Mareasa Fortunato Rooks has been involved in a broad range of civil litigation matters in state and federal courts, including commercial contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation matters, and shareholder litigation. She has represented clients in the airline, commercial refrigeration, and textile industries, among others. Mareasa has dedicated a substantial portion of her practice to the representation of SkyWest, Inc. and its affiliates in a commercial dispute against one of its mainline partners. Mareasa has represented clients in matters before the American Arbitration Association and is a member of a litigation team that represents one of the three major consumer reporting agencies in its national defense of consumer litigation cases under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Her experience includes trial preparation, arbitration, settlement negotiation, mediation, taking depositions, motions practice, and managing discovery.

Mareasa is a barrister in the Lamar Inn of Court. She also maintains an active pro bono practice. Recently, Mareasa coordinated a team of Jones Day lawyers from the Atlanta and New York offices to research and draft a legal memorandum for the Public International Law & Policy Group providing recommendations to the Seychelles government for amending its penal code to support the prosecution of pirate financiers residing outside the Seychelles. In addition, Mareasa helped secure a grant of asylum for a client fleeing persecution based on his sexual orientation, and she received a Safe Haven award from Immigration Equality for excellence in pro bono representation. Mareasa also serves on the board of the Georgia Italian American Bar Association.