Daria is a commercial litigator specializing in complex insurance coverage disputes. She represents policyholders in a wide range of matters including first and third-party liability claims, and bad faith litigation across state and federal courts.
Daria brings extensive experience in handling complex insurance coverage disputes involving commercial general liability insurance, and large property damage, business interruption, and directors and officers’ liability insurance. Her practice extends to employment practices liability insurance, theft losses, errors and omissions liability insurance, homeowners insurance, and representations and warranties insurance.
Before joining McGuireWoods, Daria clerked for the Honorable Sheri Pym of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to this, she served as a judicial extern for the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, and for the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Daria graduated from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where she distinguished herself academically and through extracurricular involvement. She served as the Chair of the National Asylum & Refugee Law Moot Court Competition. Additionally, she was a member of the UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, where she advocated for civil rights and social justice issues.
Beyond her legal career, Daria is pursuing her Private Pilot License.
- Representation of a commercial landlord in insurance coverage litigation concerning more than $350 million in coverage for business interruption losses and repair costs arising out of a fire at a large commercial apartment complex in Los Angeles.
- Representation of private equity investment firm in its pursuit of coverage under commercial crime policies and fidelity bonds for employee theft and embezzlement losses exceeding $90 million.
- Representation of a bioscience company in connection with insurance coverage litigation concerning substantial sums of directors and officers liability insurance for underlying litigation alleging violations of securities claims and the California Labor Code.
- Representation of an entertainment company in an appeal concerning directors and officers insurance coverage before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Named to “Southern California Rising Stars,” Insurance Coverage, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2025