Biography

Maryann is a partner and commercial litigator in Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Trusts & Estate Litigation practices. She has over 15 years of experience counseling business entities and individuals on the best ways to prosecute, defend and resolve their complex business disputes in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey, arbitration and alternate dispute resolution forums. She is a passionate advocate and effective negotiator who seeks to solve problems and develop litigation strategies that obtain her clients’ overall objectives and where feasible to help find solutions and resolve business disputes through negotiation and mediation.

Maryann has handled a wide-range of complex commercial matters, which include contentious business breakups (i.e., business divorce), employment related disputes involving the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information, breaches of non-compete and confidentiality clauses and other restrictive covenants, unfair competition, tortious interference, trademark and copyright infringement, fraud, construction access and licensing disputes under Section 881 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law, and professional malpractice. She further handles trusts and estates litigation, which includes accounting and guardianship proceedings before the Surrogate’s Courts. Maryann has represented clients in a broad range of industries including the financial services, accounting, architectural, hotel, dental, real estate, construction, global media and communications, retail and staffing industries as well as several organizations in the not-for-profit sector.

In June 2023, Maryann began serving as the Treasurer of the New York State Bar Association's Commercial & Federal Litigation Section. She has been actively involved in the Section for several years and is committed to supporting its mission, including to "improve the quality of representation of clients." She has also consistently been selected to Super Lawyers.

Maryann regularly lectures and writes on the topics of restrictive covenants, business break-ups/divorce, professional responsibility and cybersecurity, and is actively involved in the Women’s Initiative Group at her firm, a group that creates a platform for women professionals across industries to build their business networks, support each other and collaborate on business and marketing endeavors.