TechInLaw LegalTech Seminar - Child Exploitation and the Internet

Child Exploitation and the Internet

April 10, 2025 @ 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM 
Online Seminar Only via Zoom
One Hour SC CLE Credit

This seminar will explore the ways that the internet and developing internet technologies impact child exploitation crimes. Beginning with a discussion of existing child exploitation laws, the seminar will discuss the ways that the law pivots to cover quickly evolving technologies, both successfully and unsuccessfully. The seminar will also dive into the ways that prosecutors are using existing statutes to protect children and to hold offenders accountable for their crimes.

Faculty

• Katie Orville, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina

• Truxtun Umsted III, Assistant Legal Counsel to the South Carolina House of Representatives Judiciary Committee

Faculty Bios

Katie Orville graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2015. She began her career at the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office in August 2015. While there, she prosecuted a wide array of crimes before specializing as a prosecutor for the Special Victims Unit in Colleton County.  In 2020, she came to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of South Carolina where she prosecutes white collar and general crimes, which includes child exploitation and human trafficking. Katie sits on the Lowcountry Financial Crimes Task Force as well as the Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force.
 

Truxtun Umsted III is a licensed attorney in South Carolina and currently serves as Assistant Legal Counsel to the South Carolina House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. In this role, he manages multiple subcommittees—including the Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Special Laws Subcommittee—drafts legislation, and provides legal analysis and guidance on complex legislative matters.

Prior to his current role, Truxtun was a litigation associate at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, where he focused on mass tort and products liability litigation, with particular emphasis on expert witness and advanced motions practice.

He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law in May 2023, graduating in the top 10% of his class. While in law school, he received numerous academic honors, including CALI Awards in Contracts and Torts and admission to the Order of the Wig and Robe. He also served as a law clerk to the House Ethics Committee, where he played prepared judicial election materials, drafted advisory opinions on the South Carolina Ethics Act, and compiled an indexed compendium of all House Ethics Committee advisory opinions. In recognition of his work, he was honored with House Resolution 3873 (125th Session).

Before law school, Truxtun worked as a Conservation Public Policy Research Fellow with the National Wild Turkey Federation. He also holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina.