Melissa is an associate in the firm's Pittsburgh office who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and disputes, class action defense, and arbitration. Melissa has experience working on a wide range of litigation matters and extensive experience litigating class actions on behalf of defendants, including in breach of contract and antitrust class actions in federal court. Melissa’s litigation and class action work experience includes significant briefing on class certification issues, motions practice, preparing witnesses for depositions, taking depositions, and leading and managing complex fact discovery and E-discovery matters. She also has federal jury trial experience.
In addition to her core practices, Melissa maintains an active pro bono practice.