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Marin/Goodman, LLP is a full service litigation firm. The firm is
committed to providing sophisticated and practical legal advice
in a cost-effective manner. We handle litigation matters venued
throughout New York State and New Jersey and manage national
risks as coordinating, regional and local counsel. We also serve
as concierge counsel to business and high net worth individuals.
Our primary objective is to protect our clients' rights and
interests. We take great pride in our loyal client base and strive
to provide the attention and responsiveness that our clients
require. Marin/Goodman, LLP representation features early and comprehensive case assessment. In consultation with the client, strategies are formulated from inception. Litigation budgets are developed and each process in the litigation is assessed for utility toward the client's goal. Processes and strategies are reviewed periodically with the client, and adjusted when needed to meet the dynamics of litigation.
Our creative approaches to litigation, broad experience and
dedication to maintaining state-of-the-art technology enables us
to provide the level of service usually expected of large law firms,
at significant savings to our clients.
We welcome the opportunity to counsel you.
Marin/Goodman, LLP provides representation in a wide-range of litigation areas, including but not limited to environmental and toxic tort, professional liability, commercial and contract, fraud recovery and entertainment.
The firm is at the forefront of this complex litigation representing manufacturers of a range of products including, boilers, valves, grinding wheels, plastic products, products used in the steel industry and certain dental products. The firm acts as National Coordinating Counsel for a valve manufacturer ensuring uniformity of defense strategies throughout the nation. The firm has been entrusted as local counsel for a manufacturer with over 20,000 cases pending against it in New York, and works with national counsel and the client to develop and implement litigation and discovery strategies.
The firm has successfully represented Architects and Engineers
in various and complex situations. Claims involving engineering certification, construction supervision and structural collapse are situations, among others, in which we have successfully defended our clients.
In its long time representation of a large national insurance
brokerage company, the firm has defended brokers and insurance
claims practices in varied and sophisticated circumstances.
Marin/Goodman, LLP has increasingly used its litigation skills to defend members of the legal profession, especially within those areas of the legal practice in which the firm possesses expertise and experience.
The firm also defends Directors and Officers of corporations,
Not-for-Profit entities and Homeowner Associations. In these
fields, the firm has litigated and developed expertise in Fair
Housing Act cases involving issues such as race and national
origin, as well as matters invoking the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) asserting claims for access and reasonable
accommodations.
The firm has defended its energy clients in environmental claims involving underground storage tanks, benzene, and volatile organic chemicals, among other claims. These sophisticated and potentially high risk litigations require close coordination with the client and often involve numerous defendants which pose additional challenges. Through close coordination with our clients, historical facts are developed and expert analysis is explored to understand and lessen risk.
Attorneys at Marin/Goodman, LLP have substantial experience
in defending manufacturers and distributors against claims of
defectively designed or manufactured products. Most recently,
the firm won a defense verdict in Federal court on behalf of
an industrial machine manufacturer which was cited as a Top
Defense Verdict of the Year. The firm has defended a wide
range of products, including heaters, home consumer products,
industrial band saws and other industrial machinery, exercise
and recreational equipment, automotive parts, and power tools,
among others.
Marin/Goodman, LLP has both prosecuted and defended
numerous cases on behalf of clients to enforce their rights under a contract or other business arrangements. Representative cases include business disputes, commercial torts, trade practices, and restrictive employment/separation agreements.
This firm has assisted various insurance providers on coverage
issues and represented these companies in coverage litigation.
This representation led to the firm being asked to assist the
companies on certain large losses due to fraud. In this capacity the firm initiated litigations and worked with law enforcement resulting in excess of fifty million dollars in recoveries for our clients.
We have broad experience in defending personal injury actions. We have successfully defended cases in areas including assault/battery, false imprisonment, construction, defamation, wrongful death, premises liability, trucking, serious automobile accidents, among others.
The firm has developed a full-service entertainment practice
representing film and television producers, directors, creators
and publishers. We take great pride in our long standing
relationship with clients that we have represented from their
early venture into the
entertainment field
through their formidable
achievements in art and
business. We serve as
General Counsel to Closed
on Mondays, LLC, a film
and television production
company that develops,
packages and exploits
the Comic/Graphic novel
properties of the leading
independent publisher,
ONI Press, Inc. Over the past few years alone, we have handled the contractual negotiations for more than fifteen studios deals, as well as the comic industry's first network development deal with CBS television. We interface with talent agents from major talent agencies and have developed professional relationships with financiers and key players in Hollywood.
