Matthew Melamed

Matt is a partner at Keller Rohrback L.L.P., where he is a member of the complex litigation group.

In recent years, Matt focused on representing plaintiffs in the In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy Litigation MDL, which consolidated numerous cases that arose from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The case settled for $725 million, the largest settlement to date of a U.S. privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve private litigation. Before that, Matt represented cities, counties, and states in nationwide litigation concerning the prescription opioid crisis. Among other roles in those cases, he represented the City and County of San Francisco, whose case was remanded as an MDL bellwether from In re National Opiate Litigation.

Matt’s extensive litigation experience also includes representing investors in numerous securities fraud cases, among them Villella v. Chemical & Mining Company of Chile, Inc., In re St. Jude Medical, Inc. Securities Litigation, In re LeapFrog Enterprise, Inc. Securities Litigation, and Jones v. Pfizer Inc., each of which resulted in significant plaintiff recoveries. All told, his teams have recovered more than $1 billion for investors, consumers, and municipalities.

Matt also served a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., during his time on the Third Circuit and the District of New Jersey, and as the Kazan-Wallace Attorney at Public Justice PC.