Kathy E. Manley

Kathy Manley graduated from the State University at Albany in 1988, and spent several years teaching at the Albany Free School. In 1996 she entered Albany Law School, and completed one year there. Kathy then took the unusual step of pursuing a Clerkship with Kindlon Shanks rather than staying in law school. She completed the three year Clerkship in 2000, successfully passed the bar exam and was admitted as an attorney in 2001. Kathy’s main interests are criminal defense and constitutional rights. She concentrates on appeals and motions, and has written many winning briefs before the NYS Appellate Division, Third Department and other courts. She has also written many suppression motions successfully challenging illegal searches and seizures. Kathy was involved with a local same sex marriage case, the Aref case (which, among other issues, challenged the NSA warrantless wiretapping program), and is currently involved with cases challenging sex offender residence restrictions and other sex offender issues. Long an advocate for peace and social justice, Kathy is involved in a number of groups, including the Muslim Solidarity Committee, Project SALAM and the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF). She is also Vice President of the Capital Region chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Awards and Honors Honors Ed Bloch Voices that Challenge Award from the NYS Interfaith Alliance, 2009 Justice and Peace Award from the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District, 2008

• solo practitioner
• Languages
• English
• Spanish

• Overview of federal terrorism cases, NCPCF, 2013
• Representing protestors in NYS courts, National Lawyers Guild - Albany Chapter, 2003

• People v. Cecunjanin
• Citation: 16 N.Y. 3d 488
• Court: Ct. of Appeals
• Year: 2011
• People v. Arnold
• Citation: 85 A.D. 3d 1330
• Court: 3rd Dep't (NYS)
• People v. Onyia
• Citation: 70 A.D. 3d 1202
• Year: 2010

• Legal Director of National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF), 2010 - Present
• Vice President of Capital Region Chapter of NYCLU, 2012 - Present
• Representative Clients
• Yassin Aref

• New York, 2001
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2007

• NYS Defenders Association