Marina Kats

Marina Kats
Marina Kats is a Russian-American Lawyer and Politician.
Born (1961-07-04) July 4, 1961
Kiev, Ukraine
Residence Abington, Pennsylvania
Nationality Russian-American
Education

Temple University

Beasley School of Law
Title Dame by the Ecumenical Hospitaller Order of the St. John Knights of Malta
Political party Republican
Board member of

Albert Einstein Hospital’s Board of Trustees Einstein Healthcare Network’s Board of Overseers Trustee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute President of the Eurasian-American Chamber of Commerce

Trustee of Temple University
Children 2

Marina Kats (born July 4, 1961) is an attorney based in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.[1] A native of Kiev, Ukraine, Kats received her Juris Doctorate from the Beasley School of Law.[1] In 2008, she ran for United States Congress as a member of the Republican Party.[2] She is the founder and owner of Kats, Jamison, & Associates.[3]

Early life, education and career

At age 17, Kats immigrated to the United States from Ukraine and did not speak any English.[4] Kats went to work to get through college. She worked in grocery stores, waited tables, scooped ice cream, and was a dental assistant.[5][6]

She graduated from Temple University in 1985 with a bachelors in Business Administration and received her Juris Doctorate in 1988 from the Beasley School of Law,[7] and later returned to earn a master's degree in 1995, becoming one of a handful of women nationally to receive the master of laws (LLM) in trial advocacy.[4] She is a member of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C. bar associations.[8][9][10]

Kats founded Kats, Jamison & Associates in 1995, and has obtained several seven-figure awards for its clients, successfully represented clients before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and secured pardons for its criminal clients from the Pennsylvania governor.[11] Kats sits on the board of directors for Einstein Medical Center and has dedicated Philadelphia Einstein Center One's lobby in honor of her parents Roman & Nelya Kats.[12] Kats serves on the Board of Visitors for the Beasley School of Law[13] and the Temple University Leadership Council, and is an active member of the Temple Law Alumni Association[1] and a charter member of the Law School’s Centennial Society.[6][14] In 2012, Kats was elected to the board of trustees to the Foreign Policy Research Institute.[15][16] In 2017, Kats became the President of the Eurasian-American Chamber of Commerce.[17]

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008

Kats ran for congress in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district in 2008 against Allyson Schwartz[18] trying to unseat the two-term incumbent Schwartz (D).[19] Prior to February 2018, the district was located in southeastern Pennsylvania, covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. The district traditionally included most of Montgomery County, but was redrawn in 2002 to include part of Philadelphia, and altered again in 2012.[20] Had she won, Kats would have become the first person born in the former Soviet Union elected to Congress.[21]

Awards and honors

2010 The Women's Law Caucus of Temple University Beasley School of Law[22]

2011 League for Entrepreneurial Women Hall of Fame[23]

2015 Temple University Law Alumni Association’s 100th anniversary Leonard Barrack '68 Alumni Achievement Award[24][25]

Notable cases

  • LOUIS AGRE, et al. v. THOMAS W. WOLF, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Civil Action No. 17-4392.[26][27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Three-time graduate Marina Kats elected to Board of Trustees | Temple Now". news.temple.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. ↑ "United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008". Wikipedia. 2018-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Law Offices Of Kats, Jamison & Associates". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  4. 1 2 "Marina Kats LAW '88, LLM '95 Elected to Temple University Board of Trustees - Temple Law". Temple University Beasley School of Law. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  5. ↑ Cosentino, Dom (2008). "Immigrant Hoping to "Give Back" Seeks Office". Intelligencer.
  6. 1 2 Schultz, Ruth W. (Winter 2007). "Marina Kats '88 Youngest member ever to join Centennial Society" (PDF). Temple ESQ.: 19.
  7. ↑ "Board approves updates to facilities, changes to curricula". The Temple News. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  8. ↑ "The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania". padisciplinaryboard.
  9. ↑ "KATS honored as Philadelphia's Top Lawyer" (PDF). Legal Leaders: 3. 2015.
  10. ↑ "NJ Bar Association -Marina Kats". portal.njcourts.gov.
  11. ↑ University, Temple (June 2016). "The Edward J. Ross Memorial Lecture in Litigation" (PDF). Temple ESQ.: 10.
  12. ↑ "People on the move". bizjournals. Biz Journals. 2017.
  13. ↑ "Board of Visitors - Temple Law". Temple University Beasley School of Law. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  14. ↑ "Centennial Society recognizes the Temple University School of Law's most generous benefactors". 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  15. ↑ "On the Boards". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  16. ↑ "FPRI Elects Marina Kats and Mark Kronenberg to Board of Trustees - FPRI". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  17. ↑ "About – Eurasian-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia". eurasianamerican.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  18. ↑ "Election 2008: Who People in Pennsylvania Should Vote For". Esquire. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  19. ↑ "Will The Running Mates Matter This Year?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  20. ↑ "Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district". Wikipedia. 2018-04-06.
  21. ↑ Stone, Kurt (2010). The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members. Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 590. ISBN 9780810877382.
  22. ↑ "A NATURAL TEACHER - Temple University Beasley School of Law" (PDF). www.law.temple.edu. Temple University Beasley School of Law. 2010.
  23. ↑ "League for Entrepreneurial Women | Events | Fox School of Business | Temple University | Philadelphia, PA". Fox School of Business | Temple University | Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  24. ↑ Street, © 2016 Temple University Beasley School of Law Work1719 North Broad; Philadelphia; 19122, Pa. "TLAA 100 Anniversary Awardees". Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  25. ↑ "Local attorney receives award – BSM Philly". bsm.l1.gmnews.com. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  26. ↑ Supreme Court, United States. "JOSEPH B. SCARNATI, III," (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States No. 17-1368.
  27. ↑ Judge, MICHAEL M. BAYLSON, District. "AGRE v. WOLF | Civil Action No. 17-4392. | 42... | 20180111e44| Leagle.com". Leagle. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
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