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Melody McAnally
Commercial Litigation Group
Memphis Office
Tel: (901) 680-7322
Email:
melody.mcanally@butlersnow.com
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Areas of Emphasis
Complex Commercial Litigation
Product Liability
Patent Infringement Litigation
Distinctions
AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Mid-South Rising Stars
®, Business Litigation
Curtis E. Coker Access to Justice Award, Mississippi Bar Association, 2008
Pro Bono Award, Jackson Young Lawyers, 2003-04
Charles Clark Inns of Court, 2005-07
Education & Honors
Mississippi College, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review,
cum laude
, 2003
Moot Court Board
University of Mississippi, B.A., English, 1997
Associations
American Bar Association
Business Law Section
Commercial Litigation Committee
Litigation Section
Commercial and Business Litigation Committee
Co-Chair
, UCC Subcommittee
Mississippi Bar Association
Board of Directors,
Young Lawyers Division, 2006-07
Tennessee Bar Association
Jackson Young Lawyers
Director
, 2005-07
Capital Area Bar Association
Co-Chair,
People's Law School Committee, 2006-07
Community Grant Committee, 2004-06
Memphis Bar Association
Board of Directors,
Intellectual Property Section
Access to Justice Committee
Mississippi College School of Law Alumni Association
Board of Directors
Association of Women Attorneys
Bar Admissions
Mississippi, 2003
Tennessee, 2007
U.S. District Courts
Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
Tennessee: Western, Middle and Eastern Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals
5th Circuit
6th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Legal Experience
Defense verdict in conversion case also involving claims of fraud and conspiracy (Ashford v. Regions Bank, 2011).
Defense jury verdict in Fair Labor Standards Act case regarding overtime and retaliation claims (Davis v. U-Haul Company of Mississippi, 2006).
Shoe Show, malicious prosecution and abuse of process case, summary judgment, 2004.
Microtek Medical, Inc. v. 3M Co.
, 942 So. 2d 122 (Miss. 2006) breach of contract case, represented 3M Co. in trial court and Mississippi Supreme Court, upheld on appeal, 2006.
CSX Transportation, federal class action with claims of fraud, trespass and civil conspiracy, summary judgment, 2007.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
"Recent Updates in the Right of Publicity," CLE presentation, July 2010.
"Keeping Your Company Out of the Courthouse: Tips to Help Avoid Employment Litigation," Capital Area Human Resource Association, Jackson, Miss., 2007.
"Top Wage and Hour Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them," Presentation 2007.
Co-Author
, "The Supreme Court Just Made Retaliation Cases Tougher,"
Mississippi Manufacturers Association Legal Briefs, Vol. 3
, July 2006.