Segal McCambridge, a national litigation firm that added its first office in Florida last month, has announced that Carla Varriale-Barker has joined the firm as a shareholder in the new York office. She will lead a practice group focused on the sports, recreation, amusement, as well as hospitality industries.
An experienced as well as creative litigator, Varriale-Barker has a portfolio of clients in the aforementioned industries, ranging from professional as well as amateur baseball teams to amusement parks to the U.S. center for SafeSport (an organization established by Congress to address sexual abuse, bullying, as well as other misconduct) as well as in the U.S. Olympic as well as Paralympic movement.
“As a preeminent national litigation firm, we are always on the lookout for dynamic, trial-ready attorneys who share our commitment to client service,” said mark Crane, Segal McCambridge’s Managing Shareholder. “Carla has a tremendous reputation as a litigator as well as counselor in new York, new jersey as well as beyond, making her a terrific fit for Segal McCambridge as we continue to grow as well as diversify our new York as well as jersey City offices as well as expand our broader east coastline presence, including our new Ft. Lauderdale office.”
Varriale-Barker said she wanted to join a dynamic firm with a deep bench as well as a positive culture.
“Segal McCambridge gives my clients greater support in states, including new Jersey, where they are located,” she said. “That’s added value for my clients. When we started to discuss synergies across other practice areas, I knew that Segal McCambridge was dedicated to developing this practice. The fact that the firm likewise has a commitment to public service as well as diversity as well as inclusion was
also important to me, as well as made the decision to join the firm an easy one.”
Crane suggested that the feeling was mutual.
“Carla’s thriving practice overlaps with many of the liability defense areas for which Segal McCambridge is well known,” he said. “At the same time, her unique areas of Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Gales expertise, such as her highly successful practice in the sports, recreation as well as amusement industries, present our firm with excellent opportunities for growth as well as diversification. We are excited to have Carla develop her practice within our national platform.”
Industry observers, such as sports facilities as well as the law Editor in chief Gil Fried said the move was win-win for both parties.
“What Segal McCambridge is getting in Carla is someone so unique that she can cover a broad range of legal topics with depth as well as clarity,” said Fried, a sports law professor as well as chair of the sports management department at the university of new Haven. “She has unique know-how in defending venue liability cases (she has had notable success in spectator habits cases), drafting enforceable waivers, releases as well as indemnification agreements, as well as she has a genuine passion for the company side of the sports, recreation, as well as hospitality industries.
“With her new firm, I am positive she will be able to leverage her past experience, however more than Camiseta PSV Eindhoven that, her firm’s attorneys as well as clients will realize how she is a terrific asset, colleague, as well as mentor.”
Varriale-Barker’s passion for the field Extends to Academia
A graduate of Boston university as well as new York law School, she has taught sports law as well as ethics at Columbia University’s sports management Program since 2008. Varriale-Barker has left an impression on Scott Rosner, academic director of the sports management Program at Columbia university as well as a professor of professional Practice.
“More than anything, what I have noticed is the passion that she brings to not only the subject matter, however teaching,” said professor Rosner. “She truly cares about her students in a way that you can’t fake. She brings it every night to every class. when you are adjunct, as well as you have a day job, it’s hard to always find that passion. That’s not the situation with Carla.”
Varriale-Barker is an active member of professional organizations, including the claims as well as Litigation management alliance (CLM) as well as the international amusement & leisure defense Association, Inc. (a non-profit association of lawyers as well as other professionals who are actively engaged in representing the interests of the amusement as well as leisure industries), as well as the sports Lawyers Association. The American Bar association has published her articles addressing gender equality as well as the role of sponsorship as well as mentorship in the legal profession. She is frequently published in professional sports as well as the law as well as sports facilities as well as the law as well as many other sports lawperiodicals.
That industry participation has only enhanced her depth of knowledge in sports law, something professor Rosner marvels at.
“She has ended up being an expert in many areas of sports law,” he said. “Some good examples of this would Camiseta Atletico Madrid be legal issues in the ticketing industry as well as the amusement park business. They are two pretty different areas. as well as yet, since she practices sports law day in, day out as well as is a remarkably quick study, Carla has carved out a niche in those areas as well as many others.”
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