MK Kaishian is a lifelong New Yorker who specializes in representing individuals who have been harmed by the criminal legal system, including those seriously hurt or killed while jailed at Rikers Island or during encounters with the NYPD. Prior to founding the Firm in 2021, MK represented thousands of people accused of crimes as a public defender in Brooklyn, where she specialized in the representation of young people ensnared in the system and uncovering instances of serious governmental misconduct. From the outset, the Firm’s mission has been to challenge systems that cause harm by design through the expansion of this aggressive representation and the application of criminal legal expertise to highly correlated civil rights matters. MK is admitted to the New York State Bar and to the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York.