Melissa Robbins Coutts is a Partner in the firm’s San Diego office and is the Managing Attorney of the Civil Litigation and Evictions Departments. After obtaining a B.A. in English and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northern Arizona University in 2003, Coutts graduated Cum Laude from California Western School of Law in 2006. Before joining the firm, she clerked for the Hon. Ruben B. Brooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Coutts is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in California and Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Coutts has received an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale Hubbell, ranking her at the highest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.