Mary Kathryn Roberts at Riker Danzig



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Practice Areas

Governmental Affairs

Energy

Financial Services

Health Care

Insurance and Reinsurance

Technology & Emerging Growth Companies

Areas of Emphasis

State Government

Legislative

Regulatory

Administrative

Bar Admissions

New Jersey

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Education

American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 1991

Boston College, B.A., cum laude, 1988

Professional Activities

Member, Women Presidents Organization

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Vice Chair, Health Care Administration Board

Counsel, New Jersey Bankers Association

Named one of 40 lawyers under 40, New Jersey Law Journal

Mary Kathryn Roberts

Partner

Tel 609.396.2121

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Although Mary Kay Roberts' practice is closely focused on the complex world of government affairs, she likes to keep it simple. "I help my clients get things done in Trenton," she says.

She works with a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, banking, insurance, education, technology, telecommunications, utilities, and also a recently formed coalition of the state's blood banks. "I may have 10 different piles on my desk, representing the issues I work on in a particular day," says Mary Kay. "Our practice is broad. But we keep our client base small - around 20 - so we can pay attention to each client's particular needs."

Both a lawyer and a lobbyist, Mary Kay also manages the firm's Trenton office. "Riker Danzig is unique in the state," she says. "We are a full-service law firm with the strongest government affairs practice in Trenton. I do not know of any firm in the state that has the presence, history and reputation that we do. We are able to offer the firm's clients the added component of lobbying services at all levels of government in the state."

Mark Kay is counsel to the New Jersey Bankers Association, a trade association of large and small commercial banks in the state, which serves as an advocate and voice for the needs and goals of the banking industry. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Banking Law Section of the New Jersey Bar, where she chairs the Section’s Legislative Committee.

In 2005, she was nominated Vice Chair of the Health Care Administration Board, an 11-member panel that advises the commissioner of health and senior services on regulation and health care policy.

Prior to joining Riker Danzig, Mary Kay was the chief of staff and legislative liaison to the New Jersey Department of Banking under Gov. Florio. In addition, she was Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. L. Anthony Gibson, J.S.C., Chancery Division in Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Raised in New Jersey, Mary Kay has long been involved with local government affairs.

Law & Politics magazine has named Mary Kay one of New Jersey's "Super Lawyers" for governmental relations since 2006. Best Lawyers in America®, a peer review of U.S. lawyers, has also named her one of the state's top governmental relations attorneys. She is an active member of the Women Presidents' Organization, which is designed to improve business conditions for women entrepreneurs and to promote the acceptance and advancement of women entrepreneurs in all industries.

A frequent speaker to the New Jersey Bankers Association on topics such as predatory lending, the Sarbanes Oxley Act and consumer lending, Mary Kay has also written for New Jersey Bankers Magazine on the USA Patriot Act. She is also the author of "Ensuring Coverage, Balance, Openness and Ethical Conduct for Advisory Committee Members Under the Advisory Committee Act" (5 Administrative Law Journal, 1991).