Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law - J.D. - 1988
  • Brown University - B.A. - 1983

Bar Associations

  • State Bar of California - Bar No. 144811

    Member since 1989

  • State Bars of New Jersey & Pennsylvania

    Member since 1988 (presently on "inactive" status)

  • Public Investors Advocate Bar Association ("PIABA")

    Member since 1998
    Director, 2017 to 2023
    Former Secretary & Treasurer

  • San Diego County Bar Association

    Member since 1989
    Chair, Elder Law Section (2025-2026)

  • Orange County Bar Association

    Member since 2006
    Member, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee
    Former Member, Administration of Justice Committee

  • Consumer Attorneys of California

    Member since 2010

  • National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys ("NASCAT")

    Former Member

Legal Biography

  • Principal, Mauriello Law Firm, APC, 1996-Present
  • Panel Attorney, Appellate Defenders, Inc., San Diego, CA, 1994-2000
  • Cohen & Hubachek, San Diego, CA, 1994-1996
  • Law Offices of John Reaves, San Diego, CA, 1994
  • Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA , 1989-1994
  • Judicial Clerk to Hon. Robert E. Cowen, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Trenton, NJ and Philadelphia, PA,1988-1989
  • Law Clerk, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA, 1987
  • Legal Assistant, Sage Gray Todd & Simms, New York, NY, 1983-1985

Legal Activities and Awards

  • Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter - Litigation Coordinator (Since 2008) & Conservation Legal Committee Member (Since 2007)
  • Lecturer, Environmental Litigation, California State University, East Bay (2001-2003)
  • State Bar of California Environmental Law Section, Member, Legislation Committee (1995-1998)
  • Sierra Club Special Achievement Award for work on >Citizens Against the Jackson Drive Extension v. City of San Diego (1992)
  • Member, University of San Diego Law Review (1986-1988)
  • Legal Articles Editor, >Motions (Law School Newspaper) (1987-1988)
  • Law Clerk, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA (1987)

Publications

Published Opinions

Annunziato v. eMachines, Inc ., 402 F.Supp.2nd 1133 (C.D. Cal. 2005)

Client Reviews

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