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Overview

Michelle Meyers is a Partner at Singleton Schreiber and is a member of our Fire Litigation, Public Entity Law, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Insurance Recovery and Bad Faith practice groups. A seasoned trial and policy holder attorney, she has spent her career litigating complex civil matters involving personal injury, mass torts, civil rights, and insurance coverage in federal and state courts.

Ms. Meyers has extensive trial experience in insurance litigation. She recently tried an insurance coverage matter, wherein the jury found in favor of the Plaintiff by concluding that the insurance company improperly denied the Plaintiff’s request for payment of life insurance benefits. Ms. Meyers regularly represents policyholders in life, property, and disability insurance coverage disputes, including wrongful policy termination and bad-faith denial cases, and has a strong track record of taking these matters to jury verdict.

Before joining Singleton Schreiber, Ms. Meyers served as a deputy attorney for the State of California Department of Transportation, as a supervising trial attorney for the City of Oakland, and as an associate and an insurance coverage partner at a firm in Oakland, California. She was the lead defense strategist for the City of Oakland in civil and criminal cases arising from the “Ghost Ship” fire, the deadliest fire in the history of Oakland.

Ms. Meyers earned a B.A. in Political Science from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, in 2000, where she was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Honors Society. She earned her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2004 and is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in California and Nevada and in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Outside the office, Ms. Meyers enjoys spending time on the sports field with her family and two crazy border collies.

Honors & Awards

Awards and honors

Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California, National Trial Lawyers, 2024

“Lawyers on the Fast Track: Top Forty Lawyers Under Forty in California,” The Recorder

Case Results

Jury verdict securing full life insurance benefits in Michelle L. Moriarty v. American General Life Insurance Company.

Ms. Meyers served as lead counsel in a wrongful termination of policy dispute in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where the jury awarded her client the full $1 million policy limits plus prejudgment interest after the insurer failed to provide statutorily required notice of a missed premium. This result reinforced important California consumer protections for policyholders and their families.

  • San Diego Jury Finds Protective Life in Material Breach of Contract

    Michelle Meyers, Partner, and Jack Winters, Of Counsel, of Singleton Schreiber secured a unanimous jury verdict in Blakely McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance Company, an insurance recovery and bad faith matter. After more than a decade of litigation, including multiple appeals and a prior trial, a San Diego jury found that Protective Life Insurance Company violated California’s life insurance lapse statutes and materially breached its contract obligations.

    The jury awarded the policyholder full policy benefits and litigation costs, reinforcing the firm’s commitment to holding insurers accountable and protecting policyholder rights.

Professional Affiliations

Affiliations

Law360 2026 Consumer Protection Editorial Board

Membership

Society of Women Trial Lawyers

Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD)

Sacramento County Bar Association (SCBA)

San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA)

Capital City Trial Lawers Association

Justice HQ

American Bar Association (ABA), Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

News & Publications

News

Speaking Engagements

Blog Posts

Education

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, B.A. in Political Science, 2000

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 2004

Admissions

  • State of California
  • State of Nevada
  • United States District Courts for the Northern Districts of California
  • United States District Courts for the Southern Districts of California
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of California
  • United States District Courts for the Central Districts of California
  • United States Supreme Court

Languages

  • English

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