Brenda Hollis is a U.S. lawyer on loan from U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's office. She is a former Air Force circuit prosecutor and appellate government counsel. She joined the tribunal in July 1994, and is paid by the U.S. government.

Major Michael Keegan, United States, Tadic prosecutor:
Michael Keegan is a U.S. lawyer on loan from the U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate General's office. He joined the tribunal June 1994, and is paid by the U.S. government.

THE DEFENSE TEAM

Michail Wladimiroff, Netherlands, lead defense counsel:
Michail Wladimiroff is a Dutch attorney and a part-time professor of economic criminal law at the University of Utrecht. He is the senior partner in the Hague's 16-lawyer Wladimiroff & Spong, the largest criminal defense firm in the Netherlands. A white-collar crime expert, he successfully defended the directors of Slavenburg bank (now part of Credit Lyonnais) against charges of falsifying bank records. Wladimiroff was appointed in April 1995 and is paid by the tribunal at the rate of $23 an hour for a maximum of $200 a day. His usual rate is $350 a day.

Alphons Orie, Netherlands, Tadic defense:
Alphons Orie is Wladimiroff's younger partner.

Steven Kay, United Kingdom, Tadic defense:
A British litigator, Steven Kay was brought in a few months ago to help Orie and Wladimiroff learn cross-examination and adversarial procedure.