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DANIEL C. MAROTTA, Partner.

Daniel C. Marotta, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC, a commercial litigation, real estate and entertainment firm in New York City .

He is an alumnus of Fordham Law School, Evening Division, Class of '92.  Mr. Marotta earned his B.A. in Economics and English from Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York.

Mr. Marotta’s real estate practice includes purchases and sales, condominium and coop offerings, franchising, and commercial leasing.  He is also a trial attorney with experience in commercial litigation, including real estate and construction litigation, wills and estates, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, royalty disputes, rights of publicity, employment disputes, personal injury and civil rights

Mr. Marotta teaches Intellectual Property Licensing at the NYU School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies and represents independent labels, distributors, producers and artists in licensing, publishing, recording and distribution agreements.

Mr. Marotta is President of the Network of Bar Leaders, a coalition of leaders of 46 bar associations in New York City and Long Island.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Richmond County Bar Association, and the RCBA Committee For Judicial IndependenceHe is also a member of the New York County Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the 2007 Executive Committee of the Conference of Bar Leaders for the New York State Bar AssociationHe is also a former Chair of the Music and Recording Industry Committee of the Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Marotta devotes a substantial amount of time to not for profit real estate development and is active in his local community.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Staten Island Council, a not for profit group consisting of business and community leaders promoting the downtown business district of Staten Island as a cultural and historic destination attraction.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc. and served as President of the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, Inc. for four consecutive years. Neighborhood Housing Services is a nationwide network of local development corporations which provides financing, grants and home buyer education courses to build stability in communities and revitalize distressed neighborhoods. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition in Albany, New York, a coalition of over 180 not-for-profit housing groups in New York State.

Mr. Marotta has lectured at the New York State Bar Association, Miami Winter Music Conference, the MAGIC fashion and apparel show in Las Vegas and BillBoard Dance Music Summit on copyright and trademark issues.  He has also spoken on topics in real estate law, commercial leasing and mortgage lending for not for profit groups and the German American Chamber of Commerce.  He has made presentations to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Fordham Law School and the New York New Media Association on developing a career in Entertainment Law and real estate law. He has served as a Technical Editor on The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Small Business, Macmillan, 2000, and the Unofficial Guide to Starting a Small Business, Macmillan, 2000.  Published articles include: Trademark Parody Since Ginger Rogers, Trademark World, May 2002; What They’ll Never Tell You About the Music Industry, NY Law Journal, Lawyers Bookshelf, February 25, 2003; "Does Trademark Grant Monopoly over Useful Product Features?" OffPrice Apparel Magazine, Fall 2004; and “The In’s and Out’s of Licensing Partnerships,”  OffPrice Apparel Magazine, Spring 2006.

Email: dan@gabormarottalaw.com

 
RICHARD M. GABOR, Partner.

Richard M. Gabor is a partner in the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC in New York City.  His main areas of practice include business and tax planning, estate and family planning, real estate, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and business valuations.     

Mr. Gabor graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting in 1976.  He earned his law degree at the University of Miami in 1979, and has studied tax law under a master's program at New York University School of Law. 

Mr. Gabor maintains a dynamic accounting practice, Gabor & Associates, with over 1500 clients in the New York City metropolitan area.  He is a former partner of the downtown Manhattan firm Patrusky, Mintz & Semel, whose offices were destroyed on September 11, 2001.

Mr. Gabor has been providing tax counseling and estate and trust planning for his clients for over 30 years.  His expertise includes the preparation of wills, trusts, gift and estate tax returns, IRS audits and criminal investigations, elder law planning, limited liability companies, and partnership and shareholder agreements.  He is also a trial attorney with experience in trust and estate litigation, business and partnership disputes, divorce, bankruptcy and real estate.  He also acts as a qualified Intermediary in Section 1031 tax deferred commercial real estate transactions on behalf of attorneys and their clients.

Mr. Gabor is a member of the Richmond County Bar Association, and the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.  

He is also a member of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).   Mr. Gabor advises attorneys and certified public accountants regarding business valuations in connection with matrimonial litigation, disputes among shareholders and partners, and estate planning.

Email: rgabor@gabormarottalaw.com

 
RYAN A. RIEZENMAN, Associate.
 
