Mary K. Guyer
Associate, New York
Mary K. Guyer
Associate, New York
Mary K. Guyer is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration practice group.
Mary has extensive litigation experience in both state and federal courts, covering all stages from pre-litigation strategy and pleadings to witness preparation, depositions, dispositive motions, and trial documents.
Mary has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for general litigation
Before joining Cohen & Gresser, Mary was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis. She was seconded to the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, where she analyzed legislative bills, drafted budget proposals, and proposed policy changes, achieving favorable outcomes.
As an ACLU Student Advocate, Mary worked on voting rights impact litigation, conducting legal research, developing investigatory data with an expert witness, and assisting with U.S. Supreme Court oral argument preparation.
Mary earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an AnBryce Scholar and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Moot Court Board. She holds a B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego.
Mary K. Guyer is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration practice group.…
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D., 2020); University of California, San Diego (B.A., summa cum laude, 2016)
Bar Admissions
New York State; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Activities and Affiliations
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
Super Lawyers named Mark S. Cohen to its inaugural list of the Top 5 Business Litigation lawyers. Mark is also named among the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, along with Jonathan S. Abernethy and Daniel H. Tabak. Karen H. Bromberg is named once again to the Top 50 women lawyers.
Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are annual lists of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5% of lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5% are selected as Rising Stars.
New York Metro Super Lawyers 2026
- Jonathan S. Abernethy – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Kwaku Andoh – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Karen H. Bromberg – Employment & Labor
- Jason Brown – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Joanna K. Chan – Securities Litigation
- Mark S. Cohen – Business Litigation
- Gale Dick – Business Litigation
- Christian R. Everdell – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Robert J. Gavigan – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Lawrence T. Gresser – Business Litigation
- Johannes G. Jonas – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Nicholas J. Kaiser – Real Estate
- Owen D. Kurtin – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Allon Lifshitz – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- David F. Lisner – Business Litigation
- Jeffrey M. Movit – Entertainment & Sports
- Ellen Paltiel – General Litigation
- Matthew V. Povolny – Business Litigation
- Bonnie J. Roe – Securities & Corporate Finance
- Stephen M. Sinaiko – Business Litigation
- Mark Spatz – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Daniel H. Tabak – Business Litigation
- Alexandra K. Theobald – Business Litigation
- Scott D. Thomson – E-Discovery
- Alexandra Wald – Business Litigation
- Benjamin Zhu – General Litigation
New York Metro Rising Stars 2026
- Randall W. Bryer – Business Litigation
- Olivia P. Daniels – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Shannon A. Daugherty – Business Litigation
- Drew S. Dean – General Litigation
- Jillian L. Gray – Business Litigation
- Mary K. Guyer – General Litigation
- Laura L. Harder – Business Litigation
- Daniel Joiner – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Christine Jordan – General Litigation
- William E. Kalema – Business Litigation
- Sri Kuehnlenz – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Tom Mintz – Business Litigation
- Michele St. Julien – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Myia N. Williams – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Xu Yang – Business Litigation