Marlena Z. Smith, Esq.

Marlena is an attorney in Falcon Rappaport and Berkman’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group whose legal practice encompasses all aspects of litigation. She works across the firm’s departmental lines to efficiently litigate on behalf of FRB’s range of legal practice areas. Marlena has experience appearing before New York agencies, state and federal courts, and litigating matters involving civil rights, labor and employment, property law, and commercial law. She has handled all aspects of federal and state litigation, including drafting pleadings and motions, engaging in extensive and complex discovery, and mediating cases. She also has experience litigating a variety of employment-related claims, including discrimination and wage claims.

Before joining FRB, Marlena was an associate at a labor and employment firm. Before that, she served as Senior Counsel at the New York City Law Department, where she practiced in the Tort Division and later the General Litigation Division. Following graduation from law school, she initially served as a law clerk to the Honorable Colleen M. Flynn, the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division in the New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex County.