There is no substitute for trust. Stephen Covey wrote: “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” It is the intersection of power and vulnerability. When referring to unlawful – not just improper – behavior, who is a person in a ‘position of trust’? People that immediately come to mind may include clergy, teachers and coaches, babysitters, health and mental health professionals, and guardians.
About Gianna Elliot
Gianna Elliot is an Associate Attorney in the New York City office of the Marsh Law Firm PLLC. Gianna passionately advocates for survivors of sexual abuse and discrimination. Her focus is to help her clients secure justice by holding institutions and individuals who inflict and enable the abuse accountable. Gianna’s practice areas include representing survivors of childhood sexual assault, child pornography, and campus sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation. Gianna is a former Prosecutor at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where she handled sensitive casework and prosecuted and assisted in an extensive array of criminal matters involving domestic violence, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, felony assault, and sexual abuse.
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