Atty. Caitlin Woods
Caitlin Woods is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office. She has worked on sexual abuse, personal injury, civil rights, employment, and antitrust matters, and focuses primarily on mass torts.
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Caitlin Woods is a Partner based in San Francisco, California, practicing at Lieff Cabraser Heimann And Bernstein Llp. They have 5+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2021. Admitted to practice in California (2021), U.S. Court Of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2021), and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (2021). Educated at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D. High, 2020) and University of California, Berkeley (B.A. High, 2015). Serands clients in San Francisco, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Caitlin Woods is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office
- She has worked on sexual abuse, personal injury, civil rights, employment, and antitrust matters, and focuses primarily on mass torts
- Caitlin has been a member of Plaintiffs’ leadership and trial teams in multiple coordinated proceedings in the Northern District of California, including the JUUL e-cigarette MDL, the Uber passenger sexual assault MDL, the social media adolescent addiction MDL, and the Roblox child sexual exploitation MDL
- Before practicing law, Caitlin worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. as a congressional aide to then-House Democratic Whip, Steny H. Hoyer
- Publications & Presentations •Speaker, “Uber Sex Assault” HarrisMartin MDL Conference, September 2024 •Panelist, “Tricks for Tricky Issues in Sex Abuse/Assault Cases,” CAOC Sonoma Travel Seminar, March 2024 •Panelist, “Associate Perspective on Mass Litigation,” Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Park City, Utah Conference, February 2024 •Speaker, “Juul MDL,” San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Ski and CLE Program, January 2023 In the News •January 2, 2026 Caitlin Woods Named a Firm Partner for 2026 •June 30, 2025 28 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Selected as 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars •November 18, 2024 Lieff Cabraser JUUL Litigation Team Wins CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year Award •September 17, 2024 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Organize and Speak at September 25 HarrisMartin MDL Conference in Nashville •March 8, 2024 Caitlin Woods to Speak at CAOC Seminar Panel on “Tricky Issues in Sex Abuse/Assault Cases” Awards •“Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2025 •“Consumer Attorney of the Year,” Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 2024
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Francisco are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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