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Martha-Victoria Diaz
Martha-Victoria Diaz
Associate
mdiaz@sanchezdh.com

Born: Chicago IL, 1975

Education:
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A. (1998)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, J.D. (2002)

    While at the University of Illinois she was awarded a fellowship by the Public Interest Law Initiative and devoted her service to the Midwest Immigrants Rights Center in Chicago, IL. She was awarded Best Overall in the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Moot Court Competition and was also a part of the National Team that competed in the fall of 2002 at the National HNMA Moot Court Competition. She was also awarded first place at the American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition. Finally, during that that, she had the pleasure of externing for the United States District Court in Urbana, IL and volunteered for the Appellate Defender Clinic within the University of Illinois College of Law Legal Clinic.

    Admitted:
  • Illinois

    Areas of Specialty:
    Martha-Victoria specializes in Municipal and Educational Litigation, Federal and State Civil Rights Litigation, Products Liability, and Toxic Torts. She also provides pro bono representation of Mexican nationals through the Labor & Employment Program at the Mexican Consulate in Chicago, IL.

    Prior to her civil practice, from August of 2002 until August of 2006, Martha-Victoria was Assistant State's Attorney at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. She started in the Appeals Bureau and besides having an in-depth opportunity to better learn criminal law, she has argued matters before the Illinois Appellate Court. After the Appeals Bureau, Martha-Victoria was promoted to the Juvenile Justice Division. In both the Abuse and Neglect, as well as the Delinquency Divisions of that bureau, she prosecuted over one hundred trials involving felony and misdemeanor offenses as well as charges of parental abuse, neglect, and unfitness pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act.

    Boards and Organizations:
    Martha-Victoria Diaz currently serves on the board of Healthcare Alternative Systems (H.A.S.), the largest provider of social services to Latinos in the state of Illinois and is chairperson of the Post Partum Depression Committee which is organizing its annual "Treating Moms Well" Luncheon, an event designed to bring awareness to the issue of Post Partum Depression. She also serves on the board of the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (H.A.C.E.), a national organization that is a resource for Latinos in their educational and career aspirations. In that vein, she has also been recently named co-chair for H.A.C.E.s Special Events Committee which will look to raise awareness of H.A.C.E. and its El Futuro Program.

    Member:
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • National Council of School Attorneys

    Language:
  • Native fluency in Spanish