Karen Friedman Agnifilo Wikipedia, Age, Husband, Parents, Family, Children, Net Worth, Twins, Height
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Karen Friedman Agnifilo Biography – Karen Friedman Agnifilo Wiki
Karen Friedman Agnifilo is an attorney, former prosecutor, media analyst and legal analyst on CNN. She has a three-decade background in Criminal Justice, litigation, and trials. In private practice since 2021, her practice focuses primarily on criminal defense, both in state and federal courts, from accusation to investigation to arrest and trial.
In addition to criminal defense, she also represents plaintiffs in civil and employment matters and individuals in Title IX matters. Her practice also focuses on internal investigations relating to misconduct, discrimination, and sexual assault.
Karen previously served as Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office under Cyrus Vance Jr. In that capacity, she oversaw an office of approximately 500 lawyers and managed all aspects of the Office’s work including cases, policy and personnel and was the Acting District Attorney when DA Vance was out of the jurisdiction.
Karen rejoined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in 2010 as Executive ADA and Chief of the Trial Division, leaving her position as General Counsel to the New York City Mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinator. In that role, she managed multi-agency criminal justice policy initiatives and projects and helped shape New York City’s criminal justice legislative and policy agendas.
Karen previously served for 14 years as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, including four years as Deputy Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit. She also served in the Homicide Investigation Unit, the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau, and the Asian Gang Unit.
Karen is also a host of the podcast “Legal AF by MeidasTouch”. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and a 1992 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo Age
Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo was born in 1966.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo Husband
Former Manhattan assistant district attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo is married to her husband Marc Agnifilo, a criminal defense attorney and founding partner of Agnifilo Intrater LLP. He formerly worked for high-profile Manhattan lawyer Ben Brafman, who represented Harvey Weinstein.
She had to recuse herself from dozens of criminal cases due to their marriage, most notably Cyrus Vance Jr.’s botched prosecution of French pol, Brafman clients Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2011 and the Harvey Weinstein case.
Karen and her husband, Marc Agnifilo, married in 1996. The couple met while working in the district attorney’s office in 1992. According to the New York Times, it was Karen who introduced her husband to Brafman, during a district attorney alumni event in January 2006. She told Brafman: “My husband is the best trial lawyer in America. You should meet him.”
Karen Friedman Agnifilo Family
Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo and her husband, Marc Agnifilo, have three children.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo Net Worth
Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo hasn’t revealed her net worth. She previously served as Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The salary for Assistant District Attorneys admitted to the practice of law ranges from $90,000 to $171,500, based on year of graduation from law school. The salary for Assistant District Attorneys not yet admitted to the practice of law is $85,000.
