Annie is an experienced and trusted counselor who has represented individual and corporate clients in a variety of criminal and civil matters. Her white collar criminal defense practice includes high-profile criminal trials as well as appellate matters, and she has argued cases in both federal and state appellate courts. Outside the courtroom, she has conducted multiple internal investigations throughout the United States and in Germany into violations of company policies, including those that implicate criminal wrongdoing. She has also represented clients in government investigations, including those conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, the New Jersey Attorney General, and the New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight Committee. Annie’s civil work includes defending qui tam actions under the New Jersey and federal False Claims Acts and litigating complex issues under the federal Alien Tort Statute. She has also defended clients in sensitive and high-stakes cases alleging sexual misconduct and related negligent hiring and supervision. Her clients come from a range of industries, including higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, law, and entertainment.
Annie also maintains an active pro bono practice. She successfully argued an appeal of the trial court’s denial of a client’s petition for expungement, resulting in a published opinion from the New Jersey Appellate Division and ultimately an expungement of her client’s criminal records. She has also appeared in family court and before the Appellate Division to pursue child support and custody issues on behalf of victims of domestic violence. Outside of her legal service, she is on the Board of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, as well as a member of the Board of the North Jersey Community Research Initiative. She has served as a member of the New Jersey Restorative Justice Network and supports responses to crime that seek to heal and repair harm that was done, rather than simply focusing on punishment and incarceration, and is the former President of the Board of Trustees for CASA of Union County, an organization that advocates on behalf of children in foster care and the child welfare system.
Seton Hall University School of Law|Marquette University|Albert Ludwigs Universitaet
J.D., summa cum laude|B.A., cum laude|Credits towards B.A.
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Judicial clerk to the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 2015-2016
The Honorable Anne M. Patterson, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Morristown, NJ
Judicial clerk, 2014-2015
Judicial intern, 2013
State of New Jersey|State of New York|United States District Court for the District of New Jersey|United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York|United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|Supreme Court of the United States
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Recognized in Profiles in Leadership Journal™, 2025 Edition: Q4 Emerging Leader Award
Included on the ROI-NJ “Influencers: Women in Business” list, 2025
Recognized in Best Lawyers®, 2026 Edition: Appellate Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2025 Edition: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice
Included on the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business list, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Criminal Defense
Included on the National Association of Women Lawyers “NAWL Rising List,” 2022
National Association of Women Lawyers
Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys for NJ
Member, Board of Trustees, 2022 – present
North Jersey Community Research Initiative
Member, Board of Trustees, 2023 – present
New Jersey Restorative Justice Network
Member, 2021 – present
CASA of Union County
President of the Board of Trustees, 2021 – 2023
Court Appointed Special Advocate, 2008-2010
Wynona’s House
Intern, 2011-2012