Kelly McNabb is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office and has over 10 years of experience in complex civil litigation. As a member of the firm’s mass tort and product liability practice group, she has represented people and families who have been injured by dangerous and defective products manufactured by medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Kelly has played an integral role in litigation in state and federal courts across the country and has served as court-appointed leadership in complex litigations, including as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the multidistrict litigation In re Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis Litigation, MDL No. 2859 (S.D.N.Y.), and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Social Media Cases Judicial Counsel Coordination Proceeding No. 5255 (Los Angeles Superior Court). Kelly has dedicated her practice to holding corporations accountable for injuries that devastate her clients.
Kelly also works for the improvement of the legal profession by participating in ongoing leadership and educational organizations. She specializes in electronic discovery and is Lieff Cabraser’s Partner-in-Charge of ESI, serves on the Sedona Conference Leadership Council, and is a board member of the Complex Litigation e-Discovery Forum.
Prior to joining Lieff Cabraser, Kelly began her practice in Minnesota and in 2014 Minnesota Lawyer named Kelly as an Attorney of the Year over litigation involving severely injured premature infants, including several deaths. She volunteered at The Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis from 2012 to 2015, and continued her human rights work in New York representing a client seeking asylum, which was granted in 2017 after 5 years of advocacy.
In her spare time, Kelly enjoys traveling, trying new cuisines, and being active, especially weight training, yoga, hiking, and skiing
Pro Bono Activities
•Advocates for Human Rights, 2012 - 2015
Published Work & Appearances
•Speaker, “Sexual Abuse & Social Media,” HarrisMartin MDL Conference: Depo-Provera and Current MDL Cases, January 2025
•AAJ 2024 Winter Conference Advocacy Track: Preparing for Daubert Panelist
•AAJ 2024 Annual Conference Class Action Section/Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Section CLE Program: Structuring Leadership with Relevant Expertise Panelist
•Moderator, “Associate Perspective on Mass Litigation,” Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Park City, Utah Conference, February 2024
•Sedona Conference Mid-Year Meeting 2024: Discovery-Related Sanctions Panelist
•Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute Conference, Collective Wisdom: Modernized Data Identification and Collection Strategies Panelist
•Speaker, “What’s New in Defendants’ ESI Playbook and Strategies?” Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum (CLEF) Annual Conference, May 2022
•“The Relevant Scope of General Causation: Internal Company Documents and Communications,” American Association for Justice Newsletter, 2018
•“What ‘Being a Watchdog’ Really Means: Removing the Attorney General from the Supervision of Charitable Trusts,” Minnesota Law Review, 2012
Honors & Awards
•Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs,” 2021-2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2024-2025
•“Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation,” Lawdragon, 2023, 2024
•“Rising Star for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2016-2022, 2025
•Minnesota Lawyer, Attorney of the Year - Pritzker Trial Team, 2014
In the News
•February 17, 2026
Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Named ‘Legal Lions of the Week’ by Law360 for Win in Teen Social Media Addiction MDL
•October 30, 2025
21 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Selected as 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
•September 8, 2025
Twenty-Seven Lieff Cabraser Partners Named to 2026 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America” List
•August 21, 2025
36 Lieff Cabraser Lawyers Named to 2026 Best Lawyers Listings
•February 28, 2025
33 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized as Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2025
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