Harrell, C. Andrew

Kevin is an associate in the law firm of Mainetti, Mainetti & O'Connor, P.C. Kevin joined the law firm of Mainetti, Mainetti & O'Connor, P.C, where he currently specializes in Misdemeanor and Felony Criminal Defense, Personal Injury litigation, Civil Defense, and Medical Malpractice. Kevin graduated from the University at Albany with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Economics in 1994 and graduated from Albany Law School, Union University, in 2000.

Upon graduating from Law School Kevin worked with the firm of Harp & Harp. While at the family firm he practiced in many different areas of law, including commercial transactions, matrimonial law, family law, real property law and estate law. After four years in private practice Kevin closed his private practice and accepted a position with the Ulster County District Attorney's Office in December of 2004.

During his time with the Ulster County District Attorney's Office Kevin gained experience as a Trial Attorney prosecuting cases involving every facet of criminal law. After three years in the District Attorney's Office, Kevin was promoted to Senior Assistant and the District Attorney tasked Kevin with the responsibility of managing the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team. In addition to his role with the County wide Task Force, Kevin supervised other attorneys in all drug cases handled within the District Attorney's Office.

During the course of his career as a prosecutor, Kevin tried over 20 felony cases. Kevin has an extensive background in gang and narcotics cases, he has attended several training seminars with national gang intelligence schools and he has also taken a three day course on homicide prosecutions at the New York Prosecutor's Training Institute. The cases Kevin has taken to trial have included charges such as murder (second chair), assault, gang assault, burglary, robbery, grand larceny, drug possession, drug sales, rape and criminal possession of a weapon. Kevin has successfully tried circumstantial evidence cases, a shooting case where the victim was not available for trial and a cold case burglary trial based on DNA evidence. Kevin's years as a prosecutor and assisting law enforcement in criminal investigations have been invaluable, giving him a wealth of knowledge to draw on when defending or negotiating on behalf of our clients, whether the case is a criminal or personal injury matter.