About Karen Hillary
Karen Hillary Charrington earned her B.A. from Hunter College in 1996 and completed her J.D. at the City University of New York School of Law in 1999. She moved into public service early in her career, taking a position at the Bronx County District Lawyer Office in 1999. Those first years in the courtroom shaped her approach to casework and courtroom procedure and provided a foundation for her later roles in both public and private practice.
In 2005 she began managing The Charrington Firm. The role expanded her responsibilities beyond individual cases to include overseeing firm operations and legal strategy. In 2010 she returned to a public-sector role as an Administrative Trial Lawyer with the New York City Department of Education. That position involved handling administrative hearings and related matters in an institutional setting. In 2014 she added an academic role, serving as an adjunct professor at Monroe College, where she taught courses that drew on her courtroom and administrative experience.
Charrington maintains memberships in a range of professional organizations that reflect the breadth of her practice. She is a member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Her admissions extend to New York state courts as well as several federal districts, including the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. She has been involved with the Federal Bar Council American Inn of Court since 2013. Locally, she also holds membership in the Nassau County Bar Association, and she is connected to the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department.
Her professional path ties together public prosecution, administrative litigation and private practice management. Cases have taken her into trial and appellate settings and into the administrative arena. She currently maintains an office at THE CHARRINGTON FIRM, P.C., where she handles litigation and courtroom matters in New York state and federal courts.
