Maria Mortenson is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office. She first joined the firm in 2022 and rejoined the firm in 2025 after clerking for the Honorable Sherilyn Peace Garnett, United States District Judge for the Central District of California. Maria earned her law degree from Harvard Law School; prior to law school, she worked in higher education.
- Harvard Law School
(JD, cum laude, 2022)- Harvard Journal on Legislation: Supervising Editor
- New England Conservatory
(BM, Trumpet Performance, honors, 2016)
- The State Bar of California
- German
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Sherilyn Peace Garnett:
- United States District Court, Central District of California, January – December 2024
- Scattershot: Guns, Gun Control, and American Politics, Harvard Journal on Legislation Online