About Maria Cristina
Maria Cristina Molteni is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in California in 2006, holding. Her license is currently active. Ms. Molteni is the principal attorney at Molteni Employment Law, a firm located at 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111. She has been practicing law for over 19 years, focusing on employment law matters in California.
Ms. Molteni earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1991. She furthered her legal education with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Labor and Employment Law from the Universidade de São Paulo in 1998, and another LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Golden Gate University in 2007. Prior to her legal studies, she completed her undergraduate education at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Ms. Molteni specializes in employment law, representing clients in cases involving wage and hour disputes, class action employment cases, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, and discrimination. She also provides counsel on prevailing wage and public works law, severance agreements, employee privacy, and workplace issues. Her practice encompasses all stages of litigation, including hearings, appeals, negotiations, and trials in both state and federal courts.
Throughout her career, Ms. Molteni has handled numerous cases in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before establishing her own firm, she worked as an associate at the Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz, P.C., and Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall LLP, focusing on wage and hour class action cases and employment law.
Ms. Molteni is an active member of the State Bar of California and has been recognized by Super Lawyers from 2021 to 2026. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, enabling her to effectively serve a diverse clientele. Additionally, she conducts training seminars and presentations in Spanish and Portuguese on various employment law topics, contributing to the legal community's understanding of these issues.
