Background
Thorpe, Mara T. was born on September 17, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Mara T. Thorpe
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Wellesley College; University of Paris, France. Boston University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice. Corporate, Financial, Securities, Insurance, Real Estate, Labor, Tax, Trusts and Estates and Matrimonial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, New New York
1973, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
Phi Sigma Iota.
Author: "Juvenile Justice Reform: A Critical Perspective," Trial, Volume 15, Number. 1, p. 26, January, 1979. "Duty to Acting: The French Experience and the New York Jurisdiction," New York University Law School Intramural Law Review, Volume 23, Number.
2, January, 1968.
Company-author: "Laws Provide Financial Aid to Parents for Education of Handicapped Children," New York Law Journal, Volume 167, Number. 121, p. 4, colonel. 3, June 22, 1972. Visiting Lecturer, Guest Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1976.
Judge of the Family Court, State of New York, 1979-1988.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Family Court and Family Law Committee, 1979).
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Family Law). Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership is a full-service law firm providing a broad spectrum of legal services.
Its areas of practice include contract, securities, commercial, aviation, first amendment and defamation, partnership, insurance, real estate, copyright and trademark litigation (both trial level and appellate and before arbitration tribunals).
Corporate and commercial transactions (both domestic and international) including securities, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint venture and technology transfer, computer and licensing transactions. Administrative practice before regulatory agencies. Insurance matters; family law matters including divorce, custody and adoption.
Labor and employment.
Entertainment; taxation. Real estate; trusts and estates.
Achievements
Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Family Court and Family Law Committee, 1979). American Bar Association (Member, Section on Family Law).
