Matt Melamed
Oakland
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1380
Oakland, CA 94612
Matt is a partner in Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group and a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee.
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 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).
Honors & Awards
Selected to Rising Stars list in Super Lawyers - Northern California, 2015-2018
Professional & Civic Involvement
Federal Bar Association, Member
Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
Public Justice, Member
Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club, Community Owner
Practice Emphasis
Education
Wesleyan UniverityB.A., 1996
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Hastings Law Journal; Tony Patiño Fellow
Admissions
2008, California, 2008
2009, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
2010, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
2010, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
2012, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California