Melissa M. Howard is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Chicago office. She is a member of the Trial Department.
Before joining McDermott, Melissa clerked for the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Melissa also worked as an associate in the litigation department of a large New York law firm.
While in law school, Melissa served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law.
Melissa is a member of the New York and Illinois bars.
Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2002
University of Georgia, Ed.S. (highest honors), 1997
University of Georgia, M.Ed. (highest honors), 1996
Illinois Wesleyan University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1995 |