Matt Melamed

Matt has helped recover billions of dollars for consumers, municipalities, and retirees against social media, pharmaceutical, mining, and medical device companies. His cases have included issues related to data privacy and public health, as well as violations of consumer protection, antitrust, and securities laws.

Matt received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1996. Before attending law school, he helped lead a writing program for incarcerated kids . He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 2008. After law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenway, Jr. on both the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was also the Kazan-Wallace Attorney at Public Justice PC.

Articles & Presentations

•CLE Panelist, Conducting an Effective 30(b)(6) Deposition: Strategies and Best Practices for ESI, Law and Forensics (October 2025).
•CLE Panelist, Conducting an Effective 30(b)(6) Deposition of a Technical Expert: Strategies and Best Practices (January 2025).
•CLE Panelist, From Conflict to Cost-Savings: How Mediation Can Make eDiscovery More Efficient (July 2024).
•Paul J. Geller, Aeilsh M. Baig, Thomas E. Egler, Matthew S. Melamed, Planning for Aggressive Mutiparty Discovery in a Fast-Moving, Complex MDL: An Example from the Opioids Litigation, 89 UMKC L. Rev. 897 (2021).
•Matthew S. Melamed, A Theoretical Justification for Special Solicitude: States and the Administrative State, 8 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol’y & Ethics J. 577 (2010).
•Matthew S. Melamed, Timeliness and the Non-Existence of Arbitration Agreements, 12 J. Consumer & Com. L. 78 (2009).
•Matthew S. Melamed, Towards an Explicit Balancing Inquiry? R.A.V. and Black Through the Lens of Foreign Freedom of Expression Jurisprudence, 59 Hastings L.J. 407 (2007).

Recognitions

Honors & Awards

•Selected to Rising Stars list in Super Lawyers - Northern California, 2015-2018