Rob Valente

General Counsel

Rob (Roberta) Valente, J.D. serves as General Counsel to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, providing legal advice and analysis on issues in the domestic violence field, with specialized interests in protection order enforcement, child custody issues, federal laws and interventions addressing domestic violence, and tribal issues relating to domestic violence. She also serves as a part-time Senior Policy Advisor to the Domestic Violence Resource Network, the consortium of HHS-funded national Resource Centers on domestic violence. From 2006 to 2008, Rob was Assistant Director of the Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Prior to that, she served as a consultant or advisor on civil legal issues regarding domestic violence for various organizations, including the Alaska Native Women’s Coalition, the National Congress of American Indians, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Rob served as one of the lead coordinators of the legislative work to develop the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. She has also served as Attorney Advisor to the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of Justice. Rob was the founding Director of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence; and she previously worked for AYUDA, Inc., a legal services program for battered immigrants.