Robert Peters is the founder of Coursing Justice, an LLC that delivers state-of-the-art training and practical content to criminal justice professionals.

He also currently serves as the Director of Institutional Response at GRACE, a nonprofit that empowers Christian communities to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse. Robert developed and delivered training, tools, and technical assistance to child abuse prosecutors and allied professionals across the United States through work with Zero Abuse Project and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). He created the STARK (Stopping Technology-Facilitated Abuse of Rural Kids) Prosecutor Symposium and led the development of NOVA (Nexus for Open-Source Virtual Assistance), an open-source intelligence tool for law enforcement.

Robert served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and Special Prosecutor in multiple West Virginia jurisdictions, where he specialized in the prosecution of sexual offenses, civil child abuse and neglect, and online child exploitation. While in law school, he clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia.

In addition to authoring practical publications for child abuse prosecutors, Robert is published in peer-reviewed works such as the Handbook on Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, Florida Journal of International Law, Child Welfare League of America, Mitchell Hamline Law Review, and Christian Ethics Today. He is also the lead author of “Child Statement and Forensic Interview Admissibility,” a treatise developed in partnership with the National District Attorneys Association and National Children’s Alliance.

For nearly a decade prior to taking on his current full-time role, Robert assisted GRACE by designing comprehensive child protection policies as well as serving as a civil investigator of abuse in faith communities.

While a prosecutor, Robert founded SHIELD Task Force, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with Child Advocacy Centers and local stakeholders to encourage reporting of sexual abuse and online safety. This initiative has brought age-appropriate abuse prevention education to thousands of school-aged children and numerous civic and community groups.

Robert also serves on the WV Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN) Board of Directors. In 2019, he received the WV State Police Center for Children’s Justice Extra Mile Award for demonstrating professional leadership and personal commitment to going the Extra Mile on behalf of children and families.