About
Attorneys
PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
AT WORK
Melinda J. Morales represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a range of complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts. Her practice encompasses a wide variety of civil trial and appellate matters involving general business litigation, insurance coverage issues and class actions.
IN THE PROFESSION
Melinda is a member of the American Bar Association (Sections of Litigation and Antitrust) and the Chicago Bar Association. Serving as Vice Chair of the CBA’s Class Action Committee for the 2005-2006 bar year, she is a member of the CBA's Alliance for Women. Melinda is also a member of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Consumer and Personal Rights Committee. She served on the committee's newsletter editorial board and as newsletter Co-Editor during the 2003-2005 bar years.
Melinda serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Diversity Committee.
While in law school, she was a member, and later a student director, of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court.
BACKGROUND
University of Minnesota Law School
J.D., 1994
Carleton College
B.A., 1989
Melinda is admitted to practice in Illinois and Minnesota state courts, as well as the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the District of Minnesota.
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