Marilyn K. Genoa, a principal of Genoa & Associates, P.C., brings over 20 years of mediation experience to the practice, along with her 35 years of experience as an attorney and a judge.
Retired Village Justice for the Village of Old Brookville, Marilyn is a Past President of the Nassau County Magistrates Association, and recipient of the Hon. Frank J. Santagata Memorial Award for exemplary ethics, professionalism and devotion to justice. Prior to being elected Village Justice, she was an elected Trustee of the Village and the Deputy Police Commissioner for the Old Brookville Police Department.
Marilyn brings 35 years of experience representing real estate partnerships; condominium and cooperative associations; shopping centers; closely held corporations (in matters relating to initial start-up analysis, contracts and agreements, shareholder and operating agreements); buy/sell agreements; commercial and residential purchase/sale; contract disputes; commercial landlord and tenant matters; business divorce; environmental issues; zoning and variance matters; commercial litigation, including drafting and arguing appeals in the New York State Appellate Divisions and Court of Appeals.
Now concentrating primarily in the areas of mediation and collaborative law, as a neutral, Marilyn has mediated matters in the areas of business/commercial and real estate including: business divorces; breach of contract cases; breach and dissolutions of partnerships, limited liability and shareholder agreements; breach of fiduciary duty; fraud; employment disputes; condominium and cooperative association/homeowner association disputes; post-closing contract disputes; landlord/tenant disputes; zoning issues; real estate partnership disputes, personal injury, labor law, and surrogates court disputes.
She is a member of the Commercial and Civil Mediation Panels for the Nassau County Courts, as well as numerous other Court panels throughout New York State; the Nassau County Bar Association’s Mediation Panel; the Special Masters panel for the Appellate Division Second Department; and was appointed to the maiden Eastern District of New York Storm Sandy Mediation Panel. She serves as an Arbitrator under the New York State’s Part 137 Attorney’s Fee Dispute Resolution Program.
Marilyn has received extensive training in Mediation over the past twenty years, as well as training in Collaborative Law, and is a frequent lecturer in the areas of: mediation; real estate; purchase and sale of businesses and of real property; and contract law. Well regarded for her fairness, diligence, and efficiency, with thirty years of experience representing clients in the areas of real estate and corporate matters. As the former CEO of a national manufacturing and distribution company, Marilyn’s pragmatic approach to problem solving has helped resolve difficult and complex cases.
Marilyn has held, and continues to hold, positions of leadership in the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, and the Global Collaborative Law Council Inc., as well as several not-for-profit Boards:
Secretary of NYSBA’s Dispute Resolution Section
Member of the Executive Committee for NYSBA’s Dispute Resolution Section and past Co-Chair of the Section’s Membership and Education and CLE Committees.
Vice President of Global Collaborative Law Council Inc.
Former Director of the Nassau County Bar Association (two terms)
Former Member of the NCBA We Care Advisory Board (for 18 years)
Member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association
Past Chair and Co-Chair of the NCBA ADR Committee. She chaired the NCBA ADR Committee at the time the NCBA Mediation and Arbitration Panels were established, overseeing the establishment of the Panels’ structure and Rules
Founding Chair of the Advisory Council for the NCBA Mediation & Arbitration Panels
Past Chair of the NCBA Business and Corporation Committee as well its Animal Law and House Committees
Co-chair of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Mock Trial Program over 15 years.
A past president of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court and of Yashar, the Professional Women’s (formerly the Judges and Lawyers) Chapter of Hadassah, she continues to actively serve on the Board of Directors of both organizations.
Marilyn is admitted to practice in the Courts of the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. She recently retired from active status in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Marilyn received her law degree, with honors, from Hofstra University School of Law, her B.A. from Boston University, and her MSW from Adelphi University.