She assists in managing the world-wide litigation for Turner Broadcasting and all of its subsidiaries and brands. She handles cases and claims in a variety of areas, including contracts, employment, personal injury, bankruptcy, and intellectual property, with a large part of her practice focusing on technology litigation. In particular, Melissa oversees Turner’s domestic patent litigation matters, advises on offensive patent strategy issues and certain technology-related contracts, and provides guidance in relation to various technology industry standards organizations. Before joining Turner Broadcasting, Melissa worked for four years as an intellectual property attorney at Proskauer Rose, LLP in Boston, and for two years at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. Melissa graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and Duke University Law School in 2005.