Hilary Kristin Chernin

Hilary Kristin Chernin is an accomplished litigation attorney with extensive experience at all stages of criminal proceedings, from arraignment to trial.

Ms. Chernin is licensed to practice law in New York State and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Ms. Chernin was an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office from 2008 to 2013 where she held the title of Assistant District Attorney in the Felony Trial Bureau. In that capacity, she handled the prosecution of serious felony cases, including homicides, shootings, stabbings, robberies, burglaries, assaults, and drug and gun possession. In addition, Ms. Chernin handled several high profile media cases which appeared in local print and broadcast media. She has also successfully argued before the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, Second Department.

Ms. Chernin was also one of two Assistant District Attorneys at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office assigned to identify, review, and investigate “violent crime cold cases” that had the potential to be solved using DNA analysis and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases. She has extensive experience in the litigation of medical and scientific issues related to criminal law, particularly with respect to all current forensic DNA technologies.

Ms. Chernin has a Bachelor of Arts from Skidmore College and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School. She is a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, the Westchester County Women’s Bar Association, and the Columbian Lawyer’s Association.

Ms. Chernin also serves on the Westchester County 18B panel, providing criminal defense to indigent clients charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses in New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Port Chester, and White Plains. She is also a commissioned Notary Public for the State of New York.