Robin Boyle-Laisure is an attorney, law professor, and member of the Board of Directors for the International Cultic Studies Association, among other nonprofit boards. She has nearly thirty years of experience in researching, writing, and presenting about the dangers of cults and human trafficking.

Professor Boyle-Laisure has been a full-time faculty member at St. John’s University School of Law for over thirty years. Taken No More: Protect Your Children Against Traffickers and Cults (Bloomsbury Publishers) is her debut nonfiction book. She regularly presents at academic conferences domestically and internationally, as well as before community groups on topics of human trafficking, cults, and legal writing pedagogy.

Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure has published three academic books. She is the author of Teaching Contract Drafting (Edward Elgar 2023) and co-author of Becoming a Legal Writer (Carolina Academic Press, 2d edition 2025) and Persuasive Advocacy in Action (Carolina Academic Press 2025).

Professor Boyle-Laisure earned her B.A. degree from Vassar College and J.D from Fordham University School of Law. She is currently earning an M.F.A. for Creative Writing from Adelphi University.

She lives on Long Island, NY, with her husband, Paul Skip Laisure, a criminal defense attorney who represents indigent clients in their appeals. Their daughter, Andrea Laisure, is a professional dancer in NYC and is assisting with publicity for Taken No More. Her twin brother, Corey, is in Los Angeles working in visual effects within the film industry.

Colin Martin is an artist, community advocate, and devoted father whose work sits at the intersection of music, healing, and human connection.

As the founder of Life2Song, he transforms personal stories into soulful, enduring musical works that help individuals, families, and organizations reconnect with their deeper purpose. Through his songwriting, performance, and community gatherings, Colin champions music as humanity’s original language—a bridge for belonging, understanding, and collective uplift.

Rooted in service and guided by spirit, he continues to create spaces where people feel seen, supported, and inspired to remember the real wealth found in relationship and story.