A native New Yorker, Marti’s legal career took off in Family Court, New York County. Having initially worked at a private law firm that specialized in matrimonial litigation, Marti’s passion for children propelled her into the public sector to work for a child advocacy organization. As Supervising Attorney, Marti litigated over 3000 cases in Family and Supreme Court, and she designed and developed the first Family Court annexed Mediation Program in New York City. As the Program’s Director, Marti brokered a partnership with the Association of the City Bar and Fordham Law School to recruit law student and attorney volunteers to mediate family law cases. In the same capacity, Marti trained, coached and supervised all the volunteers, and administered all aspects of the Program. Today, all five counties refer pending child custody and visitation cases to the New York Family Court Mediation Program.

After starting a family of her own, Marti founded Mg O’Hare Law with a focus on family and matrimonial, ADR and employment law. Over the next twenty years, Mg O’Hare Law has represented family and matrimonial clients as trial and appellate attorney, at the negotiating table, and served as third -party mediator.

Concurrent with her practice, Marti taught at Fordham Law School for 9 years, at Hofstra Law School for 3 years, and has mediated employment disputes for the United States Postal Service since 1999.

As an adjunct and clinical law professor, Marti’s courses included: Client-Counseling and Negotiation, and the Small Claims and Family Court Mediation Clinics.

By invitation, Marti served on the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s Hewlett Committee to evaluate national nominations for the Award of Lawyer as Problem Solver.

 

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