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1-516-741-6565~Law Practice Erica B. Garay concentrates on commercial litigation including corporate and partnership dissolutions, arbitrations, trials, appeals, pre-trial discovery and motion practice, and general business representation. Ms. Garay represents businesses of all sizes and their management. She has served on steering committees charged with planning the course of major pieces of litigation. She has lectured and authored articles on federal practice, employment law, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, and advises businesses on these and other corporate and commercial matters.Professional Profile Prior to joining Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Ms. Garay was first an associate, and then a partner, of the firm of Rivkin Radler LLP. She was previously associated with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, and served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the General Litigation Division of the New York City Law Department. She also worked on two of the largest contract cases ever to go to trial in New York City and Seattle, both of which resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts in favor of her clients.Professional Affiliations Ms. Garay has served as the co-director of the American Bar Association�s Section of Litigation (Division III) and as co-chair of its Consumer and Personal Rights Litigation Committee. She also has served as editor of Equal Access, the ABA�s newsletter for the Equal Opportunity in the Law Committee. As a member of the New York State Bar Association, she serves on the Alternative Dispute Resolution sub-committee. She is also an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and has lectured at the Practicing Law Institute (NYC) on Enforcing Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements and at the New York Judicial Institute on trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation to the State�s Commercial Judges. Ms. Garay was the founding President of the Long Island Women�s Agenda from 1999 until 2002, and is a Board Member. She was Vice President for Membership of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women, and President of the Women Economic Developers of Long Island.Community Involvement Ms. Garay has served on many community boards and organizations including the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce; Long Island Association Economic Development Committee; Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Family Resources; Corporate Advisory Board of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County; the Council of Overseers of C.W. Post-Long Island University and of the Executive Board of Long Island University�s College of Management, where she has been an adjunct professor at the graduate school; and of the Half Hollow Hills Business-School Partnership Advisory Board. Ms. Garay currently serves on the Board of Directors of FOTA (Friends Of The Arts).Recognition Among her many accolades, Ms. Garay was named Advocate of the Year in 2002 by Women on the Job, and she was the Girl Scouts of Nassau County�s Juliette Low Award of Distinction recipient in 2000. She was the recipient of the 1993 Achievers� Award in Law from the Long Island Center for Business & Professional Women and an inductee into the LI Center�s Hall of Fame in 2001. Ms. Garay was inducted into the Top 50 Women on Long Island Hall of Fame in 2003, after being a recipient of the honor for two prior years. She has also been recognized by the American Bar Association, receiving its Distinguished Leadership award. Admissions Ms. Garay is admitted to practice law in New York State. She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Northern and Central Districts of California, and the District of Wisconsin; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal, Third and Second Circuits | 