Deputy Managing Partner California Bar since 2013 Nyman Turkish PC
Melissa Nyman .
More than a decade at the California bar, and not a single mark of discipline. She is also counsel of record in federal disability-rights cases.
- California Bar
- #293207 · Active since 2013
- Discipline
- None on the official record
- Federal courts
- E.D. Mich. · E.D. Cal. · 6th Cir. briefs
Experience across state and federal courts
Melissa is an active California attorney with a spotless disciplinary record and federal court experience in Michigan and California.
- Bar license
- State Bar of California · #293207 Status: Active. Admitted December 5, 2013. Official record name: Melissa Markos Nyman. Source State Bar of California
- Discipline
- None on the official record Her State Bar record's disciplinary and administrative history is empty: the only entries are her 2013 admission and her present Active status. Source State Bar of California
- Education
- J.D.: Thomas Jefferson School of Law The law school on her official bar record. B.S., Business Administration, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (per her biography on the Nyman Turkish website). Source State Bar of California record
- Role
- Deputy Managing Partner, Nyman Turkish PC She helps lead the firm's national Social Security Disability practice from its Roseville, California office. Source Nyman Turkish PC
A nationwide disability practice since 1980
As Deputy Managing Partner and co-owner, Melissa helps lead Nyman Turkish's four-office Social Security Disability practice.
Nyman Turkish PC has practiced Social Security Disability law nationwide since 1980, from four offices in California, Florida, and Michigan. As Deputy Managing Partner, Melissa helps lead that practice from the firm's Roseville office. Source Nyman Turkish PC
Nyman Turkish's president, Jason Turkish, was counsel for the blind plaintiffs in Binno v. LSAC: the case whose settlement led LSAC to remove the LSAT's "logic games" section for every test-taker beginning August 2024. Source CNN · LSAC
Nyman Turkish's biography of Melissa lists her as a co-founder and board member of the Alliance for America's Promise, the Social Security disability rights group whose advocacy ProPublica covered in 2025. Source Nyman Turkish PC · ProPublica
Turned down for disability benefits?
Nyman Turkish PC has handled Social Security Disability claims nationwide since 1980. A consultation with the firm is free, and you pay nothing unless the firm recovers benefits for you: no fee, and no case costs.