Melissa Gardner
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Recognized since 2021
San Francisco, California
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Melissa Gardner is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Melissa was a semi-finalist in the Harvard Ames Moot Court Competition, as well as a Student Attorney with the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project and South Brooklyn Legal Services.
Prior to joining Lieff Cabraser, Melissa worked at Emery Celli Brinckherhoff & Abady and at South Brooklyn Legal Services, where she assisted with the Workers’ Rights and Government Benefits Unit.
Melissa served in the United States Peace Corps from 2005 to 2008, where she taught college students at Gansu Forestry College in Tianshui, China.
- 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 2011
- Western Washington University, B.A., graduated 2005
- California, 2013
- New York, 2013
- American Association for Justice - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco - Member
- California Women Lawyers - District Governor (2018-present)
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Leadership Academy (2019) - Member
- Ms. JD - Board of Directors (2015-2018)
- State Bar of California - Member
- State Bar of New York - Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2016
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2019
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2013
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
26 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
8 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Full Firm Profile
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- “Ones to Watch,” Best Lawyers, 2021-2024
“Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation,” Lawdragon, 2023
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2023
- “Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2017 – 2023
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