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Attorney Profile
Michelle E. Tarson
- Associate
- phone (516) 357-8100
- fax (516) 357-8111
- email mtarson@sjslaw.com
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Michelle E. Tarson is an associate at Simmons, Jannace & Stagg, L.L.P. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, contract actions and motor vehicle forfeitures. Michelle litigates in the state courts of New York and New Jersey, the District Court of New Jersey, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York and Northern District of New York
Michelle earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she was an Articles Editor for the Boston Universtiy Public Interest Law Journal. She accelerated her undergraduate studies by obtaining her B.A. from Binghamton University in three years, with a double major in Political Science and Environmental Studies. Prior to joining the firm, Michelle was associated with Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P.
- Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation
- Banking Law
- Racial Discrimination
- Breach of Contract
- Motor Vehicle Forfeitures
- Bar Admissions:
- New Jersey, 1998
- District Court of New Jersey, 1998
- New York, 1999
- Southern District of New York, 1999
- Eastern District of New York, 2000
- Northern District of New York, 2006
- Education:
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1998
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Law at Boston College, 1998
- Articles Editor, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 1997-1998
- Case Note “Current Developments in the Law” - Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. v. United States, 6 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 809 (1997)
- ALI-ABA Continuing Legal Education Scholar for 1997 Environmental Law Conference in Washington, D.C.
- Member, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 1996-1997
- Binghamton University, B.A., 1995
- Binghamton, New York
- Teaching Assistant for Environmental Public Policy
- Representative Cases:
- Overby v. Chase Manhattan Bank, S.D.N.Y. 03 Civ. 1370
- General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. The County of Nassau, E.D.N.Y. CV 03-1177