Marina Kats | Feasterville Trevose Motor Vehicle Lawyer

Marina Kats

Marina Kats

Experience: 37 years
Language(s): Russian | English | Ukrainian | Spanish | Armenian | Bosnian

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About Marina

Marina Kats was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1979. Ms. Kats attended Temple University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985. Thereafter, she attended Temple University, Beasley School of Law, receiving her Jurist Doctorate degree in 1988. Continuing her pursuits in education, in 1995, Marina Kats also graduated from Temple University, Beasley School of Law with a Masters Degree, becoming one of a handful of women nationally to receive the L.L.M. in trial advocacy. Ms. Kats currently is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington, D.C. and New Jersey Bar Associations and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyer’s Association. Ms. Kats is also on the Temple University School of Law Alumni Board. In 1995, Ms. Kats founded the law firm of KATS, Jamison & Associates, and today, the firm is a well-respected litigation firm with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. The firm concentrates its practice in representing individuals and businesses in all areas of civil and criminal litigation. The firm was successful in representing clients before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has secured several pardons for its criminal clients from the Governor of Pennsylvania, and recently obtained a number of multi-million dollar verdicts in front of Federal and State juries.

Ms. Kats also has lectured at Temple University, for various other schools, and for the New Jersey State Bar Association. Ms. Kats has been selected and featured in Philadelphia Magazine as a Philadelphia Super Lawyer, and a Woman of the Year by Philly Magazine. She has also been selected to the Board of Trustees of Albert Einstein Hospital and Board Member for Einstein Society and to the Advisory Board to the President of Temple University.

Aside from her pursuits in the law, Marina Kats is a successful businesswoman. Ms. Kats is the general managing partner of a number of real estate ventures and commercial projects. Ms. Kats also is the principal owner of a financial services company that provides funding and financial services for independent businesses and joint ventures. Ms. Kats was the president of a popular AM radio station and co-hosts a weekly radio show on New World radio. Ms. Kats also co-produced and co-hosted a weekly television show called “What Do You Think?” with the Honorable James DeLeon from the Municipal Court. For her many successes in business and law, Ms. Kats was elected “One of the 50 Best Business Women in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” by the Governor in 1997. Ms. Kats also was honored as “Woman of the Year” by the Bucks County YMCA and as “Consumer Advocate of the Year” for the past three consecutive years.

In addition to her commitment to the law and to her many business ventures, Marina Kats also is actively involved with a number of charitable and civic organizations. Ms. Kats is a Board Member of the Hias Organization and a member of the American Diabetes Association. Ms. Kats is a member of the Temple Law Alumni and was a Charter Member of the law school’s Centennial. Additionally, Ms. Kats was actively involved in the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness. Ms. Kats currently is the President of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce and she conducts regular lectures to its members on legal and civic issues.

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Experience

President

Kats & Associates

Present

Feasterville Trevose, PA

Admission

Verified New York

1996

Verified District of Columbia

1989

Verified New Jersey

1988

Verified Pennsylvania

1988

Education

James E. Beasley School of Law

Masters (Law)

1995

Temple University

Bachelors

1985

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Foreign Policy Research Institute Trustee
    2012 - Present
  • New York State Bar Association | Member
  • Pennsylvania State Bar Association | Member
  • District of Columbia State Bar Association | Member
  • New Jersey State Bar Association | Member
  • Hias Organization | Board Member
  • American Diabetes Association | Member
  • Russian-American Chamber of Commerce | President
Honors / Awards
  • Top Legal Leaders Super Lawyers
    2015
  • Consumer Advocate of the Year Super Lawyers
    2015
  • AV Rated Martindale-Hubbell
    2013
  • Honoree of the Year Temple Women's Law Caucus
    2010
  • Super Lawyers Philadelphia Magazine
    2004 / 2007-2008
  • One of the 50 Best Business Women in Pennsylvania Governor of Pennsylvania
    1997
  • Personal Injury Attorney of the Year Consumer Business Review
    1997
  • Woman of the Year | Real Philly Magazine
  • Consumer Advocate of the Year

Notable Work

Cases

Man Injured In A Tractor-Trailer Accident

$4.2 Million

Victim Involved In A Motorcycle Accident

$30 Million

Nurse Injured in Car Accident

$3.25 Million

Young Boy Run Down In A Crosswalk

$10 Million

Female Client Who Fell In A Hotel Bathroom

$1.15 Million

Publications

The Wall Street Journal Philadelphia's Top Rated Lawyers of

2014 / 2014


The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia's Top Rated Lawyers of

2014 / 2014


Verdictsearch publication Hotel guest: Restroom's wet floor was a dangerous condition

2014


Fox School Press & Media Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference: Driving Social Change

2010


Temple ESQ. Magazine Youngest member ever to join Centennial Society

2007


The Legal Intelligencer $10 Mil. Settlement for Youngster Struck by Truck

2006


The Legal Intelligencer Exton woman awarded millions

2002


Philadelphia Business Journal | Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business

Kats & Associates Highlights

Felony, Motor Vehicle, Child Custody, Criminal, Employment

Firm Size: 1
Firm Locations: 1
Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, Armenian, Bosnian