ANDREA MAKELY RITIGSTEIN

Andrea Makely Ritigstein was raised in Alamo, California. She graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Political Science in 1993, then received her law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. in 1996.

Ms. Ritigstein began her legal career as an attorney at Baker and Hostetler, LLP, in Los Angeles, practicing intellectual property litigation on behalf of major motion picture studios. After several years in private practice, Ms. Ritigstein made the transition to in-house positions, first at Concorde-New Horizons, and later at Fox Television Studios. At Fox, she negotiated and drafted numerous employment, talent and distribution agreements, and advised executives and talent as to the requirements of various union agreements.

Ms. Ritigstein returned to Northern California in 2003, and expanded her practice to include the representation of numerous mid-sized businesses in connection with civil litigation in state and federal court. She has significant experience in all aspects of civil litigation from case inception through trial preparation. She has managed case strategy and discovery in connection with complex litigation in state and federal court, has drafted and argued various motions, taken and defended numerous depositions of lay and expert witnesses, and participated in mediations.
Ms. Ritigstein was admitted to the California State Bar in 1996 and is admitted to practice before all California state courts, as well as the federal district courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern districts of California.