Maria is counsel in the insurance and reinsurance practice group in the New Orleans office. She practices in the areas of insurance coverage, insurance defense and litigation, products liability, defense of motor carriers and mass toxic tort. In addition, she has experience in the litigation of claims concerning asbestos exposure, pharmaceutical and drug liability and chemical exposure. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles Grisbaum, Jr., in the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal from 1991 to 1993.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1991
• Louisiana State University, B.A. in Political Science and French, 1988

• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Lawyers' Professionalism and Ethics Committee); Association for Women Attorneys