Ms Melissa Rodriguez > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ms Melissa Rodriguez

+1.212.309.6394 melissa.rodriguez@morganlewis.com

Work Department

Latin America Team; Labor & Employment

Position

Melissa advises clients on the full spectrum of labor and employment law matters. This includes including single-plaintiff, class, and collective action litigation (both wage and hour and discrimination claims); wage and hour and other employment counseling; traditional labor work. In her litigation practice, she represents employers in individual, class, and collective action litigation, and in administrative agency actions concerning federal and state labor and employment statutes. Her clients hail from sectors including the retail, airline, transportation, food services and financial services industries.  Melissa routinely counsels employers with operations in Puerto Rico and represents employers in federal litigation and administrative matters in Puerto Rico.

Career

While in law school, Melissa externed with Judge Sonia Sotomayor at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Education

Yale University; Columbia University Law School