Melissa C. Cassel

Associate

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Melissa Cassel is a litigator who focuses on complex and appellate litigation. She has authored briefs in multiple federal and state courts, including the US Supreme Court, on subjects including administrative law, criminal procedure, antitrust, defamation, products liability, and constitutional law. She has also argued in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits
  • US Supreme Court

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Activities

Clerkships

  • Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

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