Karen Russell

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Karen Russell is a Seattle attorney, television pundit, and political strategist, and a graduate of Mercer Island High School, Georgetown University and Harvard Law School. She is the daughter of basketball legend Bill Russell.


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[edit] Career

  • Frequent Contributor, The Huffington Post
  • Frequent Guest on CNN, Court TV, Scarborough Country, The Abrams Report and MSNBC as a legal and political analyst dissecting high-profile trials and analyzing national political issues
  • On-Air Legal Reporter, NBC (KONG-TV), Seattle, WA
  • Feature Literary Agent, United Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
  • Political Strategist, Boston MA and Los Angeles, CA

[edit] Notable television and film appearances

  • Iconoclasts (2005)(TV)
  • ESPN Sports Century playing "Herself" in episode: "Bill Russell" 2 July 2001
  • Bill Russell: My Life, My Way (2000)(TV)

[edit] Publications and presentations

  • Celebrity Justice: Press Freedom and Fair Trials, presented at the American Bar Association National Conference for the Minority Lawyer
  • Growing Up with Privilege and Prejudice, New York Times Magazine
  • The Power of Inclusion: Organizing Ethnic Groups, presented at the Washington State Women’s Political Caucus Training

[edit] Education/groups

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
  • B.A., Government and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
  • Member, Washington State Bar
  • Member, Massachusetts State Bar
  • Member, National Association of Black Journalists and Black Journalists Association of Seattle

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