Michelle Uzeta

Michelle Uzeta is an attorney who has specialized in civil rights law since 1993. Ms. Uzeta’s practice focuses on the litigation of systemic, high-impact cases, with particular expertise in the areas of disability rights, fair housing and gender-based discrimination. In addition to her role as a litigator, Ms. Uzeta has lectured and written extensively on the legal rights of people with disabilities. Ms. Uzeta sits on the Board of the Disability Rights Bar Association and the Litigation Committee of the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center.

Prior to starting her own firm in 2013, Ms. Uzeta served as the Legal Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center, Litigation Director at the Southern California Housing Rights Center and an Associate Managing Attorney at Disability Rights California. She is a graduate of Stanford University and earned her Juris Doctorate from King Hall School of Law at the University of California, Davis.