Mariam Zakhary

MARIAM ZAKHARY is both a licensed attorney and certified mediator who specializes in developing and tailoring legal strategies to each client's specific objectives. She has successfully litigated complex matters in State and Federal Court on behalf of individuals and businesses. Mariam Zakhary has won cases others considered "unwinnable". She has successfully and aggressively advanced the goals of clients, whether in a capacity of collecting funds owed or insulating them from exposure to litigation. In addition to extensive litigation experience, Mariam Zakhary's post graduate mediation certification equips her with the unique ability to thoroughly explore and evaluate advanced and novel legal strategies to position clients to obtain effective, efficient, and expedited resolutions of legal disputes. This approach is particularly suited to health care disputes, patient rights' violations, nursing home disputes, business disagreements, disputes about inherited property, disagreements among business partners, and contract disputes. Ms. Zakhary has been recognized as a premier mediator and is well known for her legal, analytical, and conciliation skills. She was chosen to mediate cases in the Civil Court of Staten Island and has successfully mediated hundreds of cases. Her success ratio is 90%. As an attorney, court appointed mediator, active community member and recognized patient advocate, she empowers her clients through the use of mediation, negotiation, arbitration, and litigation. She lectures on Health Care Disputes within Nursing Homes and is an active member of the Coptic Egyptian Christian Church in Staten Island, New York and speaks Arabic fluently. Awards and Honors Honors Attorney General’s Award for Courage & Community Concern

• Molod Spitz & DeSantis, Associate, 2009 - 2011
• New York Center for Inter Personal Development, Mediator, 2008 - 2012
• Languages
• Arabic

• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• Mediating Health Care/Elder Care Disputes
• Developed Pilot Program for Mediating Business Disputes

• New York, 2008
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2011
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2011
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Court Mediator, Center for Mediation in Law, 2008
• Post-Graduate Mediation Training at New York Center for Interpersonal Development
• Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation
• New York Matrimonial law and Mediation Training
• New York State Unified Court System Office of Alternate Dispute Resolution, Quality Assurance and Mediation Training

• American Bar Association (Litigation Section and Section of Dispute Resolution)
• New York State Bar Association
• Richmond County Bar Association
• Brooklyn Bar Association