Melvin A. Eisenberg (born 3 December 1934) is the Jesse H. Choper Professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley.
After studying at Columbia University (1956) and Harvard University (1959),[1] he worked in the firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, as assistant counsel in the Warren Commission, and joined Berkeley in 1966.
[2] From 1991 to 1993, he held the Justice R. Ammi Cutter Chair at the institute.
[2] He was also Justin W. D'Atri Professor of Law, Business, and Society at Columbia University.
[3] He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected in 1984.