About Melissa B. Hirst
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Patent
- Antitrust
- Business Law
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 2004J.D.
- Law Review: American Criminal Law Review, Note Development Editor
- University of Notre Dame, 2001B.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Major: French
- Honors: magna cum laude
Languages
- French
Representative Cases
- Abbott prevails in contempt proceedings to enforce injunction prohibiting Apotex from obtaining FDA approval for generic version of Depakote®
- Arctic Glacier defends packaged ice antitrust litigation
- Bear, Stearns Securities and Morgan Stanley Securities resolve securities lending dispute (2009)
- Flagstar Bankcorp appeals judgment denying insurance coverage (2009)
- Lawful resident petitions review of a removal order
- Marcus & Millichap defends claims in connection with sale of retail shopping center (2009)
- Sri Lankan family wins U.S. political asylum (2006)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
Office Info
Other Colleagues
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Nearby Lawyers
- Litigation
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Patent
- 0.4 mile away
- 0.2 mile away
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