Maryssa Geist is an associate in the firm’s New Jersey office who focuses her practice on sexual abuse litigation, personal injury litigation, and criminal law matters.

Maryssa began her legal career serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph A. Portelli, J.S.C., a Superior Court Judge for the Criminal Division of Passaic County, New Jersey. She then practiced at Ricci & Fava, LLC in Totowa, New Jersey, where she worked on criminal defense and personal injury cases in both state and federal courts.

Maryssa was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar in 2019. She obtained her J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2018, where she graduated with a Certificate of Merit in criminal law and procedure. She graduated from Seton Hall University in 2015, where she was a Dean’s List Scholar, with a B.A. in English.