Ryan A. Riezenman is an associate in the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC, a commercial litigation, real estate, tax and entertainment firm in New York City.  His main areas of practice include will drafting, probate and administration of estates, estate accounting, personal injury, limited liability companies, and commercial litigation.  Mr. Riezenman also handles issues catering to the LGBT community. 
 
Mr. Riezenman graduated from the University at Albany with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2002.  He earned his law degree at New York Law School in 2005.  He is admitted to both the New York State Bar and the New Jersey Bar. 
 

Email: rriezenman@gabormarottalaw.com

HON. MATTHEW J. TITONE, Of Counsel.

Matthew J. Titone is the Assemblyman of the 61st Assembly District in Staten Island. He was elected in 2007.  He is the son of Margaret Titone and the Hon. Vito J. Titone, Staten Island's only New York State Court of Appeals Judge.  Mr. Titone is now associated with the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC, a commercial litigation, real estate, tax and entertainment firm in New York City.

While attending St. John's University School of Law, Matthew worked full time as a law clerk for the late John S. Zachary, Esq.  Upon his admission to the New York State Bar in 1992, Matthew immediately began doing pro bono work for the Staten Island AIDS Task Force and Project Hospitality. In late 1993, he was named the Senior Trial Associate for the prestigious Wall Street firm of Morgan, Melhuish, Monahan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, and managed the firm's complex Labor Law litigation department, and litigated Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Liability cases.  He left the firm in 1998 to open his own private law practice on Staten Island.  Mr. Titone, an accomplished trial attorney, balances his public life as assemblyman with his legal career in civil litigation, which includes negligence defense and personal injury.  While in private practice, Mr. Titone handled the landmark case of Ligreci v. New York Foundling Hospital, involving a claim for “fraudulent adoption,” the first of its kind in the United States.

Throughout his career, Mr. Titone has also consistently provided pro bono services to those who cannot afford legal representation. His efforts aided Project Hospitality in creating a full-time professionally staffed legal service department. Matthew served on the Board of Directors of Community Health Action of Staten Island (f/k/a the Staten Island AIDS Task Force), and has also served on the Board of Trustees for Legal Services of New York, providing oversight on the Legal Aid Society, amongst others.

Matthew's civic participation includes his history of leadership at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center.  In 1998, Matthew joined the Board of Trustees and served on a number of its committees, including briefly serving as Interim President & C.E.O.  Until his election to public office in 2007, he chaired the Merger Committee, overseeing the merger of Snug Harbor Cultural Center with the Staten Island Botanical Garden.

Matthew Titone is an active member of the Richmond County Bar Association, Federal Club Member of the Human Rights Campaign, Wagner College's DaVinci Society, the Loughlin Society of St. John's University, and St. John's University School of Law Alumni Society. Matthew was instrumental in enabling St. John's University to endow a scholarship in his late father's name to benefit Staten Island residents attending the school.

In 2004, he was the recipient of the Community Health Action of Staten Island's Philanthropic Leadership Award.

Email: mtitone@gabormarottalaw.com

 

Paul-Philippe L. Reyes, Associate.

Paul-Philippe L. Reyes is an associate with the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC. His main areas of practice include commercial litigation, real estate, and bankruptcy. In law school, he represented debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings and interned in the Chambers of Hon. Harold Baer, Jr., U.S.D.J., S.D.N.Y.
He has also represented Spanish speaking clients in securities arbitration and mediation before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Mr. Reyes graduated from the University of Rochester with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Certificate in International Relations in 2002. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School in 2007. He is admitted to practice in New York State.

Mr. Reyes is a member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyer's Association.


Email:
preyes@gabormarottalaw.com

 

CHRISTOPHER COLON, Of Counsel.

Christopher Colon is of counsel to the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC, a commercial litigation, real estate and entertainment firm in New York City.  Mr. Colon has extensive experience in real estate, personal injury, and commercial litigation. Before joining the law firm of Gabor & Marotta, Mr. Colon was a sole practitioner for several years representing clients in real estate, discrimination, and personal injury litigation.

Christopher Colon is a graduate of Brooklyn College and earned his Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School,  Chicago in 1999.  He is admitted to practice in New York State and has also practiced before the Federal Court, Eastern District of New York.  Mr. Colon is currently waiting admission to the Illinois Bar.

Mr. Colon is a member of the Richmond County Bar Association.


Email:
ccolon@gabormarottalaw.com

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