Maraka Willits, Esq.

Maraka Willits is a partner of Law Offices of Wendy Musell PC and has spent her legal career representing plaintiffs in civil rights and employment matters. She has extensive experience representing public and private employees in employment matters in both state and federal court.

Ms. Willits began her legal career as an associate attorney for the firm (then named) Rosen, Bien and Asaro, LLP (currently Rosen, Bien, Galvan and Grunfeld, LLP) working on cases involving disability and employment discrimination, as well as complex international probate matters.

She also served as counsel in a class action all California inmates and parolees with disabilities and monitoring California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation’s institutions and parole proceedings, pursuant to federal court injunctions. 

Since 2013, Ms. Willits has worked closely with Wendy Musell, in all prelitigation, trial and appellate matters, pursuing justice for employees in wage, whistleblower, discrimination and retaliation cases throughout California.

Maraka received her B.A. from Yale University in 1994, and J.D. from Northeastern Law School in 2000.
She was admitted to the California Bar in 2000. She is admitted to practice in all California state courts, Northern, Central, and Eastern Federal District, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

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