Insights on Criminal Law and Civil Rights

Emily Campbell has been recognized as one of the New York Metro “Super Lawyers” for 2017 by Thomson-Reuters.  Lawyers are selected to Super Lawyers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Notably, only 5% of all attorneys practicing law in the United States ever achieve Super Lawyer status. The Super Lawyers ratings are coveted and cannot be “bought.”  The process used by Thomson-Reuters to identify those attorneys worthy of Super Lawyers status is patented.  Only those attorneys with…

The Firm has built its core practice around the representation of first-time and serial entrepreneurs in a variety of incarnations – the entrepreneur who self-funds, the entrepreneur who grows a business by securing angel or venture financing and the multi-generational family-run business where entrepreneurship is in the owner’s family’s DNA.  One of the ways the Firm sets itself apart from other law firms is by implementing a practical approach to legal challenges for its entrepreneurial clients.  The Firm has been…

In 2016, the Firm committed resources to the defense of a man accused of having unwanted sexual contact with an adult female and a 13-year old female on the subway in Queens back in 2013.  By the time Emily Campbell, the Firm’s Managing Member, was assigned the case, the client had already served almost as long as he could have been sentenced had he simply pled guilty at the outset.  That bothered Ms. Campbell, and she responded to an inquiry…

When Emily Campbell, the Firm’s Managing Member, saw that the 18B Panel in Kings County, of which she is a proud member, was looking for attorneys to represent two special classes of people often in need of low-bono and pro bono representation — veterans and victims of human trafficking — she jumped at the chance.  Ms. Campbell holds a doctorate in Social Psychology, in addition to her law degree, and opportunities like this allow her to utilize the skills she…

Clients often ask why the Firm decided to relocate almost five years ago to a WeWork building, but once a client walks into the Firm’s office at 349 Fifth Avenue in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, which is right across from the Empire State Building, the question is answered.  “Your office is so cool!” is a typical response from clients, when they come in and see the recreational spaces and the fully-equipped conference rooms, where all you have to do…

We are please to announce that for 2016, our Firm’s website has a new look-and-feel. The new lay-out is more user-friendly and attractive. In this new lay-out, the Firm is now highlighting six core practice areas: Business and Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Health Care, Criminal and Civil Rights. “We decided to separately identify Health Care and Civil Rights from the other general areas of Business and Entrepreneurship and Litigation, because they are worth spotlighting,” Emily Campbell, the Firm’s Managing Member…

The Campbell Firm PLLC does not solely focus its practice on start-ups, but the start-ups with which it does work are often in the news.  The Firm is pleased to be representing Sense Health, a healthcare informatics company, which recently won a $100K grant from Pilot Health Tech to work with Montefiore Medical Center and University Behavioral Associates to pilot their mobile care technology with case managers supporting mental health and substance abuse clients. Pilot Health Tech is a program…

Mergers and acquisitions continues to be an area of practice in which The Campbell Firm PLLC achieves success for its clients.  In 2013, the Firm represented eDressMe.com and its Founder, Joanne Stoner in connection with a strategic acquisition by, Group USA, which operates a major retailer of social occasion dresses under the Camille Law Vie brand.  The acquisition reportedly has allowed Group USA to expand its reach and enhance its brick and mortar locations and its existing on-line presence with…

Indigent defendants make up the majority of persons charged with crimes.  When prosecutors try homicide cases in New York City, they generally have two Assistant District Attorneys seat the case.  However, when the court appoints defense counsel in homicide cases, ordinarily only a single attorney is appointed.   Wanting to help a colleague, Daniel W. Scott, who was appointed by the court, Emily Campbell  stepped up to the challenge of assisting Mr. Scott in trying two homicide cases 2012. In the…

Emily Campbell was invited to be a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic. This innovative clinic offers transactional legal advice and representation to Nebraska’s early-stage businesses and provides law students with a unique opportunity to develop legal, practical and ethical skills through application of classroom lessons to client representation in a law practice style setting. Board members come from not only Nebraska, but the East and West Coasts, and participate…