Melanie E. Walker
PartnerChair, Corporate and Securities Litigation Practice
About
Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
CourtsUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (including the Trial Bar)United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of WisconsinUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado
EXPERIENCE
Education
J.D., University of Chicago Law School
with honors- B.A., Reed College
Phi Beta Kappa
Awards
The Legal 500 United States
- Recommended, M&A Litigation: Defense (2023-2024)
- Recommended, Securities Litigation – Defense (2023-2024)
Additional Awards
- Named to the Daily Journal's Leading Commercial Litigators list (2024)
Seminars
- Panelist, “The Future for Audit Committees: Changes to Accounting Rules, Critical Audit Matters, Reporting, and Disclosures,” Stanford Law School Rock Center for Corporate Governance, 28th Annual Directors’ College, June 28, 2023
Prior Experience
- Clerkship, Milton I. Shadur, US District Court, North District of Illinois, 2000 - 2001