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Marc William Brown
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Biography
Marc W. Brown, a partner in Goldberg Segalla's Corporate Services and Commercial Litigation, Construction, Management and Professional Liability, and Global Insurance Services Practice Groups, focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation. His experience includes litigation pertaining to real property title claims defense and coverage matters, real property tax certiorari proceedings, contractual disputes, personal injury, and collection enforcement. In addition, he has experience in professional liability matters relating to commercial and residential real estate transactions. He has extensive appellate experience and is a former judicial clerk in the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
Highly regarded among his colleagues, Marc has received a peer-rating of AV Preeminent, the highest possible rating, from Martindale-Hubbell, as well as an AV Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Judicial Edition, which reflects the opinions of members of the bar and judiciary.
Marc currently serves as president of the University at Buffalo Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is also actively involved in a number of civic organizations, and is the current treasurer for the Va’ad HaKashrut of Buffalo as well as a committeeman for the Town of Amherst Republican Committee.
Prior to earning his juris doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Marc received his bachelor's and master's in business administration from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he currently serves as a member of the National Law Advisory Council Steering Committee. While in law school, he clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, as well as with the Hon. William M. Skretny, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. He also interned for the school’s Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth to develop the first progress report of its State of the Region Project. During his third year, he served as president of the school's Moot Court Board, executive editor of the Human Rights Law Review, and as a member of the Jessup International Moot Court Board.
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Licensed in Pennsylvania for 9 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 2016
No misconduct found
Licensed in New York for 25 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2000
No misconduct found
Location
Goldberg Segalla, LLP
665 Main Street., Suite 400, Buffalo, NY, 14203-1425
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Experience
Honors
2017
Honoree, UB Law School Alumni Association GOLD Group
2014
Top Rated Layer: Litigation, Martindale-Hubbell
2014
Legal Elite of WNY (commercial Litigation), Business First
2013
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2012
40 Under Forty Award, Business First
2007
Up & Coming Attorney, The Daily Record
2006
Empire State Counsel, New York State Bar Association
1999
National Honor Society, Order of the Barristers
1999
Appellate Practice Award, Judge Matthew Jasen
1999
Faculty Award for Excellence, UB Law School
1999
GOLD Group Student Leadership Award, UB Law School Alumni Associatin
1994
Economics Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon
1993
Award for Student Excellence, SUNY Binghamton
N/A
AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Judicial and Peer Review Rating
N/A
Top Rated Layer: Insurance Law 2016-17, and Construction, 2018, Martindale-Hubbell
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Upstate New York Super Lawyer 2014-18, Super Lawyers
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Partner, Goldberg Segalla, LLP
Associations
2018 - Present
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Alumni AssociationPresident
2013 - Present
Niagara Business AssociatesMember
2009 - Present
Va’ad HaKashrut of BuffaloTreasurer
2008 - Present
Town of Amherst Republican CommitteeCommitteeman
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Alumni Association
Executive Committee Member, 2014–15 and 2017–18
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Alumni Association
Treasurer, 2012–13 and 2015–16
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Alumni Association
Vice President 2013–15; Board of Directors Member, 2008–15
Kadimah School of Buffalo
Co-President, 2012–15; Board of Trustees Member, 2009–15
2018 - 2019
American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice SectionTitle Insurance Litigation Committee: Chair
2017 - 2018
ABA Title Insurance Litigation CommitteeChair Elect
2017 - 2018
ABA General Board Standing CommitteeBoard Member
2017 - 2018
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Alumni AssociationPresident-Elect
2016 - 2017
ABA Title Insurance Litigation CommitteeTreasurer
Education
1999
State University of New York at Buffalo
JD - Juris Doctor
1996
State University of New York, Binghamton
MBA - Master of Business Administration
1995
State University of New York, Binghamton
BA - Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
Publications
2017
American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Annual Meeting
Co-Presenter, "A Proactive Approach to Avoiding Bad Faith Within the Title Insurance Arena,"
2017
ABA-TIPS Title Insurance Litigation Committee Newsletter
Author, "Better Be Safe Than Sorry in Purchasing an Owner’s Title Insurance Policy,"
2017
E & O Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT
Presenter, "Hard Money, Hard Claims — How Private Lending Complicates Professional Liability Claims,"
2017
Buffalo Business First
Author, "Title Insurance — A Must-Buy in Real Estate Transactions,"
2016
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Presenter, "Cool Connections, Hot Alumni,"
2016
REALTOR Mag
Quoted in "5 Tips for Handling a Deposition,"
2015
American Bar Association Title Insurance Litigation Committee Newsletter
Author, “Conflicts in Title Insurance — What Is the Best Approach?”
2015
American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Annual Meeting, Chicago
Presenter, “Addressing Ethical and Conflict Situations in Title Insurance Litigation,”
2015
Binghamton University Harpur Law Council, New York, NY,
Presenter, "Practice of Law, Civil Procedure, and Commercial Litigation,"
2015
National Business Institute, Buffalo, New York
Presenter, “Title Law From Start to Finish,”
2015
2014
Erie County Assessors’ Association Monthly Meeting
Presenter, “The Importance of a Comprehensive Assessment Plan When Challenged by a Taxpayer’s CPLR Article 78 Proceeding,”
2014
Wall Street Journal
Quoted in “Why Real-Estate Agents Should Consider Insurance,”
2014
You and the Law, WBFO 88.7
Featured in “Realtor Representation,”
2014
2013
You and the Law, WBFO 88.7 FM
Guest on “Property Paperwork,”
2013
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Presenter, “A Primer for Litigating Cross-Border Insurance and Products Liability Disputes,”
2013
Buffalo Law Journal
Featured in “Five Questions With Marc Brown,”
2011
University of New York at Binghamton
Presenter, Thurgood Marshall Pre-Law Society and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity Meeting
2011
New York State Assessors’ Association Annual Meeting
Presenter, “Mock Certiorari Trial,”
2009
Erie County Assessors’ Association Monthly Meeting
Presenter, “Procedures Before the Boards of Assessment Review and Ultimate Dismissal of Complaints,”
2009
Bender’s Forms for the Civil Practice
Contributing Author, “Client Affidavit Opposing Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Action for Determination that Plaintiff is Lawful Owner of Real Property Based on Adverse Possession and Entitled to Remove Fence Erected by Defendant,”
2009
Bender’s Forms for the Civil Practice
Contributing Author, “Attorney Affirmation Opposing Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Action for Determination that Plaintiff is Lawful Owner of Real Property Based on Adverse Possession and Entitled to Remove Fence Erected by Defendant,”
2008
N.Y. Real Property Law Journal
Author, “Protecting Boards of Assessment Review When Dealing with Unresponsive Property Owners Who Challenge Their Assessments,”
2007
NYSBA Journal
Author, “Tax Assessment Proceedings and the Role of the Board of Assessment Review,”
2007
New York State Assessors’ Association Annual Meeting
Presenter, “Soup to Nuts: From the Tax Assessment Complaint Submitted to the Board of Assessment Review to the Final Resolution of Tax Certiorari Proceedings,”
1999
Journal of Law & Education
Author, "Christmas Trees, Carols and Santa Claus: The Dichotomy of the First Amendment in the Public Schools and How the Implementation of a Religion Policy Affected a Community,”
1998
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Author, “The Effect of Free Trade, Privatization, and Democracy on the Human Rights Conditions of Minorities in Eastern Europe: A Case Study of the Gypsies in the Czech Republic and Hungary,”