Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden has received the 2026 ELA Award for Best Criminal Defense Firm, presented by Expert Law Attorneys. The award recognizes the New York, New York firm for its strong defense of people facing criminal charges.
About the 2026 ELA Awards
The ELA Awards recognize law firms across the United States for the quality of their work and the way they serve clients. Honorees stand out for focused experience in their practice areas, responsive client service, professional conduct, and commitment to the communities they serve.
Why Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden Earned the Recognition
Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden provides criminal defense and civil rights representation to clients in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Linda Kenney Baden, a Rutgers School of Law graduate, clerked for Presiding Judge John F. Lynch of the Appellate Division and served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, where she tried cases including murder and death penalty matters. Her practice centers on state and federal criminal defense, homicide and forensic and crime lab issues, along with Section 1983 civil rights claims, employment discrimination and sexual harassment. Her clients have included Phil Spector, Michael Skakel, Jayson Williams and Aaron Hernandez, and her pro bono work for John Paul House, who spent 22 years on death row in Tennessee, led to a dismissal before retrial.
She is on the faculty of the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School, served two terms as Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Wrongful Conviction Committee and holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has appeared as a legal commentator on CNN, Fox News, NBC and CBS.
What the Award Means for Clients
People dealing with a criminal charge often have little to go on beyond a website and a few reviews. Recognition in the 2026 ELA Awards gives them one more reason for confidence that Law Office of Linda Kenney Baden takes its work and its clients seriously.