About Us
James R. Marsh
President
James R. Marsh has over 30 years’ experience advocating for children, victims, and survivors in state and federal trial courts, federal circuit courts, the United States Congress and state legislatures, and the United States Supreme Court. The organization he founded in Washington, DC—the Children’s Law Center—has helped over 50,000 at-risk and vulnerable children receive free legal advocacy over the past 25 years valued over $125 million. James is the board chair of Child USA, a think tank headed by Marci Hamilton, which engages in research-based public policy advocacy for children.
James has been instrumental in passing major laws on behalf of victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse including the federal Amy Vicky and Andy Act, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act, the States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), Masha’s Law, and New York’s Child Victim’s Act. He created the Children’s Justice Fund to serve victims of child trafficking, child sex abuse, online child sexual exploitation, and child pornography.
His case on compensation for victims of child pornography in federal criminal restitution proceedings was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2014. That case, United States v. Paroline, led to the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 which passed the House and Senate by unanimous consent and was signed into law on December 7, 2018.
James is an experienced trial attorney and frequent commentator, lecturer, and author on legal issues affecting children and victims of sex abuse and exploitation. He founded the Marsh Law Firm in New York which is recognized worldwide for its work helping sexually abused victims and survivors obtain justice and rebuild their lives with dignity and respect.
Margaret E. Mabie
Vice President
Margaret E. Mabie (“Maggie”) is a Partner at Marsh Law Firm and she works to protect the rights of survivors in federal and state court. Maggie’s practice encompasses a wide range of matters representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse, child pornography (also known as child sex abuse material or “CSAM”), and campus sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation. Her practice focuses on accountability and redistributing the burden of trauma to those that perpetrate and enable abuse.
Maggie is a cum laude graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in Public Relations and Political Science and a minor in Rhetoric and Public Advocacy. Maggie earned her Juris Doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law and her M.P.A. from the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Prior to joining Marsh Law Firm, she worked briefly with the Center for Victims of Torture, in Washington, D.C. where she advocated for vulnerable communities.
Maggie now works to secure significant restitution awards and civil settlements for victims of actively online traded child sex abuse material (“CSAM”), including for victims sold on Craigslist. Maggie authored and contributed to innovative legal arguments in litigation against Twitter, Omegle, Meta, Snap, and other Internet Service Providers.
Marsh Law Firm amplifies the individual voices of some members of a world-famous online exploitation survivor group—the Phoenix 11. Maggie leads the firm’s legislative advocacy efforts to encourage federal reform involving Section 230 and other civil and criminal statutes related to online child exploitation and CSAM.
Maggie is a member of the National Crime Victim Bar Association and the American Association of Justice. Maggie is President of the CHILD USA Junior Council, Co-President of AAJ’s Social Media Litigation Group, and Vice Chair of AAJ’s Technology and Science Section. Maggie published the white paper “Living Proof:” A Report on the Yazidi Genocide with the Syracuse University College of Law’s Syrian Accountability Project and continues to volunteer with David M. Crane to assist in ground-breaking documentation of war crimes in Ukraine. Maggie presented at conferences and events at the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications, Brooklyn Law School, and Quinnipiac University School of Law regarding the impact of sexual trauma and CSAM distribution.
Hillary M. Nappi
Secretary
Hillary M. Nappi is a partner at Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie and practices in the area of complex civil litigation. Passionate about giving a voice to those who have been silenced too long, Ms. Nappi zealously advocates for survivors of sexual abuse and assault. She is currently litigating many cases against several entities – both public and private – in wake of New York State’s recent passage of the Child Victims Act.
Ms. Nappi is admitted to the Bars of the states of New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania and to the United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York and District of New Jersey. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Nappi spent nine years working at the law offices of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. While in law school, Ms. Nappi worked as a legal assistant/paralegal to the firm’s Chairman, David Boies. After her admission to the bar, Ms. Nappi was promoted to Staff Attorney. As a Staff Attorney, Ms. Nappi worked on large complex litigation matters as well as conducted regulatory investigations. Ms. Nappi later joined a boutique litigation firm in Westchester County where she honed her trial skills in the areas of criminal defense, commercial litigation, family law, and estate litigation. In 2018, Ms. Nappi was named “Top 40 Under 40 Criminal Defense Attorneys” by National Trial Lawyers and a Super Lawyers Metro Rising Star in 2018 and 2019.
Ms. Nappi earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Pace University’s Pleasantville Campus. Ms. Nappi later received her Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law (now the Elisabeth Haub School of Law). Ms. Nappi was a participant in NAAC Moot Court Competition and a member of Pace Law School’s Moot Court Board. During law school, Ms. Nappi was also heavily involved in the ABA through its Law Students Division where she was the Second Circuit Lt. Governor for Non-Traditional Law Student Relations