Marcelle A. Ferdinand

Managing Partner

Practice Areas

Litigation + Dispute Resolution
Family Law

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws, University of the West Indies,
Legal Education Certificate (LEC), Hugh Wooding Law School
Master’s in Business Administration (UWI/Arthur Lok Jack of Graduate school of Business, formally Institute of Business)

Admissions

Trinidad and Tobago – 1979

Areas of Concentration within Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Commercial Litigation
Banking Law
Public Law
Medical Negligence
Arbitration
Mediation
Family Law
Admiralty + Shipping
Construction Law

Experience:

Marcelle leads the firm’s litigation team and has extensive experience as a litigation attorney-at-law with emphasis on Commercial Litigation, including Banking, Public Law, Medical Negligence, Admiralty, and Arbitrations. She also practices Family Law and has undergone training in family mediation to enhance her skills in resolving family disputes in a non-adversarial atmosphere.

Marcelle has made presentations to some of the firm’s corporate clients on the litigation process and, the new Civil Proceedings Rules. She was one of the Law Association’s representative on the New Rules Monitoring Committee, a committee established to monitor the operational efficiency of new civil Proceedings Rules. Marcelle is a former Chairman and member of the Adoption Board of Trinidad and Tobago, a statutory authority charged with responsibility for regulating and facilitating the adoption of children in Trinidad and Tobago.

She has served as Vice-Chairman Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago and is currently a member.

Professional Memberships

Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago

Language

English
Working knowledge of Spanish

Chaguanas Branch Address