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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Morgan Lewis Employment Litigator Joins Her Daughters at Orrick ... - Law.com

What You Need to Know

  • Melinda Riechert, of Morgan Lewis & Bockius, joined Orrick in Silicon Valley.
  • Riechert arrives at a time when the firm's employment practice is 'on fire.'
  • Riechert is in good company: her two daughers, Julia and Allison, are lawyers at Orrick.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius employment litigator Melinda Riechert has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in a move that not only strengthens the firm’s trial bench, but also unites Riechert with her two daughters.

Riechert, who has won key trial victories for Oracle, Microsoft, Twitter and SpaceX, said she expects her move to Orrick to be her last. “I wanted to spend the last years of my career with my girls,” she said.

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