Widely recognized for her legal work, Doris Cheng has been ranked as one of the top 50 women lawyers and top 100 lawyers in Northern California. She is listed among the Best Lawyers of America, LawDragon 500 Leading Lawyers, SuperLawyers and San Francisco Best Lawyers. She has been chosen as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers of America for 2017.

Ms. Cheng is a partner in the law firm of Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger in San Francisco. She has obtained seven and eight figure settlements and verdicts on behalf of catastrophically injured plaintiffs. She is a past President of the American Board of Trial Advocates (San Francisco Chapter), the Bar Association of San Francisco, Justice & Diversity Center, and the San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association. She has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and American College of Trial Lawyers. She serves as a member of the National Judicial College Board of Visitors and Kaiser Arbitration Oversight Board.

As part of her commitment to the rule of law, Ms. Cheng has conducted training programs for trial lawyers and judges in Mexico, Kosovo, and Macedonia. She has led trial skills programs in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Antigua, Bahamas, Trinidad, Guyana and other areas in the Caribbean Basin. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and serves as the Program Director of the NITA Teacher Training Program.

She is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She has taught trial advocacy at University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Stanford Law School, and University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Ms. Cheng is a co-author of the eminent treatise, The Rutter Group California Practice Guide on Personal Injury, and the trial practice guide, Mastering the Mechanics of Civil Jury Trials.

Company Firm

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Website

Firm Mailing

650 California St Fl 26
San Francisco
California-Northern
94108-2607
United States of America

Fellow Since

February 28, 2015

Practice Areas

  • Civil Rights-Plaintiff
  • Medical Malpractice-Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury-Plaintiff
  • Product Liability-Plaintiff

Chapter

  • California-Northern

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