Maryse Selit

Maryse Selit (born November 29, 1972) is an entertainment lawyer in New York City. Selit practiced law at Proskauer Rose, as well as at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells). She also served as a law clerk to a New York Supreme Court justice and a Virginia Court of Appeals judge. Selit has many high profile clients, including several entertainment personalities, such as Katt Williams, Chaka Khan, Jerry Stiller, Farah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Jeff Bridges, Whitney Houston, Mehmet Oz, Donnie Wahlberg, Chris Rock, Robert DeNiro, Sting, Morgan Freeman and others. Selit has been involved in many high-profile cases, including, among others, the Beekman Hill Trump World Tower case, the Sierra Club case, the Rogers U.S. Supreme Court juvenile death penalty case, the WorldCom and Enron cases, etc.

Background
Selit earned her first law degree at University of London in England, where she was awarded a research scholarship to University of Cambridge. Selit also won the Drapers' Company Legal Scholarship to William & Mary School of Law in Williamsburg, Virginia, graduating magna cum laude with an LL.M in constitutional law and litigation. In 1999, Selit graduated from New York University School of Law with a post-doctoral law degree in International Legal Studies.

Publications
Selit has published scholarly articles in the New York Law Journal, the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, the Fordham Law Review, the Fordham International Law Journal, the Association for Law and Policy, the International Insolvency institute and other publications. Selit has appeared on various American and British TV/talk shows, including The Dr. Oz Show, the John Stossel Show, The Huckabee Report, BBC and ITV's Question Time, and the Jonathan Dimbleby and Richard Dimbleby shows.

Pro-bono/Volunteer Work
Selit dedicates a substantial amount of her time to pro-bono and charity law cases. She has fought and won various State and Federal law cases and appeals on behalf of battered women, the homeless, AIDS victims and other charities. She was awarded the prestigious Sanctuary for Families Award of Excellence in Pro-Bono Advocacy in 2005.

Selit is a member of the New York City Bar Association's Entertainment Committee, of which she was previously Secretary. She was also a member of the Corporate Law Departments Committee and European Affairs Committee. Selit has served as a pro-bono lawyer and board member of the Bailey House AIDS Charity, the Common Ground Community AIDS Charity, the Robin Hood Foundation and continues to offer ongoing pro-bono representation to these organizations as well as free legal initiatives associated with the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York and the New York City Housing Court. Selit adjudicates small claims disputes on a volunteer-basis in the New York County Small Claims Court and serves as a C/I volunteer teacher at Columbia University. She also provides human rights and civil liberties-related legal advice and representation to refugees and internally displaced persons in Darfur and Chad.