Donna M. Maryanski

Donna M. Maryanski is Senior Trial Counsel at Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team LLP. She has been a trial attorney since 1989, with a practice focused on personal injury and employment law. Over the course of her career, she has tried more than 117 cases across California. Her trial experience includes auto accidents, trucking cases, wrongful death, sexual abuse, catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, severe burns, wrongful termination, discrimination, and criminal acts on premises.

She is an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), serving on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter and also as co-chair of Civility Matters. She also serves as faculty for the prestigious three-day Jack Daniels Trial Academy hosted annually by Los Angeles ABOTA.

Donna’s commitment to legal education and mentorship is longstanding. She has presented at ABOTA’s Masters in Trial, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) seminars, Law Di Gras, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Her lectures and mock trial presentations have covered topics such as cross-examination of experts, voir dire, closing arguments, handling medical liens, and deposing billing and biomechanical experts. For over eight years, she chaired and presented at the California and Arizona Trial Academy for State Farm attorneys.

She graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and earned her J.D. from Western State College of Law. Donna holds an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell. The “AV” rating is the highest rating given and is awarded only upon reaching “heights” of professional excellence, both in terms of legal ability and ethical standards.

Donna also gives back to the legal community through volunteer mediation, serving pro bono as a mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court. Outside of the courtroom, she is an award-winning glass artist, gourmet chef, and wine enthusiast. She is currently mastering her pizza-making skills using her new wood-fired oven.

Bar Admissions

• California

Leadership

• American Board of Trial Advocates (Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Civility Matters)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Plaintiff Trial Academy (Committee)

Association Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
• Los Angeles County Bar Association

Awards & Honors

• AV Rated Martindale Hubbell (January 2005)
• Gerry Spence Trial School, Graduate

Classes & Seminars

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Seminars (Presenter)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Presenter)
• American Board of Trial Advocates – Masters in Trial (Presenter)
• California and Arizona Trial Academy for State Farm (Presenter)
• Law Di Gras

Community Service

• Los Angeles Superior Court Mediation Program (Mediator)
• Cabrillio High School (Mentor)
• McBride High School (Mentor)

Contact her at donna@aswtlawyers.com to discuss your case.