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Susan Curcio is an attorney with law offices in Hammonton, NJ through which she currently focuses attention upon representing children in cases involving maltreatment or Delinquency. She is an Atlantic county Chief Assistant Prosecutor retired and has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney and has worked as a trial attorney for more than thirty years.

Ms. Curcio has taught at Montclair State University since 2007. She teaches in the graduate and under graduate programs of the Center for Child Advocacy and Policy. Her courses include: Intro to Child Advocacy, Children and Justice, Current Social Issues in Child Advocacy and Forensic Interviewing. Ms. Curcio has particular interest in The investigation and trial of crimes against children and of child maltreatment, the impact of domestic violence on children and juvenile delinquency.

Through her private practice of law, Ms. Curcio serves as designated counsel for the NJ Law Guardian, representing abused and neglected children in civil court cases and as designated counsel for the NJ Public Defender representing children who are charged with Juvenile Delinquency. She has also represented crime victims in the civil and criminal courts and adults charged with criminal offenses. On June 25, 2008 she was appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to serve as a member of the statewide panel of the Supreme Court’s Committee on Character and she has continued to serve on that committee until July of 2014.

Specialization

The subject areas in which Ms. Curcio has the greatest amount of expertise are:
1. The investigating and trying cases of: crimes against children; child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency.

2. Conducting interviews of child victims of crimes or maltreatment using techniques that are legally defensible and are most likely to facilitate the child's communication of reliable and detailed information.

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