Maria C. Lua

Practice Areas

• Workers’ Compensation

Current Employment Position

• Associate Attorney

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2021
• Philippines, 2018

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Bar Association
• Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Education

• University of the Philippines College of Law, Quezon City
  • Juris Doctor – 2017
• University of the Philippines College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
  • BA Philosophy – 2012
• University of Santo Tomas, High School
  • 2012

Pro-Bono Activities

• U.P. Office of Legal Aid – 2016-2017

Your Legal Superpower

• My legal superpower is I eat writing assignments for breakfast.

Pets and Hobbies

• Pets :
  • Waffle the Kuya Baby aka “Best Boy” – American Staffordshire
  • Kyuubi the Destroyer aka “Handsome Boy” – Rottweiler-Labrador
• Hobbies:
  • Hiking
  • Being in the mountains
  • Playing the ukulele
  • Contemplating the meaning of life