Amy B. Marion

Amy B. Marion focuses her practice on human rights, specializing in litigation involving deprivation of constitutional rights, whether by criminal investigations and prosecutions, due process or First Amendment violations, wrongful death claims, or commercial, corporate, property, estate, or regulatory disputes. Amy has over 30 years’ experience representing individuals in civil and criminal investigations and prosecutions in both federal and state courts. She has tried to verdict a multitude of cases varying from civil rights violations, attempted murder, assault, sexual abuse, and narcotics cases to corporate, employment, and construction litigation. Amy has extensive experience in cases involving domestic violence and abuse and she has successfully litigated discrimination cases against several large municipalities and corporations.

During her career, Amy has represented individuals in high-profile matters such as the prosecution and conviction of the former Chief of the Suffolk County Police Department, James Burke, the police brutality of Kyle Howell, the sexual abuse of Suffolk County female prison detainees, and the abuse of New Jersey Immigration Detention detainees.

Amy’s legal career began in the Criminal Defense Division of the New York City Legal Aid Society. In 2005, she became Principal Law Clerk to the Honorable Tammy S. Robbins, Nassau County Court Judge. Serving in this position, she was assigned to the Nassau County Family Court and New York State Supreme Court, in addition to the County Court. Amy understands trials and the court system from every perspective.

Amy was recently appointed by the Governor to New York State’s Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct. She is a member of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Legislative Committee, a member and active advocate for Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability, and she has lectured and taught continuing legal education for state and national organizations, including the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Lawline, NBI Inc., the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association and St. Francis College.

Ms. Marion received her Juris Doctorate in 1988 from Hofstra University School of Law and was awarded the Inns of Court Scholarship and received her BA in Social Thought and Political Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Ms. Marion is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.