Marie Anna DeForest
DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Berardinelli • New York, NY
Wrongful TerminationWhite Collar Defense
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Contact
Email
Phone
(646) 859-1713
Address
41 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, US
Professional
About
Marie focuses her practice primarily on commercial litigation and white collar defense matters. Her experience includes matters involving contractual disputes, trade secret and confidential information disputes, asbestos defense, professional liability actions, fiduciary disputes, creditors' rights issues, and white collar-defense. Marie's representative matters include an active asbestos defense practice where she has successfully received summary judgment numerous times for several companies. She has defended asbestos actions in Delaware, California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. She is the supervising attorney for the firm's asbestos defense practice. Marie is an accomplished horsewoman. In high school and college, she traveled extensively throughout the United States to compete in three-day eventing competitions. Marie has earned a number of prestigious awards including First Place, Mid-South CCI three-day eventing competition in Lexington, Kentucky; United States Pony Club Cavalry Award for winning an international eventing competition; and United States Pony Club Harry T. Peters Award, which is awarded to the highest ranking eventing rider for excellence in riding and horsemanship at the United States Pony Club Nationals.
About Wrongful Termination Law
Wrongful termination attorneys represent employees who were illegally fired from their jobs. They fight to recover lost wages and damages. Common matters include illegal firing, retaliation, discrimination, breach of contract.
Credentials
Education
2008 Univ of Richmond T C Williams SOL J.D. 2005 Univ of Richmond B.A.
Languages
English
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
2023 Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2022 Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2021 Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2020 Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2015 Advocate Designation, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Publications
2016 Legal Column, DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Berardinelli Implementation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 2015 Legal Column, DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Berardinelli Do You Think You Know What You Can Tell Your Non-Supervisory Employees to Do 2015 Legal Column, DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Berardinelli Protecting Your Confidential Information & Trade Secrets
Associations
2015 - Present University of Richmond Alumni Association NYC Planning Committee 2013 - Present American Bar Association Women Rainmakers Committee 2012 - Present New York City Bar Association Member 2012 - Present New York County Bar Association Member 2008 - Present Pennsylvania Bar Association Member
Speaking
2015 Fall Programming Event, Women Rainmakers Committee How to Ask for New Business and Seal the Deal 2014 American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Spring Conference Practicing Law While Breaking the Confines of Implicit Bias in and Outside the Courtroom 2012 Women's Roundtable Roundtable Discussion on Solutions to Issues that Women Face in the Legal Profession 2010 Women in the Profession Mid-Year Meeting How to Be a Mentor/Find a Mentor
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Updated: Jun 04, 2026