Atty. Melissa McCall
Melissa A. McCall focuses her practice on regulatory enforcement actions, internal investigations and complex securities litigation.
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About Melissa McCall at a glance
Melissa McCall is a business and litigation attorney based in Palo Alto, California, practicing at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Admitted to practice in California, The State Bar of California. Educated at University of California Berkeley (J.D., 2020) and Portland State University (BS, 2013). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026). Serands clients in Palo Alto, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Melissa A. McCall focuses her practice on regulatory enforcement actions, internal investigations and complex securities litigation
- She provides strategic counsel to clients in the technology, media, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial sectors before both federal and state regulators
- She has also represented clients in shareholder class actions and consumer protection matters, including in matters related to large cyberattacks
- Ms. McCall shares the firm’s commitment to pro bono service, and she helped to secure a California Court of Appeal ruling requiring family law judges who grant custody to a known abuser to provide an explanation for doing so
- While in law school, she worked as a legal extern for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the Supreme Court of California, and she advised nonprofit clients on issues of law and policy as an advanced clinical student in the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
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Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Melissa McCall handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in California
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 Palo Alto 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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