The firm's litigation background provides a platform to enforce
our client's rights and to protect clients from various risks
endemic to the industry.
As the road to success becomes even more difficult for
individuals and businesses to navigate, we have found a
pressing need for our firm to provide counsel to our clients in
an expanding range of personal and business liabilities and
ventures. Whether we perform a simple contract review for
professional services, help develop a business plan, create a risk
management strategy or facilitate a meeting with a prospective
business partner, we are always available to lend a supportive
hand. We firmly believe in the concept that a law firm should not
stifle the success of its clients but should be a creative force,
thinking outside of the box to help clients achieve their goals.
Our concierge legal services are performed under a myriad of retainer arrangements that fit our client's needs.
The firm consistently monitors its cases to assess whether
ADR may provide a viable alternative to litigation. Depending
on the client's goals and budgetary concerns, the advantages
and disadvantages of ADR are analyzed and discussed early
in the litigation process to provide optimal results. Throughout
its history, Marin/Goodman, LLP has utilized various forms of
ADR to successfully resolve disputes while avoiding the costs
associated with traditional litigation. The firm's attorneys are well versed in both arbitration and mediation and have participated in numerous ADR proceedings with favorable results. Notably, the firm's new Westchester office shares the building with a well- known, multi-state ADR provider.
After a decade at 40 Wall Street, New York, New York, the firm recently moved into its new offices in Harrison, New York in Westchester County. The new location is near the Metro-North train line and easy to reach by automobile so the firm retains its easy access to midtown Manhattan, thirty minutes away.
Our large and beautiful new offices enhanced the lawyering
processes at the firm. Additional work areas and conference
rooms, a large electronically secured and independently cooled
server room, as well as additional storage, allowed for the
necessary growth to serve our clients. The enhanced office has
proven to be cost effective over the New York City counterpart
which has enabled the firm to continue its commitment to
cost effective representation. Notably, all attorneys and staff
remained with the firm through the move and are now enjoying
the leafy, campus-like setting in Westchester. The firm still
maintains its New Jersey office.
Marin/Goodman, LLP incorporates the latest technology into its practice with the sole goal of providing better legal services to the client. Our use of technology greatly assists in the management of client risk and directly leads to more effective and cost efficient representation.
The office incorporates "paperless" files in all matters
appropriate to do so. All documents and electronic
communication are securely stored and organized on our
computer systems. These files can be securely accessed
remotely by the attorneys and the client. Thus, with the aid of a laptop computer, our attorneys appear in court, at depositions, and at conferences with the entire file at their fingertips. Our technology also enables our clients to have real time access to all significant
information and
documents on those
matters in which we provide
representation
for the client, while the
unrelated matters of others
remain safely encrypted.
Marin/Goodman, LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that a diverse team of attorneys and staff is necessary to fully represent the client in all the situations that may be encountered. In day-to-day matters this belief is displayed in a professional environment of respect throughout the firm. We have consistently satisfied the corporate diversity requirements of our clients.
The firm is proud to represented many leading corporations in the fields of energy, manufacturing, insurance, insurance brokerage services, security and consumer products. These have been long term relationships because of the firms responsiveness to client needs, and dedication to client goals. Our success in attaining client goals have also supported the relationship. In addition, the firm represents or represented numerous firms and companies in the field of engineering and architecture, as well as corporate boards of prestigious cooperatives, not-for-profit corporations, and associations.
The firm elects not to advertise its client base to adhere to the
finest traditions of the attorney-client relationships. With the
permission of clients, such information is available upon request.
Attention to detail is the mark of a good lawyer.
Richard P. Marin
Fredric B. Goodman
Kathleen M. Agnelli**
Rodrigo Armand, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Glassman
Russell S. Jamison
Dean L. Jarmel
Paul B. Josephs
Diane H. Miller**
Cassandra H. Pelissier-Donovan
Ryan C. Pitcairn
**Of Counsel
Richard Marin is the Senior Partner and heads the firm's litigation department. He is a seasoned trial and appellate attorney with over 25 years of experience. (Time flies when you are having fun.) Mr. Marin exerts unparalleled efforts to prepare the best case for his clients. As a result, he has developed a reputation for excellence as a trial attorney
among clients and colleagues. Clients have entrusted Mr. Marin with their high risk litigations. Mr. Marin is involved in all the litigations within the firm, formulating the strategies with others on the trial team to attain the client's goal.
