Judge Robert Lung was sold and trafficked by his own father when Robert was a child, until well into his teenage years. These days though, in addition to presiding over a diversified District Court docket in Colorado, Judge Lung provides presentations nationally and internationally on issues such as human trafficking, childhood trauma and resiliency. Judge Lung presents to diverse audiences including law enforcement, social service caseworkers, attorneys, the military, judicial officers, nurses, first responders, faith-based organizations and others. Judge Lung presented at several national Juvenile Sex Trafficking Conferences hosted by Shared Hope International including in Washington, D.C., Orlando, FL, Phoenix, AZ and New Orleans, LA. In 2016 Judge Lung was appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice to serve as the Judicial Representative on the Colorado Human Trafficking Council. In 2016 Judge Lung was also selected to serve as a consultant to the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a division of the Department of Justice’s Office for Justice Programs. In 2017 Judge Lung was designated to serve as a consultant for the NHTTAC of the recently created Office of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) of the Federal DHHS. In 2017, he presented to the Judiciary of Belize at a Judicial conference in Belize City, Belize hosted by the Human Trafficking Institute. On March 5, 2018, Judge Lung was appointed by President Trump to serve on the nine member U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.