My Profile

I am Maria DiGiulian, an attorney and mom living in Arlington, Virginia. My proudest accomplishments to date are my two smart daughters and my great marriage to my wonderful Midwestern husband.

I was graduated from Hamilton College (BA), George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs (MA), and George Mason University’s School of Law (JD). My most interesting educational experience was spending my junior year in China (long ago) in 1986-87.
Currently, I am an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s School of Public Policy where I am developing and teaching a course which will examine the multilateral trading system and its rules and practices. I am also general counsel for IBIS, A Chamber Music Society, Inc., which is a music society open to the general public that fosters an appreciation of chamber music through free community concerts. Please learn about this group at http://www.ibischambermusic.org/.

I have worked at large law firms for most of my professional career, including Sidley Austin LLP, Powell Goldstein LLP, Graham & James LLP and Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon LLP. During those years, I litigated in various courts of appeal and the Supreme Court on matters involving questions of public international law and global corporate responsibility, and focused largely on the regulatory matters of international trade law. I also was involved in some exciting patent litigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Trial work brings an attorney into a face-paced, highly collegial environment in which you are constantly and quickly learning—not only about the substance of the laws at issue, but also the litigation process.

I have also done a significant amount of policy work on trade matters. This work was fascinating, as I focused on issues including U.S. relations with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Burma and international trade interests such as normal trade relations trading status, sanctions, intellectual property rights, export controls, textiles and footwear. In my younger years I worked on the Hill on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy.

I am barred in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and am admitted in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

I am heavily involved in Women in International Trade, a non-partisan professional organization in Washington, D.C. for individuals—particularly women—who share a strong interest and expertise in the field of international trade. Please become involved (the group welcomes men and women) and join. http://www.wiit.org/.

My favorite hobbies are skiing and playing ice hockey (I grew up in Connecticut).