Melissa is an experienced business advisor and litigator who excels at assisting clients in resolving their most complex, high-stakes issues. She enjoys working closely with in-house counsel, executives and individuals to manage litigation, putting her clients’ interests first to better understand their objectives and reduce their litigation risk.

Her work encompasses a broad range of industries, including insurance, healthcare, financial institutions and real estate. She represents her clients’ interests in commercial litigation, enforcement and defense of restrictive covenants, and defense of professionals for errors and omissions. She has experience litigating breach of fiduciary duty claims and employment and breach of contract claims, including enforcement of non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure provisions. Melissa’s experience also extends to franchise litigation and creditor’s rights.

The results Melissa has achieved for clients include:

• Successfully represented a large insurance broker in a lawsuit against former employees, achieving the largest settlement in the client company’s history
• Obtained a preliminary injunction in a restrictive covenants matter where the defendants violated the non-solicitation and confidential information covenants of their employment agreements
• Successfully represented a client in a complex commercial dispute involving breach of contract claims by securing a favorable summary judgment ruling, effectively dismissing the claims against the client
• Secured a final judgment on summary judgment in favor of a large local hospital system in a property tax dispute with the county taxing authority, saving the hospital system millions of dollars
• Obtained favorable result for the defendant insurance brokerage after a jury trial
• Secured numerous final judgments in favor of firm clients in collection actions, including financial institutions, manufacturing companies and rent-to-own companies