amy russell, MSed, jd, ncc

Amy Russell is executive director of the Arthur D. Curtis Children’s Justice Center in Clark County, Washington. Ms. Russell is a licensed attorney and a nationally certified counselor. Ms. Russell has worked with victims of violence and trauma in several capacities, including interviewer for child victims of abuse and witnesses to crime; counselor for survivors of homicide victims; and advocate for victims of sexual and intimate partner violence. She has also directed several CACs; provided training on child abuse investigations, interviews and litigation; interviewed over a thousand children; and authored several articles on forensic interviewing, child maltreatment and vicarious trauma.