Marisel Acosta is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. The lawyers in our Litigation Practice provide services in a wide range of areas including business and corporate disputes, corporate investigations and criminal defense, environmental, international arbitration, patent and trademark, securities, toxic tort, and product liability.

Prior to joining the Litigation Practice, Ms. Acosta was an associate in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, where her practice focused on the areas of qualified defined contribution and defined benefit plans, and executive compensation arrangements.

Ms. Acosta earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Temple University, Beasley School of Law in 2002, where she graduated first in her class and received various graduation prizes and awards for her academic achievements, including in the fields of evidence, tax, and legal writing. While in law school, Ms. Acosta was a Beasley Scholar and a note and comment editor for the Temple Law Review. She also served as judicial intern to Judge Dolores K. Sloviter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Acosta was an employee benefits professional in the Philadelphia and Malvern areas. Ms. Acosta earned her B.S. in economics, with a concentration in organizational management, from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1995.