Introduction
Maria is a member of the firm’s Litigation practice.
Maria Trubetskaya earned their J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, with a focus in critical race studies. Maria graduated with pro bono distinction and was inducted into the Order of Barristers. During law school, they served as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental Law & Policy and a staff editor for the Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture, and Resistance. Maria was also a future of food fellow in the inaugural Future Food Fellows Program, a member of the UCLA Moot Court Honors Board, and a student co-chair of the Race, Work, and Economic Justice Pro Bono Project. They are fluent in Russian.
In 2024, Maria was a summer associate at the firm's Los Angeles office.
Education & credentials
- UCLA School of Law, J.D., 2025
- University of Denver, B.A., International Studies and Public Policy, 2022
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger, San Francisco, CA, Spring Law Clerk, 2025
- Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Summer Associate and Diversity Fellow, 2024
- United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington D.C., Spring Law Clerk in the Environmental Crimes Section, 2024
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