Phillips Law Group attorney honored by peers for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Phillips Law Group attorney Maria Raciti has been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for her work in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. The honor is based on peer review, meaning the evaluation comes from other attorneys familiar with the work and the demands of the practice area.
For Maria, the recognition lands early in a career already shaped by serious responsibility. She represents people and families after life-changing injuries and deaths, when medical questions, financial pressure and an insurance claim can all arrive at once. Her approach is direct: stay involved, remain accessible and make sure the client is heard.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes private-practice attorneys who are earlier in their careers and demonstrate professional excellence. Best Lawyers says its recognitions are determined through peer review rather than paid placement or self-nomination. No fee is required to be considered or recognized.
Maria’s Best Lawyers profile lists the 2027 recognition in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and notes that she has been recognized in Ones to Watch since 2026.
That distinction matters because it is narrow. It does not simply recognize membership in the profession. It identifies a practice area and reflects feedback from lawyers working in the same legal market and field.
Maria’s path to personal injury law began well before she entered a courtroom. She grew up as the middle child in a family of seven, where speaking up and negotiating were part of daily life. Mock trial in high school and college sharpened those instincts and showed her how advocacy could become a profession.
Before entering personal injury practice, Maria worked closely with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Those experiences reinforced a lesson that still guides her work: legal knowledge matters most when it helps someone who feels overwhelmed, unheard or outmatched.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Xavier University, graduating summa cum laude. She later graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She has been admitted to the State Bar of Arizona since 2022.
At Phillips Law Group, Maria handles personal injury and wrongful death matters. Her experience includes motor vehicle collision cases, premises liability, product liability, sexual assault, child abuse and dog bite cases. Her firm biography reports that she has handled hundreds of personal injury cases and, during the past year, resolved multiple seven-figure matters while recovering millions of dollars for injured clients.
Numbers never tell the whole story, though. An injury case can involve a parent who cannot return to work, a family trying to understand future medical care or someone who simply wants a straight answer about what happens next. Maria’s work is built around carrying the legal burden without losing sight of the person living through it.
Awards are public. Much of the work behind them is not. It happens in calls returned, records reviewed, difficult conversations handled carefully and cases prepared when the easier option would be to settle too soon. Peer recognition is meaningful because other lawyers understand that work and the discipline it requires.
The 2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition adds to Maria’s growing list of professional honors. Her Phillips Law Group profile also lists Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognition in Civil Litigation: Plaintiff for 2025-2026 and The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 recognition for 2024-2026.
Away from the office, Maria does not take herself quite as seriously as an awards list might suggest. She openly admits to questionable karaoke, rough outings on the softball field and a cooking résumé led by the microwave and crockpot. That grounded sense of humor fits the person her clients encounter: focused when the stakes are high, but still human.
Maria Raciti is an Arizona personal injury attorney with Phillips Law Group. Learn more about her education, experience and approach to client representation on her attorney profile.
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