Avocats – United States

Melanie Howard

Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Protection; Chair, Luxury Brands; Deputy Chair, Advanced Media and Technology

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Melanie Meyers

Melanie Meyers, a real estate partner, focuses on real estate development, with an emphasis on land use, zoning and structuring complex projects, environmental review, public approvals, and private/public partnerships. Her clients include The Georgetown Company, Related Companies, Forest City Ratner Companies, Columbia University, Jamestown Properties, Hospital for Special Surgery, Park Tower Group, Verizon Communications, Rudin Management Company, Inc., Cornell University and Alchemy Properties.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Melanie Mitchell

Attorney

Balch & Bingham LLP

Melanie Nussdorf

Senior Counsel

Steptoe LLP

Melanie Seelig

Partner

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Melanie Tomanov

Partner

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Melanie Vartabedian

Partner

Ballard Spahr LLP

Melanie Walker

Partner; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Corporate and Securities Litigation Practice

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Melanie Woodward

Melanie V. Woodward is a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Business Litigation, Securities Enforcement and Litigation, and Labor and Employment Litigation practice groups. Clients frequently engage Melanie for legal advice in complex commercial litigation matters, government investigations, and internal investigations. Clients appreciate Melanie’s creative approach to each case, considering the client’s goals and the unique facts of the case to develop a customized strategy. With significant courtroom experience, Melanie has successfully tried cases in Massachusetts state and federal courts. Clients value Melanie’s willingness to pursue a case to trial, while also giving candid advice along the way about risks and opportunities for settlement.

Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

Meliah Bowers Jefferson

Meliah focuses her practice on mediation and conflict resolution across a broad spectrum of disputes including corporate governance, business litigation, intellectual property, personal injury, and employment matters. As a mediator, Meliah draws on her extensive background as a trial and appellate litigator, having represented plaintiffs and defendants at all stages of the litigation process in both state and federal courts. Meliah combines this with deep experience in organizational and community leadership, offering a unique perspective that facilitates creative solutions that foster consensus among diverse stakeholders. In addition to her work as a mediator, Meliah provides clients with guidance in corporate affairs, conducting internal and Title IX investigations, and evaluating intellectual property considerations within corporate transactions. Prior to her time in private practice, Meliah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice (Ret.) of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and to the Honorable J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business, Meliah holds dual degrees in marketing and finance. She earned her law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she served on the Editorial Board of the ABA Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal, and held the position of President of the Black Law Students Association. A dedicated community advocate, Meliah devotes her time to service on the boards of directors for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Greater Good Greenville. She is a member of the Liberty Fellowship, which is a partner of the Aspen Institute and within the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Meliah’s work in promoting tolerance, good will, and common understanding in the community was recognized with the Peacekeeper Award from the Upstate Mediation Center in Greenville, South Carolina. As a trusted advisor to organizations navigating complex organizational and legal challenges, Meliah provides a holistic perspective focused on delivering effective solutions that empower business leaders to concentrate on advancing their business.

Wyche P.A.

Melinda Brunger

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Melinda Gentile

Peckar & Abramson, P.C.

Melinda Haag

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Melinda Han Gammello

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Melinda R. Coolidge

Partner

Hausfeld LLP

Melissa A. DiVincenzo

Morris Nichols partner Melissa DiVincenzo provides advice on corporate governance matters and private and public corporate transactions, including initial public offerings, mergers, asset sales, domestications, dissolutions and financing transactions. Clients look to Melissa for specialized knowledge of Delaware law when structuring transactions and confronting complex or novel corporate issues. Her work also involves guiding Delaware corporations on the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), counseling boards of directors and board committees with respect to fiduciary duties, and providing formal legal opinions on issues of Delaware law. Melissa has represented Fortune 500 companies, retailers, energy companies, agriculture and food businesses, technology companies, and many others on matters of Delaware law.

