Maria  Trubetskaya
Maria  Trubetskaya

Maria Trubetskaya

Associate

Los Angeles

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.,

    Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Co-Editor-in-Chief; Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance, Staff Editor

    , 2025
  • University of Denver, B.A., International Studies and Public Policy,

    summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
     

    , 2022
  • California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 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