DANIEL C. MAROTTA

Daniel C. Marotta, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of Gabor & Marotta LLC, a commercial litigation, real estate and entertainment firm in New York City.

He is an alumnus of Fordham Law School, Evening Division, Class of '92.  Mr. Marotta earned his B.A. in Economics and English from Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York.

Mr. Marotta’s real estate practice includes purchases and sales, condominium and coop offering plans, franchising, and commercial leasing.  He prepares offering plans for new condominiums, uniform franchise offering circulars for new franchises and commercial leases for office buildings.  As an experienced trademark attorney, Mr. Marotta registers federal trademarks for all company name brands, slogans and services. 

He is also a trial attorney with experience in commercial litigation, including real estate and construction litigation, wills and estates, trademark and copyright infringement, royalty disputes, rights of publicity, employment disputes, personal injury accident cases, and civil rights. 

Mr. Marotta teaches Intellectual Property Licensing at the NYU School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies and represents independent labels, distributors, producers and artists in various licensing, publishing, recording and distribution agreements.

Mr. Marotta is a former President of the Network of Bar Leaders, a coalition of leaders of 46 bar associations in New York City and Long Island.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Richmond County Bar Association, the RCBA Judiciary Committee, and the RCBA Committee For Judicial Independence.  He is also a member of the New York County Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, and former member of the 2007 Executive Committee of the Conference of Bar Leaders for the New York State Bar Association.  He is also a former Chair of the Music and Recording Industry Committee of the Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and a member of NYSBA Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section Executive Committee.

Mr. Marotta devotes a substantial amount of time to not for profit real estate development and is active in his local community.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Staten Island Council, a not for profit group consisting of business and community leaders promoting the downtown business district of Staten Island as a cultural and historic destination attraction.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc. and served as President of the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, Inc. for four consecutive years. Neighborhood Housing Services is a nationwide network of local development corporations which provides financing, grants and home buyer education courses to build stability in communities and revitalize distressed neighborhoods. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition in Albany, New York, a coalition of over 180 not-for-profit housing groups in New York State.

Mr. Marotta has lectured at the New York State Bar Association, Miami Winter Music Conference, the MAGIC fashion and apparel show in Las Vegas, and BillBoard Dance Music Summit on copyright and trademark issues.  He has also spoken on topics in real estate law, commercial leasing and mortgage lending for not for profit groups and the German American Chamber of Commerce.  He has made presentations to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Fordham Law School and the New York New Media Association on developing a career in Entertainment Law and real estate law. He has served as a Technical Editor on The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Small Business, Macmillan, 2000, and the Unofficial Guide to Starting a Small Business, Macmillan, 2000.  Published articles include: Trademark Parody Since Ginger Rogers, Trademark World, May 2002; What They’ll Never Tell You About the Music Industry, NY Law Journal, Lawyers Bookshelf, February 25, 2003; "Does Trademark Grant Monopoly over Useful Product Features?" OffPrice Apparel Magazine, Fall 2004; and “The In’s and Out’s of Licensing Partnerships,”  OffPrice Apparel Magazine, Spring 2006.

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