Marchelle A. Wiley
Marchelle A. Wiley is of Counsel at RiesbergLaw, and has been practicing law for over 15 years. Ms. Wiley has represented the interests of both corporate and individual clients. Her experience includes the prosecution and defense of claims via litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Her practice includes commercial litigation and the representation and counseling of clients in employment discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims (race, sex, national origin, marital status, and religion). Ms. Wiley is also a trained civil litigation mediator.
Areas of Concentration
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Contract Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Business Torts
• Products Liability
• Construction Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Family Law, concentrating on matters including, but not limited to
Divorce
Child Support
Visitation and Paternity
Trained Family Court Mediator
Significant Representation
• Represented numerous plaintiffs in employment discrimination actions against Fortune 500 companies and public entities, resulting in multimillion dollar resolutions.
• Substantive products liability experience. Substantial litigation management.
• Analyzed and investigated antitrust claims brought against corporate clients. Rendered advice regarding rights, remedies, liabilities, and potential exposure in antitrust arena.
• Experienced in business, banking, employment, construction, and bankruptcy litigation. Significant arbitration experience.
• Represented corporate client in inter-related federal and state court actions against sixty-seven nationwide defendants stemming from allegations of antitrust, racketeering, and constitutional law violations. Drafted and argued extensive variety of motions. Negotiated and drafted various contracts.
Professional and Community Involvement
• Caribbean Bar Association
• Miami-Dade County Teen Court – Judge
• The Florida Bar’s Equal Opportunities, Family, and Labor and Employment Sections
• Transnational Legal Writing Skills (f/k/a American Law & Language) – Trainer/Lecturer, New York, N. Y. March, 2004 – Present
Developed and conducted legal writing and contract drafting courses and seminars in Europe and the United States for foreign corporate counsel.
• Middlesex County College, Edison, N.J.-Adjunct Professor of Law
Taught Legal Writing, Business Law, and Paralegal Studies courses.
Previous Employment
• Kaye Scholer, et al, L.L.P., New York, NY
• Dewey Ballantine L.L.P., New York, NY
• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan L.L.P., Miami, FL
• Tew Cardenas Rebak Kellogg Lehman Demaria & Tague L.L.P., Miami, FL
Education
• J.D. , Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA, 1994
• B. A. magna cum laude, English/Classical Literature, Howard University,
Washington, D.C. 1991
Phi Beta Kappa/Golden Key Honor Society – Vice President
National Merit Scholar
Howard University Presidential Scholarship
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society.
Admissions
• State of Florida
• United States District Court
Southern District of Florida
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Languages
• Conversant in Spanish