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Criminal Defense New York/New Jersey

Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden

  • AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell

About Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden

The Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden provides criminal defense and civil rights representation to clients in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. Linda Kenney Baden, a Rutgers School of Law graduate, clerked for Presiding Judge John F. Lynch of the Appellate Division and served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, where she tried cases including murder and death penalty matters. Her practice centers on state and federal criminal defense, homicide, and forensic and crime lab issues, along with Section 1983 civil rights claims, employment discrimination, and sexual harassment. Her clients have included Phil Spector, Michael Skakel, Jayson Williams, and Aaron Hernandez, and her pro bono work for John Paul House, who spent 22 years on death row in Tennessee, led to a dismissal before retrial. She is on the faculty of the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School, served two terms as Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association's Wrongful Conviction Committee, and holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has appeared as a legal commentator on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and CBS. The Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden is located at 15 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 and can be reached by phone at 732-219-7770.

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  • AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell