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In 2000, a New York Post feature on rising attorneys dubbed Stacey Richman and Renée Hill “the dream team of the future.” Both had trained in the same room: the Bronx firm of Murray Richman — “Don’t Worry Murray,” the borough’s most famous defense lawyer and Stacey’s father. A quarter century later the two women run their own practice from the firm’s longtime Williamsbridge Road office, bringing roughly sixty years of combined criminal defense experience to state and federal cases across the five boroughs, with a docket that has repeatedly put them in high-profile matters and on CourtTV and CNN.
At a Glance
| Firm | Law Offices of Richman Hill & Associates, PLLC |
| Partners | Stacey Richman (Cardozo School of Law; daughter of Murray Richman, in whose firm both partners trained) and Renée C. Hill (joined the Murray Richman firm upon law school graduation in 1992) |
| Office | 2027 Williamsbridge Road, 3rd Floor, Bronx, NY 10461 (Morris Park) |
| Focus | Criminal defense in New York state and federal courts — violent crimes, weapons offenses, drug charges, DWI/DWAI, and high-profile matters — serving the five boroughs plus Westchester, Rockland, and Orange Counties |
| Combined Experience | Roughly 60 years; both partners have practiced over 30 years each, most of it in criminal defense |
| Admissions | Across the partnership: New York, New Jersey, and California state bars; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1998) and the Central District of California |
| Fee Structure | Initial consultation by phone or online form; credit cards accepted |
Career History
The firm’s origin is a genuine Bronx legal lineage. Stacey Richman grew up in the profession, practiced independently in California for five years, then returned to New York to work alongside her father — Murray Richman, the criminal defense attorney known citywide as “Don’t Worry Murray,” a New York Law School graduate admitted in 1964 whose own Super Lawyers selections ran from 2011 through 2022. Renée Hill joined the Murray Richman firm straight out of law school in 1992 and spent years trying cases under his guidance; her bar engagement includes the Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s community. The two met at the firm, earned the Post’s “dream team” designation in 2000, and eventually formalized the partnership as Richman Hill & Associates, practicing from the same Williamsbridge Road building. Both partners appear regularly as legal commentators, with the firm’s attorneys featured on CourtTV, CNN, and other outlets.
Practice Concentration
The practice is criminal defense, state and federal, with the emphasis where Bronx defense work actually concentrates: violent crimes, weapons offenses — both standalone firearm possession and gun charges attached to other counts — drug cases, and DWI/DWAI. A distinctive line is high-profile and media-covered representation: the firm expressly maintains experience managing cases under press scrutiny, for clients — bankers, politicians, public figures — whose reputational exposure runs alongside their criminal exposure. The firm describes its approach as holistic and story-first: understanding the client before building the defense. Coverage extends beyond the city into Westchester, Rockland, and Orange Counties, with Hill also practicing in New Jersey.
Track Record
The verifiable record is the lineage and longevity: six decades of combined practice, formation inside one of the city’s best-known defense firms, and a track record the firm describes as including high-profile state and federal cases — a characterization consistent with its media presence but attributed as the firm’s own, since no itemized dispositions ledger is published. This research did not independently verify individual outcomes. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The published consumer-review base is thin relative to this category’s volume practices, and we say so plainly: major directory listings carry few or no reviews, with the firm’s client standing running instead through reputation, referral, and the partners’ long court presence — a pattern common to established practices that predate the review-platform era. A small Facebook review base for Hill runs at full recommendation. Prospective clients should ask directly for references. This research did not surface any public disciplinary findings against either partner.
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm’s stated dedication runs to “our clients and our community,” and the record supports the phrasing: decades of continuous Bronx practice from the same neighborhood office near the borough’s courts, bar-community engagement including the Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s events, and the public legal education function of the partners’ recurring broadcast commentary.
Recognition
Sorting per our standard: the New York Post’s 2000 “dream team of the future” designation is independent press recognition, dated but genuinely earned; the founding firm’s Super Lawyers history and the partners’ directory recognitions are peer-informed listings from commercial publications; and the media-commentator roles reflect editorial selection by news organizations. A disclosure we apply to every New York profile: New York State does not operate a board certification program for legal specialties comparable to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, so no New York attorney profile on this site will describe its subject as a state-certified specialist, and this profile attributes no certification to either partner.
New York Legal Backdrop
A New York criminal case moves on statutory clocks that defendants rarely know exist. After arrest, arraignment generally must occur within about twenty-four hours; a felony defendant held on bail must be released under CPL § 180.80 if the prosecution fails to secure grand jury action within the statutory period (120 hours, or 144 hours spanning a weekend or holiday). CPL § 30.30 sets speedy-trial clocks — six months on most felonies, ninety days on class A misdemeanors — and New York’s discovery reform, CPL Article 245, obligates prosecutors to turn over their evidence on an automatic timetable. CPL § 160.59 permits sealing of up to two eligible convictions after ten crime-free years. In the Bronx specifically, weapons cases dominate the serious-felony docket, and New York’s gun statutes carry mandatory minimums that make early, experienced counsel decisive. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The case for Richman Hill is pedigree plus permanence: two partners with thirty-plus years each, trained inside the Bronx’s most storied defense practice, still working from its longtime office, with genuine high-profile and federal experience, multistate reach, and media fluency for cases that draw cameras — and a two-woman partnership at the top, still uncommon in this category.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: this is a two-attorney firm, with the capacity limits that implies for sprawling multi-defendant matters; there is no prosecutorial background in the record — both partners are career defense lawyers; the published consumer-review base is thin, as disclosed above; the firm’s high-profile track record is self-described rather than itemized; and the “dream team” press recognition, while real, is a quarter century old.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of the Law Offices of Richman Hill & Associates, PLLC. Primary sources: the firm’s website (richman-hill.com), including its about, criminal-law, Bronx-office, and contact pages (partner histories including Stacey Richman’s California years and return to her father’s firm; Hill’s 1992 start at the Murray Richman firm; the Post’s 2000 “dream team” designation; the 60-years-combined figure; practice scope; media-features statement; office address). Independent verification: Super Lawyers firm profile (office at 2027 Williamsbridge Road; both partners’ criminal defense designations) and Murray Richman’s Super Lawyers profile (1964 New York Law School graduation and admission; 2011–2022 selections); Lawyer Legion directory (Stacey Richman: Cardozo, 34 years licensed; Renée Hill: St. John’s, 33 years licensed); LawInfo listing (partnership-level bar and federal-court admissions as presented above); Yelp listing (third-floor suite; Morris Park location); Hill’s public Facebook page (New Jersey practice; Metropolitan Black Bar Association engagement; small review base). The thin consumer-review record is disclosed in Client Voice. Statutes cited in the New York Legal Backdrop were verified against the New York Criminal Procedure Law (§§ 30.30, 160.59, 180.80, and Article 245).
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by the Law Offices of Richman Hill & Associates, PLLC, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.