Melinda Riechert is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Riechert specializes in litigation and arbitration of employment disputes for a number of major high-technology and other companies, including defending companies in wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination, and sexual harassment disputes. She also counsels employers on how to avoid litigation.

From 2007 through 2014, Ms. Riechert has been named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers, and other industry professionals. Chambers acknowledged Ms. Riechert's "straightforward courtroom style which endears her to juries." Ms. Riechert is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and was named one of California's "Top Labor and Employment Lawyers" in 2010, 2012, and 2014 and one of its "Top Women Litigators" by The Daily Journal in 2010 and 2012. She was also named one of the San Francisco Business Times' "Top 10 Rainmakers."

Ms. Riechert is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California.