Meredith Osborn

Meredith Osborn, former Chief Trial Deputy at the City Attorney’s Office for San Francisco, is an accomplished litigator and trial lawyer with extensive civil and criminal litigation experience. Before joining the City Attorney’s Office, Meredith served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California for 6 years (2014-2020). During the course of her career, she has served as first chair in four jury trials and one bench trial as a prosecutor and defense counsel, tried seven cases in state and federal court, written 30 appellate briefs, and argued 13 cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Most recently, she served as trial counsel in a seven-day federal antitrust trial resulting in a unqualified defense verdict for her client.

As Chief Trial Deputy at the City Attorney’s Office for San Francisco, Meredith oversaw civil litigation on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco in the Bay Area’s state and federal courts. She was responsible for defending city agencies and employees in a wide variety of litigation, including class actions and multiparty indemnification and insurance coverage disputes. She also investigated and prosecuted cases brought under California’s Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statute.