After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, Melina represented unions and union members in employment-related matters both in an in-house counsel capacity and in private practice.  Subsequently she joined a Boston firm representing clients in products liability and professional malpractice defense. She has conducted and directed internal investigations in an in-house capacity for a large government agency and most recently spent six years practicing in the areas of insurance defense and general liability insurance coverage for a prominent Worcester, MA firm.  She also serves as a hearing officer for disciplinary matters before the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.

 

Practice Areas

• Construction

• Products liability

• Premises liability

• Ch. 93A & Ch. 176D

• Ch. 142A claims

• Ch. 258 claims

• Dram shop liability

• First party property claims

• Employment and housing discrimination

• Internal investigations

 

Bar and Court Admissions

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2003)

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2003, voluntary inactive)

• U.S. District of Massachusetts (2007)

• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (2020)

 

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2003

• Harvard College, A.B. cum laude in English and American Literature and Language, 2000

 

Professional Memberships

• Worcester County Bar Association

 

Legal Publications and Significant Cases           

• Drake v. Town of Leicester, 484 Mass. 198 (2020)

• Ramos v. City of Leominster, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 1111 (2020)