Since her admission to the bar, Ms. Kedia has worked exclusively as a criminal defense lawyer, with several major victories to her credit. She recently obtained a complete acquittal in a highly publicized Nassau County case in which a school teacher was charged with sexually abusing nine young girls. Prior to that, she, together with Gerald Shargel, a preeminent defense lawyer under whose tutelage Ms. Kedia acquired her skills, obtained a full acquittal after a four month trial for a prominent California money manager charged with racketeering and securities fraud in federal court in Manhattan. She has often persuaded judges to release defendants on creative bail conditions, won numerous downward departures in federal sentencing proceedings and even won a landmark victory in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals which prohibited the government from restraining assets which were not the direct proceeds of criminal activity in forfeiture cases.

Ms. Kedia’s practice focuses on the pretrial litigation, trials and appeals of federal and state criminal cases. Ms. Kedia has tried a broad variety of federal and state cases, with charges including insider trading, securities fraud, money laundering, health care fraud, mail and wire fraud, racketeering, public corruption, immigration fraud, tax evasion, narcotics distribution, Hobbs Act violations, murder, arson and sexual assault. In addition to her trial work, Ms. Kedia has represented numerous individuals in post-conviction proceedings. She has briefed numerous appeals and has argued before, among other courts, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the New York State Court of Appeals. She has also represented many individuals called to testify before a grand jury or during other investigative proceedings.

As a result of her accomplishments, Ms. Kedia has been profiled several times in the media. In a New York Times profile, Ms. Kedia was described as a “lioness” with “an eye for pivotal issues” and a “passion for the defense of her client.” She has also been interviewed on the subject of criminal law on Good Morning America and many other news programs, and she frequently appears as a criminal defense expert on Court TV.

Ms. Kedia has been invited to lecture at seminars sponsored by the Federal Bar Council, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Appellate Division – First Department, and New York University Law School, among others. She has chaired a Continuing Legal Education course for practicing attorneys on the ABC’s of Federal Criminal Litigation. Ms. Kedia is a member of numerous bar associations, including the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is also a member of the Federal Bar Council Inns of Court.

Julie R. Jones joined Ms. Kedia's firm as an associate in 2005. Prior to joining Ms. Kedia's firm, Ms. Jones was a Structured Finance associate with the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP where she represented issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private offerings of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, as well as in offerings of collateralized debt obligations. Prior to entering law school, Ms. Jones interned with the Public Defender's Service for the District of Columbia, as well as the Cook County Public Guardian's Office in Chicago, Illinois.

Ms. Jones graduated with distinction from Indiana University where she double majored in Political Science and Criminal Justice. She received her J.D. cum laude from Indiana University School of Law and is admitted to practice in the states of New York and New Jersey.