practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
honors + affiliations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, Dallas Association of Women Lawyers
Member, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
bar admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Western Division
- Dallas
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1717 Main St., Suite 3200
Dallas, TX 75201-7347
Phone: 214.466.4130
Fax: 214.466.4001
Melissa M. Hensley is senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Hensley has a general employment litigation practice and has represented employers in numerous employment law cases in state and federal court.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Hensley was an employment partner at a leading international law firm.
Ms. Hensley received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994, where she was named to the Order of the Coif. She received her B.B.A. in accounting, with special distinction, from the University of Oklahoma in 1991.
Ms. Hensley is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Western Division.
education
- University of San Diego School of Law, 1994, J.D., Cum Laude
- University of Oklahoma, 1991, B.B.A., With Special Distinction