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Melissa Adams

Dr. Melissa Adams uses her multi-disciplinary understanding of the life sciences, patent law, and strategic intellectual property issues to help a wide range of early-stage to established biotechnology clients to grow and protect the value of their strategic IP portfolios. Focused on patent prosecution and portfolio development, intellectual property due diligence, and intellectual property-related strategic transactions, Melissa has particular expertise in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals including biologics, cell therapy, gene therapy, gene editing, immunology, and microbiology. Melissa’s Ph.D. research at Harvard University focused on utilizing next-generation sequencing and molecular biology to study energy-generating metabolisms in deep sea microorganisms. She has extensive scientific expertise in molecular biology, microbiology, genomics, and bioinformatics. Melissa also has experience as a Scientific Editor. She reviewed and revised research publications from non-native English speakers in a broad range of subject areas including cell biology, chemistry, genetics, neuroscience, physiology, and systems biology.

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Melissa Allchin

Melissa Allchin is an Attorney in Baker McKenzie's Employment and Compensation Practice with more than eleven years of experience in corporate immigration law. She routinely advises multinational and domestic clients on the strategy, requirements, and procedures to secure visas and work and residence permits and satisfy employment eligibility and other immigration-related regulatory requirements for a global workforce. Melissa frequently speaks on global and US immigration and immigration compliance issues at Firm and client events geared towards global mobility, human resources, and legal professionals. She has been a Member of the Firm's Pro Bono and Diversity Committees.

Baker McKenzie

Melissa Arbus Sherry

Melissa Sherry, a former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States and former Deputy Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office, focuses primarily on appeals in the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals, and state appellate courts. Melissa represents a full spectrum of clients in high-stakes appellate litigation across the country. She has argued 12 cases in the United States Supreme Court and dozens of cases in the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, in addition to state appellate courts. Melissa advises clients on a wide range of subject matter areas, including antitrust, restructuring, tax, intellectual property, securities, arbitration, healthcare, communications, white collar, and complex commercial litigation. She excels at framing complex legal issues through compelling written and oral advocacy. During her five-year tenure as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, Melissa argued before the Supreme Court, oversaw the government’s litigation in federal appellate courts, and worked across federal government agencies and components within the Department of Justice. She is also one of the most experienced women advocates before the Supreme Court. Her notable arguments include: Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Co. Bowman v. Monsanto Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds CSX Transportation v. Alabama Department of Revenue Melissa has drafted more than a hundred briefs before the Supreme Court and has briefed dozens of cases in federal and state appellate courts. She has judged hundreds of moot courts for internal and external clients, as well as for organizations such as the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Attorneys General. She served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens and to Judge Diana Gribbon Motz on the Fourth Circuit. Industry and Community Leadership Melissa is on the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Judicial Administration at NYU School of Law. She is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and serves on the US Chamber of Commerce’s Constitutional Law and Federal Courts Amicus Committee. A recognized thought leader, Melissa has been featured in media outlets such as PBS NewsHour, Bloomberg, and the Washingtonian. She speaks frequently to industry groups, lawyers, and judges about the Supreme Court and appellate advocacy.

Latham & Watkins

Melissa Bassin

Partner

Moses Singer

Melissa Crespo

Melissa M. Crespo | Morrison Foerster Melissa Crespo helps clients navigate a wide range of challenging privacy compliance and data security matters with a focus on the health information and the health care sector. She regularly helps clients develop and implement privacy compliance programs and advises companies on managing risk in connection with cutting-edge technologies and data initiatives. Melissa has particular experience in advising clients on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other laws governing the collection and use of medical and health information.

Morrison Foerster

Melissa Drennan

Associate, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Melissa Fabian

Melissa Frankel Fabian represents private equity sponsors and borrowers in leveraged and other financing transactions. Melissa helps clients navigate a broad spectrum of financing transactions involving: Syndicated loans and private credit financings Asset-based and cash-flow loans Acquisition financings Cross-border transactions Liability management transactions She combines a drive for client service with extensive substantive knowledge to guide private equity sponsors, borrowers, and public companies through every step of a financing transaction and varying market conditions. Melissa has served as a member of the firm’s Training & Career Enhancement Committee, developing and overseeing in-house training and mentoring programs for associates.

Latham & Watkins

Melissa Foster Bird

Partner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP