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Ms. Maragakis is a shareholder and director, and works in Ray Quinney & Nebeker’s litigation section. She has worked on a number of large, complex commercial litigation cases, ranging from business disputes to antitrust matters. In that capacity, she has tried a significant number of cases, and has experience managing complex disputes through trial.Ms. Maragakis is a Hiring Partner and co-chair of the Firm's Recruiting Committee.
Ms. Maragakis has been voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" in the categories of Business Litigation and Pro Bono Work (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
EDUCATION
University of Utah, J.D., 1997
Utah Law Review, Staff Member, 1996-1997
William Leary Scholar
University of Utah, B.S., Honors Degree of Bachelor of Science, Political Science, 1994
magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Utah, Undergraduate Certificate in Public Administration, 1994
PRACTICE AREAS
Appellate Practice
Litigation
Personal Injury and Insurance Litigation
Winter Sports Practice Group
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clerkship, Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Summer 1996
Clerkship, University of Utah, Office of General Counsel, Summer, 1995
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah State Bar
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Chair (2005-06), Member, Executive Committee, Utah State Bar Litigation Section
Co-Chair, 2006 Utah State Bar Annual Convention
President (2006-07), President-Elect (2005-06), SJ Quinney College of Law Alumni Board of Trustees
Member, Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court
Member (2002-04), Utah State Bar Character and Fitness Committee
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Development, Serious Youth Offender, 1995 Utah Law Review 1175
Note, EMTALA Rears Its Ugly Head: The Case of Baby K, 1996 Utah Law Review 1099
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Member, National Honors Advisory Committee, 2001-2004
Member, Saint Sophia Hellenic Orthodox School Board, 2003 - present
Steering Committee Member, Utah State Bar "Dialogue on Freedom" Program which placed lawyers and members of government in junior high and high schools across the state to lead discussions about the rule of law and democracy, 2002
Steering Committee Member, Utah State Bar "Marbury v. Madison Bicentennial Celebration" celebrating 200th anniversary of decision that established judicial review, 2003
Steering Committee Member, Utah State Bar "Brown v. Board of Education" 50th Anniversary, 2004
Young Alumna of the Year Award, SJ Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, 2003
Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, Department of Political Science, Winter Semester 2002, Spring Semester 2004 | 