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Maria G. Diaz - St Fresno, CA

1444 Fulton St Fresno, CA 93721

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Updated: 11/13/2024

Overview

Ms. Díaz has dedicated her legal career to representing workers in employment cases. She is the founder of THE DIAZ LAW FIRM and serves as “Of Counsel” to the law firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg.

Ms. Díaz focuses her practice exclusively on representing workers in a range of employment matters including defamation, whistleblowers, sexual harassment, gender/pregnancy discrimination, disability discrimination, and wrongful termination. She has expertise navigating leave laws, including those related to pregnancy, disability, and family medical leave. Ms. Díaz is bilingual in Spanish and English.

She has a broad range of experience in federal court, state court, and arbitration. Ms. Díaz litigates, tries cases in state and federal court, arbitrates cases, and does appellate work. She has negotiated millions for her clients in a multitude of employment claims against a wide range of companies, individuals and public entities.

Her last trial resulted in a jury verdict of $1,325,000 for Ms. Eva O’Brien who worked part-time at Baca Properties when she was wrongfully terminated. After Baca Properties hired an appeals expert to appeal the verdict, Ms. Díaz prepared the responding appeal brief on behalf of her client, Ms. Eva O’Brien.

REPRESENTATIVE VERDICTS, AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS
• $1,325,000 verdict in a wrongful termination case representing a part time woman earning $15 per hour.
• $2,500,000 award in a race discrimination case of three construction workers.
• $2,000,000 settlement in a sex harassment and retaliation case by a male against a large corporation.
• $1,750,000 settlement in a gender discrimination case involving a group of women against a government entity.
• $750,000 arbitration award in a nurse's defamation case against Methodist Hospital of Southern California.
• $850,000 settlement in a woman's gender discrimination case against a large manufacturing company.
• $550,000 settlement in a retaliation case of a female physician against a government agency.

About Maria G. Diaz

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • California

Other Affiliations

  • Executive Board, California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA)
  • Editor, California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Review
  • Former Advisor, Executive Committee of the State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Section, 2011 - 2012
  • Former Member, Executive Committee of the State Bar of California, Labor and Employment, 2008 - 2011
  • National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member)
  • California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) (Member)
  • State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Section (Member)
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
  • Fresno County Bar Association (Member)
  • Latina Lawyers Bar Association
  • Mexican-American Bar Association

Classes and Seminars

  • Presenter, California Employment Lawyers Association’s Trial College, 2014-2016
  • State Bar of California Annual Labor and Employment Conference “How to Take and Defend Depositions”
  • California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference “Arbitration in Employment Cases”
  • California Employment Lawyers Association “Legislative Intent: How To Use It In Employment Cases”
  • California Employment Lawyers Association “Diversity Summit”
  • California Employment Lawyers Association “How to Conduct Discovery in Employment Cases”
  • Latina Lawyers Bar Association “ How to Oppose Summary Judgment Motions”
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association “ Employment 101"
  • Guest on National Television Show--The Cristina Show, the #1 Spanish speaking talk show seen worldwide for several decades

Pro Bono Activities

  • Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Foundation

Education

  • Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 2001
    J.D.
  • Harvard University, 1994
    Major: Public Policy
  • Stanford University, 1991
    B.A.
    Major: Quantitative Economics
  • Princeton University, Summer Fellowship, 1990

Articles

Published Works

  • Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • California Labor & Employment Law Review

Office Information

Address

1444 Fulton St Fresno, CA 93721

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Maria G. Diaz

Included on the 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2006 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2005 Southern California Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Maria G. Diaz on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • Wiley W. Manuel Award, State Bar of California
  • Outstanding Legal Services Award, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program
  • Outstanding Service Award, Senator Barbara Boxer
  • Southern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star", 2005 - 2008
  • Top 50 Women Attorneys in Northern California, 2012
  • Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star”
  • Selected to Super Lawyers

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