Melissa is a senior associate attorney in the firm’s employment practices, commercial litigation, and cannabis groups. Her career path has been unique and dynamic, in that she brings her seasoned litigation and courtroom skill sets to her negotiations and business deals, and vice versa. Melissa’s multilayered and integrative practices allow her to look through a diverse lens as she works to achieve advantageous results for her clients.

In addition to her legal practice, Melissa’s yoga practice is of the utmost importance to her. She teaches in-studio classes in her home borough of Brooklyn. Melissa has found a natural and organic means of forging a connection between her legal and yoga practices. Her passion and dedication to interconnecting those two different, yet similar, worlds is what continues to propel her practices forward.