Born: New York, New York.

Admitted to bar: 1980, California; United States District Court, Central District of California.

Education: Boston University (B.A. Summa Cum Laude 1975); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1980); Fellowship-Memorial Heart Research Foundation, Los Angeles (1977).

Memberships: American Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; California Bar Association; Italian-American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Medical Risk Management Committee - UCLA Medical Center; Southwestern University School of Law, Deans Circle.

Lectures, Seminars and Publications: Natural Court of Arteriosclerosis, Angiology, April, 1978, Vol. 29, No. 4, pg. 263; Peripheral Arterial Sclerosis Obliterans: Survey Techniques, Folia Angiologica, Vol. XXV, January, 1977; Mock Trial, University of Southern California, School of Nursing (October 1983); Government Tort Claims Act and Application of the Medical Malpractice Limitations Statute, University of Southern California, School of Nursing (August 1984); Recent Developments and Cases Precedent in Torn Claims Presentation Requirements, Los Angeles County Office of the Risk Manager (September 1984); Informed Consent, Surgical Grand Rounds, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center (November 1984); Emergency Room Medical Charting Considerations, UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine (July 1985); Mock Trial, Internal Medicine and Surgical Grand Rounds, County of Los Angeles Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (July 1987); Informed Consent, Grand Rounds, UCLA Medical Center (October 1989); The Deposition Process, Department of Urology, UCLA Medical Center (May 1994); Nursing Liability Issues, Department of Nursing, UCLA School of Nursing (August 1994); Approaches to Settlement Negotiations, MCLE Series, San Fernando Bar Association (August 1994/1997); Elder Abuse: Changes Affecting the Health Care Profession, Los Robles Regional Medical Center (January 2000); Medical Negligence, UCLA Surgical Grand Rounds (August 2000); Speaker, Residents of Grand Rounds – General Topics of Medical Malpractice, UCLA Medical Center; SuperLawyers 2009, 2010.

Ken Maranga has been a trial lawyer for the past 28 years representing and defending medical professionals, hospitals, public entities and other professionals in the fields of medical malpractice and general liability. A founding principal of the firm, Mr. Maranga is a frequent lecturer and author for professional organizations and publications. He is AV rated by Martindale - Hubbell.