About

Gianna Elliot is a Senior Associate Attorney of the Marsh Law Firm PLLC. Gianna passionately advocates for survivors of sexual abuse, discrimination, and exploitation in both federal and state courts. Her focus is to help her clients secure justice by holding institutions and individuals, who inflict and enable the abuse, accountable. Gianna’s practice areas include representing survivors of childhood and adult sexual assault, child pornography (“CSAM” also known as child sex abuse material), and campus sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation. Since joining the Marsh Law Firm, Gianna has and continues to successfully litigate numerous cases, including cases in New York state court under the Child Victims Act, Adult Survivors Act, and Gender Motivated Violence Act, and in various federal courts under Masha’s Law.

Prior to joining Marsh Law firm, Gianna worked at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where she handled sensitive casework and prosecuted and assisted in an extensive array of criminal matters involving domestic violence, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, felony assault, and sexual abuse. While at the DA’s Office, Gianna successfully litigated multiple jury and bench trials.

Gianna earned her Juris Doctorate from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Upon graduating, she received the New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. While at Hofstra Law, Gianna was an Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review, President and Secretary of Staff of the Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association, a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow, and a member of the Courtroom Advocates Project and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Student Task Force. Gianna earned her bachelor’s degree at St. Joseph’s College with cum laude honors in Criminal Justice.

Before law school, Gianna worked as a Court Advocate for LI Against Domestic Violence, where she advocated for survivors of domestic violence in Family and Criminal Court. She assisted her clients with filing for orders of protection, navigating the court system, crisis intervention, and safety planning..

Practice Areas

• Child Sex Abuse / New York Child Victims Act
• Adult Sex Abuse / New York Adult Survivors Act
• Gender Motivated Violence Act
• Title IX Campus Sexual Assault and Discrimination
• Child Pornography (CSAM)
• Crime Victims’ Rights

Education

J.D., Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, 2020

Hofstra Law Review, Associate Editor
Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association, President and Secretary of Staff
Child and Family Advocacy Fellow
Member – Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Student Task Force; Courtroom Advocates Project

B.A., St. Joseph’s College, 2015

Graduated cum laude
Major: Criminal Justice

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

• New York
• Eastern District of New York
• Southern District of New York

Awards & Honors

New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2024 Recipient
Rising Star, St. Joseph’s University, 2023 Recipient
New York City Trial Lawyers’ Alliance Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy (2020)
Best Closing Argument, National Trial Competition (2019)
Excellence in Criminal Procedure I (2019)
Best Closing Argument, National Trial Competition (2018)
Most Outstanding Effort 1L Trial Competition, Hofstra Law (2018)
Excellence Award in Criminal Law (2017)

Articles and Publications

Gianna N. Elliot and Daniel Pollack, Expert Testimony Regarding Sexual Grooming, New York Law Journal, November 15, 2024 (PDF) Expert testimony regarding sexual grooming

Gianna N. Elliot and Daniel Pollack, How Attorneys and Social Workers Can Unite to Confront Human Trafficking, National Law Journal, May 22, 2024 (PDF) How attorneys and social workers can unite to confront human trafficking

Associations

Child USA
National Crime Victims Bar Association
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
American Association for Justice