Karen Russell

Karen Russell is a Seattle attorney, television pundit, and political strategist, with Davis Wright Tremaine.

Life
She graduated from Mercer Island High School, Georgetown University and Harvard Law School.

She is the daughter of basketball legend Bill Russell.

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

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)

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

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