Ms Ilya Elena Lerma Esq

About Ms Ilya Elena Lerma Esq

<p style="text-align:justify">Ilya E. Lerma is the principal of the Law Office of Ilya E. Lerma in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a Past President of the Arizona Association for Justice/Arizona Trial Lawyer&rsquo;s Association and a member of the 2024 Supreme Court Task Force on Arizona Alternative Business Structures. Over the past 25 years, Ilya represented Plaintiffs in a wide array of complex personal injury matters including dram shop, nursing home negligence, insurance bad faith, sexual abuse, medical malpractice and serious auto crashes involving traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. She has past criminal and civil jury trial experience as lead and co-counsel. She obtained Arizona&rsquo;s second largest jury verdict in 2023. She has tried cases in Arizona, Illinois, California and been admitted <em>pro hac</em> vice in a number of jurisdictions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify">Ilya lectures, trains and works alongside Plaintiff lawyers as a trial consultant on matters from coast to coast. She educates fellow lawyers on topics including brain injury, trial practice and witness preparation on some of the most prestigious trial lawyer gatherings in the country, including the American Association for Justice &ldquo;Weekend with the Stars&rdquo; in New York, National Trial Lawyers, John Romano&rsquo;s Workhorse, TBI MedLegal, Society of Women Trial Lawyers among others. She has presented for attorneys and states&rsquo; associations for justice in Arizona, California, Texas, Florida, Hawai&rsquo;i, New Jersey, Ohio, and Michigan. She is a frequent lecturer on national platforms including the National Business Institute, Connectionology, and Seminar Web</p>

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• Law School: U of Arizona

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