Karen Hillary Charrington

Karen Charrington is a highly-skilled trial attorney. She is a former prosecutor who was trained in the Bronx County District Attorney’s office, which has one of the highest volumes of cases in New York City.

Ms. Charrington began her career as a Criminal Court Line Assistant and rose to the ranks of a Major Case Assistant handling the most serious criminal cases in the office. As an Assistant District Attorney, she was able to sharpen her skills as a no-nonsense litigator and trial attorney.

Trial attorneys always have a leg up on the competition because they can see a case from the end, backward. Having knowledge of how a case will play out at trial is essential to how the case is handled from the very inception of the case.

After leaving the District Attorney's Office in 2004, Ms. Charrington was hired to head the Civil Litigation department at a boutique law firm in Westchester County, The Bozeman Law Firm, LLP. This department was comprised of Matrimonial, Personal Injury, Contract disputes, and a wide range of other matters that were on a trial track. She navigated her way through the New York Court system, dissected the cases and ultimately settled or tried all of the firm’s pending civil cases. While at the firm, Ms. Charrington was also able to begin to master the intricacies in Matrimonial and Family law matters.

Ms. Charrington always maintained her desire to handle Criminal cases, thus in 2005 Ms. Charrington founded a law firm that would provide quality criminal defense to those accused of a crime. Ms. Charrington parlayed her experience as a prosecutor to fight and defeat criminal charges against her clients, but her experience also allowed her to develop a Law Firm able to provide tactical and effective representation of her clients in Civil Litigation and Matrimonial cases.

City University of New York School of Law

J.D. (1999) | Law

1999

Hunter College of the City University of New York

B.A. (1996)

1996

Managing Attorney

The Charrington Firm

2005 - Current

Adjunct Professor

Monroe College

2014 - 2015

Administrative Trial Attorney

NYC Department of Education

2010 - 2011

Assistant District Attorney

Bronx County District Attorney Office

1999 - 2004

The Legal Lane with Karen Charrington

St. John's UMC

2019

Law as a Career, Color of Justice

2007

Female empowerment/ group speaker, P.E.A.R.L.S symposium

2015

Elite Lawyer

Elite Lawyers of America

2019

Pro Bono Service Award Recipient

Safe Center LI

2018

Top 100

National Black Lawyers

2016

Access to Justice

Nassau County Bar Association

2016

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers

2013

New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Member

Current

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Current

New York State Appellate Division, Second Department.

Member

Current

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Member

Current

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Member

Current

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

ID Number: 3050697

Since 2000

• Credit Cards Accepted

• Criminal Defense - State and Federal
• Civil Litigation
• Religious Corporation and Not-for-Profit Litigation
• Trial Law