Experience
Overview
Mariella Salazar is an associate in the New York office of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp's Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on intellectual property, media, and complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on entertainment, publishing, and technology matters. She also has experience in First Amendment and defamation disputes.
In addition to her litigation practice, Mariella provides litigation-avoidance counseling, including chain-of-title analyses and pre-publication clearance review for books, podcasts, and film and television projects.
Before her legal career, Mariella worked at Sotheby's London in the Impressionist & Modern Art department.
Other Career Experience
Associate, Klaris Law PLLC (2023-2026)
Legal Extern, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (2023)
Headlines
Publications
R.A. Bertsche & M. Salazar, Survey of First Circuit Libel Law, in 2024–25 Media Libel Survey (2024).
Practice Areas
Admissions
- New York
- U.S.D.C. SDNY
- U.S.D.C. EDNY
- Called to the Bar of England & Wales (Unregistered)
Clerkships
- High Court of England & Wales, Chancery Division, London, UK, Judicial Assistant
Education
Columbia Law School, New York, NY LL.M. with High Honors
BPP Law School, London, UK, Barrister Training Course, with Merit
BPP Law School, London, UK, Graduate Diploma in Law, with Distinction
University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, M.A., History
University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, M.A., History, with Jardine Scholarship
