Maria Salas is certified as a specialist in consumer bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. She is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Nashville Bar Associations, Tennessee and Nashville Lawyers’ Associations for Women, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

She is a fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation, and is an alumnus of the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law program. She previously received the Nashville Bar Association Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award. She is a member of the board of directors of the Nashville Bar Association. She is also a founding member and current board member of the Stonewall Bar Association of Tennessee, an organization supporting LGBT legal professionals and promoting diversity in the legal profession.

She received her B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University summa cum laude in 1985, and her J.D. from the Nashville School of Law in 1992.