About Lee Carey
Lee Carey Kindlon brings a steady, courtroom-hardened presence to criminal defense and military justice matters. He earned his B.A. from Williams College in 1998 and completed his J.D. at the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2002. Those years set the stage for a career that has moved between military service, public defense, and private practice.
He began his legal career as a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps in 2003. The Marine Corps role put him inside military justice procedures and court-martial practice. It also gave him regular experience handling investigations, client counseling, and litigation in high-pressure settings.
After military service, Kindlon worked in both public defense and private firms. Records list him as an assistant public defender for Albany County in 2006 and then as an assistant alternate public defender in 2007. In 2006 he also served as a senior associate at Kindlon Shanks & Associates. Those roles placed him on the front lines of criminal defense at the county level, managing misdemeanor and felony dockets, advising clients, and litigating at trial.
In 2014 he founded The Kindlon Law Office, PLLC. As founding partner, he built a practice that draws on his earlier experience in the Marines and in public defense. His career path has kept him close to courtroom work, blending appellate and trial experience in state, federal, and military settings.
Kindlon holds memberships in professional organizations tied to criminal defense. He is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, each listed from 2014 to the present. He also maintains membership in the American Bar Association, recorded beginning in 2002.
He is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in military courts. That range of admissions supports both trial-level representation and appellate filings. He handles cases that often require navigation of overlapping civilian and military jurisdictions.
He now concentrates his practice on criminal defense and military justice matters.
