Perspectiva General

Maria Palivos focuses her practice in employment defense litigation. She represents employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters including discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Maria has experience in state, federal and appellate courts.

Maria was in the top 10% of her class at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. During law school, Maria served as a senior articles editor for the Loyola University Chicago School of Law Journal. For two years during law school, she worked at a litigation firm gaining experience in every aspect of litigation from pre-suit investigation through pleadings, discovery and settlement/trial. Maria has served as an intern at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Illinois Appellate Court. 

Afiliaciones Profesionales y Comunitarias

Member

Hellenic Bar Association Foundation

Member

Diversity Scholarship Foundation

Reconocimiento

Recipient, Jerold S. Solovy Diversity Scholarship

Diversity Scholarship Foundation

Spring 2021

Recipient, Hellenic Bar Association Foundation Scholarship

Hellenic Bar Association Foundation

Fall 2020

Recipient, CALI Award

Legal Writing I

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Fall 2019

Recipient, Irene B. Katele Outstanding Student Award

University of Wisconsin-Madison Legal Studies Department

Spring 2019

Dean's List

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Dean's List

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

Letters & Science Honors Program

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Educación

  • J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2022magna cum laude
  • B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2019

Idiomas

  • Greek

Admisión de la barra

Illinois

Cortes

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois