Maria T. Raciti
Associate

Maria focuses her practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death.

During law school, Maria interned for one summer at Gallagher & Kennedy, where she acquainted herself with all aspects of the firm’s practice, including anti-trust litigation, commercial property disputes, commercial contract litigation, personal injury and wrongful death actions, and criminal defense.

Maria T. Raciti

Maria’s law school experience included legal externships with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Liability Management Section, the Arizona Supreme Court, Staff Attorney’s Office, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  She was a Constitutional Law Teaching Assistant, a member of the Women Law Students’ Association, a member of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association, a Law Ambassador for the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, an Arizona Legal Center Volunteer, and a CourtWorks Volunteer.

Maria earned the following honors and awards in law school:

  • Highest Pro Bono Distinction
  • Arizona State Law Journal: Outstanding Note and Comment Contribution
  • CALI Awards: Legal Method & Writing, Legal Advocacy, Constitutional Law, and Juvenile Law

Representation Experience

  • $950,000 settlement for wrongful death due to motor vehicle-bike accident. (2023)
  • $750,000 settlement for client in a motor vehicle accident in Maricopa County, Arizona. (2023)
  • $575,000 settlement for motor vehicle accident in Apache Junction, Arizona. (2023)
  • $525,000 settlement for motor vehicle-motorcycle accident in Tempe Arizona. (2023)
  • $4,250,000 settlement for clients in a motor vehicle accident in Phoenix, Arizona. (2023)

Learn more about Maria’s work for the seriously injured by visiting her profile on our personal injury website.

honors & awards

The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2024

Events

  • Panelist, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, “How to Summer,” April 5, 2023.

OTHER

Study Abroad
Study Abroad Program in Israel, France, Belgium, and Italy