Marissa Gittler

Partner

Marissa.Gittler@lewisbrisbois.com

Marissa K. Gittler is a partner who focuses her practice on the defense of corporations in product liability, toxic tort, and mass tort litigation.

In addition, throughout her career, Ms. Gittler has worked in various other areas of law including, premises liability, entertainment, products liability, real estate, pharmaceutical malpractice, criminal, employment, and construction defect. Ms. Gittler has represented large retail and entertainment corporations, manufacturers, contractors, suppliers, government entities, employers, premises owners, real estate companies, and sports teams in federal and California state courts. She has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation including, discovery, motion work, trial preparation, trial and settlement negotiations. She has taken hundreds of plaintiff, percipient witness, and expert depositions. Ms. Gittler has drafted, opposed, and successfully argued numerous motions, including dispositive motions. As well, Ms. Gittler obtains remarkable settlements on a regular basis.

In addition to Ms. Gittler’s Bar Association affiliations, she is also a member of Junior League and volunteers at local homeless shelters, animal shelters, as well as children’s charities and organizations, including Room to Read, Kids in the Kitchen, and the Children’s Bureau.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

• Products Liability
• Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation
• Asbestos Litigation

Associations

• San Fernando Valley Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association

Education

Southwestern Law School

Juris Doctor, 2011

University of California, Riverside

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Law and Society, 2006