JENNINE B. CULLEN, ESQ.

Jennine B. Cullen earned her B.A. in History from the College of the Holy Cross in 2000 and her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 2003. Jennine started her legal career as a prosecutor with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. For more than 7 years, she prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies. She has conducted dozens of trials to verdict and participated in hundreds of pre-trial hearings and Grand Jury proceedings. From shoplifting cases to major drug trafficking cases, Jennine has prosecuted thousands of cases. Most notably, she prosecuted doctors who illegally sold opioid prescriptions to teenagers and patients.Jennine opened her own criminal defense practice in 2013, where she defended all levels of criminal offenses. She defended clients with financial hardship, pursuant to the Assigned Counsel program. By being both a prosecutor and a defense attorney, Jennine is able to see all sides of litigation and can vigorously defend all clients at any stage of litigation.

She enjoys being in a college classroom and has been an adjunct professor at several Long Island colleges. She has taught political philosophy at SUNY Old Westbury and has also taught courses on criminal practice at Molloy College.

Jennine is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in New York State.