Melissa Steedle Bogad, Associate

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Legal Services
Class Actions
Patent Litigation
Complex Commercial Litigation
Industries
Consumer Products and Services
Financial Services and Banking
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Telecommunications and Wireless
Law School
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
JD, 2006
Law School
New York
New Jersey
Practice Contacts
District of New Jersey
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
Clerkships
Hon. Anne E. Thompson, District of New Jersey (2006-2007)
 

Melissa Steedle Bogad is an associate in the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office and focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation.

Ms. Bogad has been involved in the litigation of a variety of matters before New Jersey state trial and appellate courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey and Delaware, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York, state and federal administrative agencies, as well as various arbitrators and mediators. Ms. Bogad has litigation experience in a variety of types of cases, including patent infringement, consumer class actions, employment matters, insurance coverage, product liability, real estate development, maritime, breach of contract, fraud, business torts, and other complex commercial disputes.

Ms. Bogad has performed work on behalf of firm clients such as Abbott Laboratories, Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., Barr Laboratories, C.R. Bard, Inc., DAVA Pharmaceuticals, LG Electronics USA, Inc., LVMH Moet Hennessey, Maher Terminals, LLC, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Philip Morris, Sears, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, United Fixtures Company, Inc., Verizon, and Wells Fargo.


Education

Ms. Bogad received a B.F.A. in a double major of Theatre, with honors, and English in 2001 from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. She received a J.D., magna cum laude, in 2006 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an articles editor for the Cardozo Law Review.


Speeches and Publications

"Maybe Jerry Maguire Should Have Stuck with Law School: How the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act Implements Lawyer-Like Rules for Sports Agents," 27 Cardozo L. Rev. 1889 (2006)