Don Murray

Don Murray graduated from Williams College in 1986. He graduated from The University of Florida College of Law, with honors, in 1989. During law school and briefly afterwards, Mr. Murray worked for William DeCarlis, a prominent criminal defense lawyer in the Southeast. While working for Mr. DeCarlis, Mr. Murray assisted in the defense of a number of complex criminal cases, including an international drug smuggling conspiracy case out of Atlanta, Georgia.

It was his work with Mr. DeCarlis that sparked Mr. Murray's interest in and commitment to criminal defense. In 1990, Mr. Murray accepted a position as a trial lawyer for The Legal Aid Society, criminal defense division in New York City. While a trial lawyer for The Legal Aid Society, Mr. Murray defended a wide variety of criminal matters, and tried quite a few criminal cases.

In 1996, Mr. Murray, along with James Shalley, founded the law firm Shalley & Murray and began practicing criminal defense in the private sector. Mr. Murray currently handles a caseload of criminal matters in New York City, Westchester, and Nassau County.

Mr. Murray was retained by a law firm in London, England as an expert in the field of New York Criminal Law as part of an international defense of a person sought in an extradition matter in which the defendant (in England) was wanted by New York State.

Mr. Murray's recent publications include an article in the Queens County Bar Association Journal about the despicable state of discovery rules in criminal cases in New York State.

Mr. Murray is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the Westchester County Bar Association and the Queens County Bar Association.

James Shalley

James Shalley graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1989.While in law school, he clerked for the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.

In 1989, Mr. Shalley became a Trial Attorney for The Legal Aid Society in New York City in their Criminal Defense Division. As a Trial Attorney in Queens County for about 7 years, Mr. Shalley distinguished himself as an excellent trial attorney, conducting a wide variety of trials in both Criminal and Supreme Courts.

Mr. Shalley has taken on management responsibility for the firm's extensive Westchester practice and therefore finds himself frequently juggling appearances in the various local criminal courts in Westchester County.

Mr. Shalley is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the Westchester County Bar Association, and the Queens County Bar Association.

 

 

Don Murray

 

James Shalley