Ms. Rizzo has been practicing California law for two years.  Her prior experience includes personal injury/insurance defense, employment litigation defending claims of harassment, age, gender and race discrimination, representing homeowners associations for claims of construction defects, and advising homeowners associations on various corporate and management issues.  Ms. Rizzo currently practices products liability, catastrophic personal injury, and construction defect litigation. 

PRACTICE AREAS
• Products Liability
• Construction Defect
• Catastrophic Personal Injury


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Member, San Francisco Bar Association
• Member, Defense Research Institute


EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Science in Marketing, University of Illinois @ Urbana- Champaign - 2000
• Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, Whittier Law School - 2003
• Dean's Merit Scholar
• Honor Roll
• Whittier Law Review - Editor
• Trial Advocacy Honors Board


LICENSURE AND ADMISSIONS
• Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 2004
• Admitted to the California Bar, 2005
• Admitted to practice in all Illinois state courts, California state courts, and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California