Miriam Manber is a litigator and trial lawyer who handles commercial and employment disputes on behalf of a diverse client base, ranging from individuals to public agencies and multinational corporations. With experience in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations, she has won numerous favorable outcomes, including on dispositive motions, in jury and bench trials, and on appeal.
Throughout Miriam’s career, she has obtained, among other wins, a multimillion-dollar jury verdict on behalf of a foreign credit card issuer and acquirer pursuing breach of contract and conversion claims against a major credit card scheme; a bench trial verdict on behalf of a public agency, defeating a Federal Employers Liability Act claim; an arbitration award in favor of small business owner unlawfully ousted by former co-owners; a precedent-setting appellate ruling on a Federal Railway Safety Act whistleblower claim; summary judgment and appellate wins in disputes over public construction contracts; and numerous pre-trial dismissals of employment discrimination claims against employers in a wide range of industries.
Miriam was a member of the team that represented Syngenta last year in an arbitration seeking coverage for hundreds of tort lawsuits alleging defects arising from exposure to an herbicide, and was on the trial team that secured a win for Syngenta over its primary insurer, Zurich American Insurance Company. In the last year, she has represented the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its affiliate agencies in several high-profile matters, including a multi-million-dollar trial challenging the New York City Subway’s speed policy.
Prior to joining Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney in 2015, Miriam completed a two-year clerkship in the Staff Attorney’s Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Miriam received her B.A. cum laude from Barnard College and her J.D. cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While in law school, she participated in Cardozo’s Alexander Fellows Program, which allowed her to spend a full semester interning for the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York.
Year Joined Firm: 2015
