Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Latin America Team; Labor & Employment

Melissa advises clients on the full spectrum of labor and employment law matters. This includes including single-plaintiff, class, and collective action litigation (both wage and hour and discrimination claims); wage and hour and other employment counseling; traditional labor work. In her litigation practice, she represents employers in individual, class, and collective action litigation, and in administrative agency actions concerning federal and state labor and employment statutes. Her clients hail from sectors including the retail, airline, transportation, food services and financial services industries.  Melissa routinely counsels employers with operations in Puerto Rico and represents employers in federal litigation and administrative matters in Puerto Rico.

While in law school, Melissa externed with Judge Sonia Sotomayor at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Yale University; Columbia University Law School