Ilya has consulted on some of Trial Structure’s most successful cases over the last few years. She routinely travels all over the United States to work with top trial lawyers on large, complex cases. 

Ilya has presented an opening statement before the Arizona Bar Association Trial College, she’s presented at the American Association of Justice “Weekend with the Stars,” and she routinely instructs for Trial Structure Master Workshops when her busy trial practice in Pheonix, Arizona allows.

For greater than 20 years, Ilya Lerma has represented Plaintiffs in a wide array of complex personal injury matters including dram shop actions, nursing home negligence, insurance bad faith, civil rights abuse and discrimination, and serious auto crashes involving traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury and wrongful death.  She has successfully prevailed in claims involving governmental entities, hospitals, multi-national corporations, heavy equipment and transportation companies, and mainline insurance carriers.  She is a member of the Executive Board of the Arizona Trial Lawyer’s Association and Arizona Association for Justice and a member of the board of directors for the previous 8 years.   She is a frequent lecturer and educator in the area of business and personal liability, negligence actions and trial practice.