Ana Viswanathan

South San Francisco, CA

An accomplished lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ana Viswanathan has diverse career experience in civil litigation, particularly in employment law and business-related tort matters. An experienced litigator, Ana Viswanathan now maintains a solo practice in San Mateo County where she specializes in employment and civil rights law. A member of the California State Bar, she represents clients at the state trial court and appellate levels and has managed cases before the California Supreme Court. She is also licensed to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for Northern and Central California.

In addition to her experience as a solo practitioner, Ana Viswanathan previously worked as an attorney at a prestigious law firm in San Francisco. Handling primarily civil rights and employment litigation, she achieved successful resolutions in over 90 percent of the cases she supervised.* Ms. Ana Viswanathan has represented both employer as well as employee interests in previous legal matters. Committed to helping minority populations and low-income individuals, her legal career included handling disability and employment rights and housing issues for an underprivileged clientele.

Prior to focusing on her career in the legal arena, Ana Viswanathan worked in the field of psychology. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and went on to complete a master’s degree in cognitive-experimental psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her most recent experience in psychology included working on visual perception experiments at DeAnza/NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

Ana Viswanathan, Esq., is licensed to practice law in all state courts in California and in the Northern, Eastern and Central federal district courts of California as well as the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Law Office of Ana Viswanathan has an office located in San Mateo County in California where she practices law. Ana Viswanathan does not seek to represent anyone based solely on a visit to her websites on the Internet.

*Please note that the results Ms. Viswanathan achieved in her cases were dependent on the particular facts in each of the cases Ms. Viswanathan managed. Past performance cannot guarantee similar results in the future. Results in future cases may differ depending upon the facts of each case.

  • Work
    • Solo Practitioner
  • Education
    • UCLA