Shaunestte Terrell is an attorney on the Sexual Abuse Litigation Team at Cohen & Malad, LLP. Shaunestte brings years of experience prosecuting crimes of rape, child molest, human trafficking, and other crimes against protected persons. As the sole Deputy Prosecutor handling sex trafficking in Indianapolis, Shaunestte frequently participated in undercover investigations which she then prosecuted in state court or referred to the United State’s Attorney’s Office. Considered the subject matter expert in sexual assault and domestic violence for Indiana’s 91 elected Prosecuting Attorneys, Shaunestte developed statewide prosecutor-based preventive law programs and developed curriculums for trial advocacy and substantive courses specific to these subject matters.
Shaunestte served as the Chairperson of the Indiana Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Council, Chairperson of the Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment, on the Indiana Supreme Court’s Domestic Violence Advisory Council, and the Indiana Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans Task Force, amongst others.