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Garfunkel Wild’s Marianne Monroy
Named to LIBN ‘40 Under 40’ Class of 2012
Great Neck, NY, January
30, 2012. Garfunkel Wild, P.C. is pleased to
announce that partner Marianne Monroy has been named to
Long Island Business News’ 40 Under 40 Class of 2012.
Monroy is among Long Island’s top 40 rising stars who
are not only hard working, talented and dedicated young
professionals, but who also have made significant
contributions to charitable endeavors and their
communities. Monroy was inducted into the 40 Under 40
Class of 2012 at an awards dinner at the Crest Hollow
Country Club last evening.
As a partner in the
Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group at Garfunkel
Wild, P.C., Monroy represents clients in federal and
state court, arbitrations, appeals, hearings and
mediations. Her practice includes litigation of a wide
variety of commercial and business issues, including
contract disputes, managed care and judicial review of
agency and other administrative determinations. She also
has extensive employment law experience; defending
clients against all types of discrimination, harassment,
wage and hour, defamation, whistleblower, breach of
contract and restrictive covenant claims. Additionally,
Monroy frequently represents institutional clients in
proceedings relating to the retention, treatment and
assisted outpatient treatment plans of psychiatric
patients, as well as patient guardianship proceedings.
Monroy routinely counsels
clients regarding human resources issues, including
compliance with state and federal wage, safety,
overtime, discrimination and environmental laws. She
represents clients with regard to claims brought before
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New
York State Division of Human Rights, the New Jersey
Civil Rights Commission, and the New York and New Jersey
Departments of Labor.
Prior to joining Garfunkel
Wild, P.C. in 2001, Monroy practiced land use and
environmental law, representing both private and
municipal corporations in connection with real estate
development applications, zoning and land use planning
matters. Monroy received her B.A., cum laude,
from Brooklyn College in 1994, and her J.D., cum
laude, and Environmental Law Certificate from Pace
University Law School in 1997. She is a member of the
Nassau County Bar Association and the American Health
Lawyers Association.
Founded in 1980, Garfunkel
Wild, P.C. (GW) maintains one of the most active health
care practices in the Northeast, while also providing
services to many non-health-related clients. Always at
the forefront of Federal and State developments, GW
meets a full range of needs including strategic
planning, complex transactions, exempt and taxable
financing, white collar defense, litigation, fraud and
abuse, estate planning, elder law, tax issues, real
estate, licensing, capital formation, EPA/environmental
issues, health information technology, privacy &
security and bankruptcy. GW maintains offices in Great
Neck, NY; Hackensack, NJ; and Stamford, CT. For more
information, visit
www.garfunkelwild.com.
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