Practice Areas
- Entertainment Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
Honors & Awards
- Named a "Rising Star" by Southern California Super Lawyers, 2024 - 2026
Education
- Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- J.D., With Honors - 2012
- Honors: James Kent Scholar (2L and 3L)
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (1L)
- Honors: Carroll G. Harper Prize
- Honors: Research Assistant for Jamal Greene (worked on Jamal Greene, The Anticanon, 125 HARV. L. REV. 379 (2011))
- Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- A.B. - 2009
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Carolyn J. Drucker Senior Thesis Prize
- Honors: Woodrow Wilson School Class of 1924 Prize for Contribution to the Policy Task Force Program
- Honors: Van de Velde Award For Outstanding Junior Paper
- Minor: Near Eastern Studies
Bar Admissions
- California, 2012
- New York
- Texas
Professional Associations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Hollywood Radio & Television Society
- Education Through Music - Los Angeles, Associates Board
Biography
Melissa's practice includes protecting clients in disputes in all areas of the entertainment industry, as well as in general business and employment disputes, including in media and intellectual property matters, contract disputes, defamation and reputation protection, and invasion of privacy.
Published Works
- David L. Rosen, Jason L. Drori, & Melissa Y. Lerner, How Will FDA Regulate Off-Label Communications in the Post-Facteau World?, 6 FDLI FOOD & DRUG POLICY FORUM, Issue No. 3 (2016)
- James Matthews, Katy Koski, Jason Drori, & Melissa Lerner, Four Distinct Federal and State Policies Addressing Prescription Opioid Abuse, FOLEY & LARDNER HEALTH CARE LAW TODAY (2016)
- Melissa Y. Lerner, You Can Run, But You Can't Hide: The Expansion of Direct Infringement and the Evisceration of Preventive Contracting in Maersk, 93 J. PAT. & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y 207 (2011)
- Jamal Greene, The Anticanon, 125 HARV. L. REV. 379 (2011) (Served As Research Assistant)
- Melissa Y. Lerner, Connecting the Actual with the Virtual: The Internet and Social Movement Theory in the Muslim World - The Cases of Iran and Egypt, 30 JOURNAL OF MUSLIM MINORITY AFFAIRS 555 (2010)
- Julian E. Zelizer & Melissa Y. Lerner, Obama Can Succeed in Mideast, CNN.com, 16 June 2009
Languages
- English
- Hebrew
- Spanish