Melissa A. Springer
Associate
Melissa focuses her practice on product liability litigation and the defense of pharmaceutical, medical device, and mass and toxic tort claims. She has experience with various aspects of the litigation process, including discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation. She represents a diverse array of clients in multidistrict, coordinated, and consolidated proceedings, as well as putative class actions and “one-off” product liability suits.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Centre College
(B.A., 2012)
- University of Cincinnati College of Law
(J.D., cum laude, 2018)
Executive Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review
Eugene M. Corbin Memorial Award
Admissions
- State of Ohio
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Experience
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Handles all aspects of state and federal civil litigation, including pleadings and motion practice, pretrial discovery, and trial preparation.
- Effectively and efficiently handles discovery, including the management of large-scale electronic discovery in product liability matters.
- Performs legal research and drafts memoranda on a wide variety of topics.
Publications & Presentations
Publications
- “Social Media and Federal Prosecution: A Circuit Split on Cybercrime and the Interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,” 86 U. Cin. L. Rev. 315 (2018)
- “Warning! Speak at Your Own Risk: First Amendment Restrictions on Off-Campus Physical, Emotional, or Cyber Bullying,” 86 U. Cin. L. Rev. 849 (2018)
Involvement
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Cincinnati Bar Association (Vice Chair, Common Pleas Court Practice Group)
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Northern Kentucky Bar Association