Robin Sax
Bio
Robin Sax is a former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney who specialized in prosecuting sex crimes against children. For over fifteen years Robin prosecuted some of the most despicable defendants who committed the most heinous crimes. Robin has also prosecuted hundreds of felony crimes including homicides, stalking, domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and gang crimes.
As one of the prosecuting attorneys for the Child Sexual Assault division of the Los Angeles County Sex Crimes Unit, Robin worked with a multi-disciplinary team at UCLA’s Rape Treatment Center/The Stuart House.
While working with law enforcement, victims’ advocates, social workers, and members of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, she investigated and prosecuted hundreds of child sexual assault cases.
Robin is an in-house NBC News legal analyst. She is also a regular guest commentator for several other national television shows, analyzing many hi-profile cases including CNN Larry King Live, HLN Nancy Grace, NBC Today Show, Dr. Phil, Tyra Bank, CBS Early Show, Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell, HLN’s Primes News, Fox Geraldo at Large, Hollywood 411, E! Insider and many others. She has commentated on high profile cases including Jaycee Duggard, Amber Dubois, Chelsea King, Anthony Sowell, Roman Polanski, Charlie Sheen, Michael Jackson, Casey Anthony, Natalee Holloway, Drew Peterson, OJ Simpson and many others.
Robin is a co-founder of the Justice Interrupted advocacy radio show with Stacy Dittrich (an award-winning 17-year law enforcement officer, author, media consultant, and former detective). Justice Interrupted highlights cases that have not received the media attention they deserve. Robin and Stacy advocate for victim’s rights, appropriate sentences, and justice.
Through her Kid Scene Investigation programs, Robin teaches hundreds of parents how to get tech savvy, recognize the symptoms of Internet danger, identify cyber crimes and cyber bullying, and develop a personalized Internet protocol for their family.
Robins has been an expert for People Magazine, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Los Angeles Times, Kids LA, and many other print and online publications.
Robin is a regular contributor for The Huffington Post, MomLogic, Psychology Today, Crimesider/CBS News, and also Women in Crime Ink (a blog about crime and media issues from women criminal justice professionals and authors). Robin has her own weekly SaxFacts Newsletter and blog - found on www.robinsax.com. SaxFacts is a weekly email update on all of Robin’s TV media appearances, print publications, speaking appearances, and victim’s rights activities. Robin also provides rants and resources (“finds”) for everything from scouting for a nanny to getting a trust notarized.
Robin is an author who has written six books that draw upon her vast experience as a sex-crimes prosecutor, legal commentator, child advocate and parenting expert.
For over a decade, Robin has been an in-demand public speaker on the topics of child sexual assault, family violence, domestic abuse, stalking, Internet safety, and the criminal justice system. She also regularly shares her valuable insight and expertise with members of the FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, and the California District Attorney’s Association.
Robin is an adjunct professor of Women and Crime at Cal State Los Angeles and a lecturer on criminal law and the justice system in UCLA’s Paralegal Training Program. In her program, “You Be the Judge,”
a kid’s mock trial program, Robin poses hypothetical ethical dilemmas for children to discuss, ponder, argue, and resolve.
Robin has worked tirelessly to protect children from sexual abuse and support victims of domestic abuse. She has received many community commendations including being recognized by the Agape Foundation, Justice for Homicide Victims and the American Bar Association. She has received awards from First Star Foundation, Justice for Homicide Victims, Agape Foundation Against Domestic Violence, and the National Women’s Political Causes, among others.
In 2001, Robin created the highly successful Kids Safe Day©, a free program targeted at communities to help educate parents and children. Several organizations now sponsor Kids Safe Days, which provide information about child abuse, sexual assault, abduction, and domestic violence, give members of the community an opportunity to meet law enforcement and public safety personnel and equip families with fingerprints and photos of their children.
Robin is on advisory boards for the Innocent Justice Foundation and The Awareness Center (organizations dedicated to addressing sexual violence and abuse), and the NEST Foundation (building awareness for human trafficking). She is an expert panelist for Kiwi Commons (preventing online abuse and “sexting” awareness) and is a Senior Counselor for FirstStar.org.
Authorship:
Robin is an author who has written six books that draw upon her vast experience as a sex-crimes prosecutor, legal commentator, child advocate and parenting expert.
Titles include:
•“Predators and Child Molesters: A Sex Crimes D.A. Answers 100 of The Most
Asked Questions” (April 2009).
•“The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Criminal Justice System” (April 2009)
•“It Happens Every Day: Inside the Life of a Sex Crimes D.A.,” (Fall 2009)
•“Women’s Legal Lives: Reaching the Bar” (Book 1 in series-Spring 2009)
•“Women’s Legal Lives: Raising the Bar” (Book 2 in series-Fall 2009)
•“Everything I Learned About Parenting I Learned In Court” (June 2010)
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