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Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
 
Contact email: legalgenealogist@gmail.com
 
Contact phone: (732) 707-7118
 
Residence: Greene County, Virginia
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• Online Presence:

• Social Media:

  Twitter: @legalgen

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• About the Speaker:

• Willing to Travel: yes
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• Willing to Speak Virtually: yes
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• Short Bio:

  Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist®, is a genealogist with a law degree. She writes, teaches and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical topics, providing expert guidance through the murky territory where law and family history intersect. A Colorado native with roots deep in the American south on her mother’s side and entirely in Germany on her father’s side, she holds a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Before she retired, she worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defense attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor and, for more than 20 years, as an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School.

  She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society and numerous state and regional genealogical societies. A recipient of the Silver Tray Award from the Utah Genealogical Society and the 2017 Award of Excellence from the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, she now serves as a member of the NGSQ editorial board.

  An internationally-known lecturer and course coordinator and faculty member at numerous genealogical institutes, she holds credentials as a Certified Genealogist® and Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®. Her award-winning blog appears at The Legal Genealogist website (https://www.legalgenealogist.com).

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• Professional Credentials:

  Certified Genealogist®
  Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠

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• Topics:

  Topics range from those focusing on genealogy and the law to copyright and the records often required or created because of the law, as well as genealogical ethics and methodology.

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• Lectures:

  A complete list can be found at https://www.legalgenealogist.com/lectures/

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• Recent Engagements:

  From keynotes for the National Genealogical Society, RootsTech and international conferences in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to individual webinars for small libraries and county and town-level societies, Judy G. Russell has presented hundreds of in-person and virtual programs since launching her speaking career at the North Carolina Genealogical Society's Speakers Forum in 2011.

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