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Aelish Marie Baig earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Brown University in 1992. Ms. Baig obtained her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in 1998 from the Washington College of Law at American University, where she was a senior editor of the Administrative Law Review. Upon graduating, Ms. Baig clerked for one year for the Honorable Judge Alfred Lindeman at the United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges.
In 1999, Ms. Baig joined the firm of Lawless & Lawless where she litigated primarily employment discrimination cases on behalf of plaintiffs. Ms. Baig has successfully briefed and argued numerous, dispositive motions in state and federal trial courts as well as in the Court of Appeals. Notably, Ms. Baig prepared all briefing in the trial, appellate and California Supreme Court, for a sex harassment/retaliation case, entitled Miller v. the California Department of Corrections, ultimately obtaining a unanimous decision from the California Supreme Court in the plaintiffs’ favor. Ms. Baig has second chaired a number of jury trials which resulted in awards or favorable settlements for her clients. In 2001, she participated in the jury trial of Arnold v. AOL, a defamation case, which resulted in a $5 million verdict for a single plaintiff.
Ms. Baig joined the Firm in July of 2004. She presently litigates consumer and securities fraud class actions. She is a member of the California Bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers and Consumer Attorneys of California and she is on the Board of Directors for the American Inn of Court. | 