About
Jethro Justice, Inc.
Jethro Justice uses technology and education to make family courts fairer, so cases turn on the merits and the child's best interest, not on who can afford a lawyer. We serve parents navigating the system without representation, and the attorneys and advocates who support them.
A parent who walks in with a dated timeline, the documents the court expects, and a clear picture of what comes next can hold their own in the room where time with their child is decided. Each guide we write serves every parent who comes after.
The name
In Exodus 18, Jethro watched Moses trying to judge every dispute in Israel by himself and told him it could not work. He designed a tiered system of judges so ordinary people could actually be heard. He was, in effect, the first legal-operations consultant. The name is a reminder that access to justice is a design problem.
Who we serve
Parents representing themselves in custody, visitation, divorce, paternity, and child-support cases, and ultimately anyone facing civil court without a lawyer.
Founder
Sherman A. Cross founded Jethro Justice after representing himself in a case no attorney would take, and winning. He is proximate to the problem by experience, not by study.
Board
- Sherman A. Cross, Founder & President
- Jude Norelus, CPA, Treasurer
- Rodrigo Sasso, Esq., Secretary
- Hans Rommel, Director
Our programs
Jethro Justice provides four services to parents representing themselves in family court, all of them public and self-service:
- Plain-language guides explaining how the law and the courts work, by stage of a case.
- A guided case organizer that turns what a parent knows about their case into a dated timeline, their deadlines, and a case packet they keep.
- A case binder that tracks which documents their case requires, which are still missing, and how to obtain each one.
- Referrals to licensed attorneys and legal aid, for anything that needs legal judgment.
Organization
Jethro Justice, Inc. is an Access to Justice nonprofit corporation, incorporated July 6, 2026 (NY DOS ID 7990425), EIN (Charity ID) 42-4408713, at 260 W 22nd St #5, New York, NY 10011. Governance documents including bylaws and a conflict-of-interest policy were adopted by the board on July 20, 2026.