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Top Women Lawyers

May 9, 2013

Donna M. Melby

Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles Practice type: litigation and international arbitration


One unique challenge facing Melby in a race discrimination case filed against her client United Continental Airlines is the sheer number of claimants.


Among the 23 individual plaintiffs, many of whom live outside California, are 21 African-American pilots and two operations supervisors. Johnson et al v. United Continental Holdings Inc. et al, 3:12-CV-02730-MMC (N.D. Cal., filed May 29, 2012).


What is unusual is that the case is not classified as...

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