Mr. Marin has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal court, and defended or challenged decisions through the appellate process. Mr. Marin's vast trial experience includes toxic torts, products liability, claims against professionals, complex commercial
matters and contracts. Mr. Marin manages complex litigations in areas including environmental pollution, and asbestos exposure.
Fredric Goodman is a Senior Partner at Marin Goodman, LLP. He combines his experiences as a litigator and transactional attorney to represent clients from deal inception through enforcement of contracts. Fred has negotiated over 15 studio deals within the past few years for the production of movies.
Diane H. Miller is Of Counsel at Marin/Goodman, LLP. She is a seasoned products liability, mass tort litigator who has represented Fortune 500 companies in courts across the United States.
Kathy M. Agnelli is Of Counsel at Marin/Goodman, LLP. Decades of experience in a wide variety of legal matters enables Ms. Agnelli to cut through the paper chase to pinpoint issues and achieve results. Her litigation experience includes commercial disputes, personal injury claims and antitrust matters.
Rodrigo Armand, Jr. is an associate at Marin Goodman, LLP who presently handles numerous commercial matters for corporate clients such as the defense of boards of directors, tort and negligence suits, and asbestos claims. Prior to pursuing a law career, Mr. Armand spent several years as a software developer and consultant to various large corporations throughout the country. After graduating from Rutgers University Law School, he clerked at the New Jersey Superior Court where he handled complex commercial matters. As a law clerk, Mr. Armand performed research on a variety of legal areas, including professional malpractice, insurance coverage, torts, general negligence, tort claims act, debtor/creditor, land use, and general commercial litigation. He has also served as a Court certified mediator on dozens of cases where he has successfully brought opposing parties to agreement on a peaceful resolution.
Jeffrey S. Glassman joined Marin Goodman as an Associate in
2011. He is an experienced state and federal litigator, specializing in
general liability, products liability, municipal liability, complex tort and construction litigation.
Russell S. Jamison joined the firm in 2002. He routinely represents corporations and individuals in State and Federal Courts, as well as before administrative agencies. Mr. Jamison's responsibilities include the handling of all aspects of case management from the inception of the claim through appeal. He represents clients in both the prosecution and defense of a variety of the firm's matters, including professional liability, premises liability, products liability, commercial litigation, real estate disputes, discrimination and civil rights violations, insurance defense and asbestos litigation. Mr. Jamison also supervises the firm's junior associates.
Dean Jarmel is an Associate at Marin/Goodman L.L.P., where his practice concentrates on defending products liability, toxic tort, personal injury, and commercial cases.
Prior to coming to the firm, Mr. Jarmel was a litigation partner for eleven years with the firm of Chadbourne & Parke L.L.P., where he represented Fortune 500 and multinational corporations in high-stakes, high-profile product liability cases. He successfully defended hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in state and federal courts in Florida, Louisiana, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Indiana, including class actions, suits brought by individuals, and suits brought by state governments and insurers seeking medical cost recovery. In addition to his domestic litigation experience, Mr. Jarmel spent five years based in London acting as international litigation and regulatory affairs counsel for one of the largest international conglomerates. Working with national counsel, he successfully defended group actions, individual lawsuits, and suits brought by governments in France, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Spain, Holland, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, and Latin America.
Chambers UK (2005) wrote, “Dean Jarmel is ‘so smart, he must have two brains,’ clients say. This ‘technically gifted’ lawyer is predominantly involvedin defending BAT in claims brought outside the U.S., including cases in Europe, Israel, Canada, New Zealand and Latin America. Moreover his expertise also encompasses the regulatory sphere.” Chambers UK (2006) published that, “Interviewees single out Dean Jarmel as someone who is ‘refreshing, thought provoking and not afraid to ruffle a few feathers.” Mr. Jarmel was also listed in the International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers (2005).
Paul B. Josephs is an associate at Marin/Goodman, LLP. He has experience as a litigator representing clients in a variety of matters including commercial disputes, property damage claims, personal injury claims, and defense of asbestos lawsuits.
Cassandra H. Pelissier-Donovan is a senior associate at Marin Goodman, LLP. She utilizes her diverse professional background and litigation experience to represent clients in all phases of the litigation process.
Ryan C. Pitcairn is an associate at Marin/Goodman, LLP. He graduated from Virginia Tech in December 2003 cum laude
with a Bachelor of Arts in History. Thereafter Mr. Pitcairn attended Hofstra University School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctorate. While at Hofstra University, Mr. Pitcairn was a member of the Moot Court Association.
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