Molly Schindler’s practice encompasses criminal defense and related proceedings, criminal and civil appeals, and litigation support.
Ms. Schindler draws on a broad background in criminal and civil litigation in state and federal courts. She spent her first decade of practice as a criminal defense attorney in New York City, where she handled cases at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction level. Ms. Schindler then served as a law clerk for United States Senior District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell in the Middle District of Florida. She is admitted to the bar in both Florida and New York.
Ms. Schindler earned a bachelor’s degree in Classics from Johns Hopkins University, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. She later returned to Columbia as an adjunct professor for the school’s legal writing program.
Outside of her legal work, Ms. Schindler is the Chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., May 2012
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2011-12
- Editor for the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and Jailhouse Lawyers Manual
- Teaching Assistant for the Foundation Moot Court Program
- Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Classics, May 2009
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Minor in Linguistics; published original research
- Mock Trial Association, President
- Alpha Phi Omega, Service Project Coordinator
Experience
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Charlene Edwards Honeywell
- May 2022 – October 2025
- The Center for Appellate Litigation, New York, NY
- Supervising Attorney and Appellate Counsel
- July 2016 – April 2022
- The Bronx Defenders, Bronx NY
- Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
- September 2012 – July 2016
- Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, MD
- Legal Intern, Felony Division
- Summer 2011
- Neighborhood Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA
- Legal Intern, Aging and Disabilities Unit
- Summer 2010
Bar & Court Admissions
- Florida
- New York
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- Unites States District Court, Middle District of Florida
- Unites States District Court, Southern District of New York