Michelle E. Tarson
Senior Counsel
Areas of Practice
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Commercial Litigation
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Banking Law
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Breach of Contract
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Motor Vehicle Forfeitures
Bar Admissions
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New Jersey, 1998
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District Court of New Jersey, 1998
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New York, 1999
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Southern District of New York, 1999
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Eastern District of New York, 2000
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Northern District of New York, 2006
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007
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District Court of Connecticut, 2008
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Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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United States Supreme Court, 2013
Education
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Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1998
Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Law at Boston College, 1998
Articles Editor, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 1997-1998
Case Note "Current Developments in the Law" - Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. v. United States, 6 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 809 (1997)
ALI-ABA Continuing Legal Education Scholar for 1997 Environmental Law Conference in Washington, D.C.
Member, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 1996-1997 -
Binghamton University, B.A., 1995
Teaching Assistant for Environmental Public Policy
Michelle E. Tarson is Senior Counsel at Stagg Wabnik Law Group. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, contract actions, and motor vehicle forfeitures. Michelle litigates in the state courts of New York and New Jersey, the District Court of New Jersey, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of New York, the Appellate Division, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Michelle earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she was an Articles Editor for the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. She accelerated her undergraduate studies by obtaining her B.A. from Binghamton University in three years, with a double major in Political Science and Environmental Studies.
Michelle is on the Executive Committee for the Justice Brandeis Law Society, 9th JD, and the Board of Directors of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association as a chair of the Judgment Enforcement and Collections Committee. She is also on the Westchester County Bar Association Task Force on Attorney Well-Being and the Post-COVID Practice of Law. She is also registered with Operation Stand-By through the ABA’s Military Pro Bono Project.