Biography
Melanie is a founding partner of the firm’s Nevada office. She is a first-chair trial lawyer with two decades of courtroom experience. Melanie represents financial institutions, banks, loan servicers and lenders in Nevada and Texas federal and state courts. Her practice includes recovery litigation, such as foreclosure process challenges, lien priority disputes and title claims. Melanie also has significant experience defending plaintiff borrower claims concerning default servicing, including loss mitigation, property preservation, and bankruptcy. She defends and advises clients in connection with federal and state consumer laws, including claims involving the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act (RESPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Housing Act (FHA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), their state law equivalents, as well as numerous common law business torts. Melanie’s expansive litigation experience includes over 400 federal actions, 70 Ninth Circuit appeals, 200 Nevada Supreme Court appeals, and countless state court actions.
Previously, Melanie worked as a partner at an AMLaw 100 firm.