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Fall 2005 Cleaning Out the Closet: Using Sunset Provisions to Clean Up Cluttered Criminal Codes, Emory Law Journal, Vol. 54
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Member, Order of the Coif

Top Ten Percent Oralist, LWRAP Moot Court Competition (Spring 2004)

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia
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Melissa J. Mitchell
Associate


Email: mmitchell@morganlewis.com
Miami
5300 Wachovia Financial Ctr.
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131-2339
Phone: 305.415.3443
Fax: 305.415.3001

Melissa J. Mitchell is an associate in Morgan Lewis’s Litigation Practice. Ms. Mitchell represents public companies and their employees, financial institutions, securities industry professionals, and other entities and individuals in investigations, examinations, and litigation before the SEC, FINRA, NYSE, and other securities regulators.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Mitchell was an associate in the securities enforcement practice of a large law firm in Washington, D.C. She also served as a law clerk for Judge Federico Moreno of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and interned for the SEC Division of Enforcement.

Ms. Mitchell earned her J.D., with high honors, from Emory University School of Law in 2006, where she served as articles editor for the Emory Law Journal. She earned her B.B.A., summa cum laude and with highest honors, in finance from the University of Georgia in 2003.

Ms. Mitchell is admitted to practice in Georgia only.

Education

  • Emory University School of Law, 2006, J.D., With High Honors
  • University of Georgia, 2003, B.B.A., Summa Cum Laude and With Highest Honors