Melissa J. Healy

Experience

Melissa Healy is a litigation associate practicing in the firm's Labor and Employment group. Her practice focuses on providing advice in employment law matters, representing management in employment litigation, and providing traditional labor support to employers.

Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Melissa was an associate at Barran Liebman LLP (2010-2012), and a judicial law clerk for Justice W. Scott Bales of the Arizona Supreme Court (2009-2010).

Professional Honors & Activities

• Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law (6th Ed.)
• Chair, Oregon New Lawyers Division Law Related Education Subcommittee (2011-present)
• Assistant Editor, The Affiliate newsletter, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, (2011-present)
• Member, Multnomah Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Membership Committee, (2010-present)
• Member, Oregon Women Lawyers
• Member, Oregon State Bar
• Member, Multnomah Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Presentations

• Speaker, "Putting Out Kitchen Fires: Dealing with Workplace Emergencies," SHRM 11th Annual Employment Law Conference, Feb. 28, 2013
• Speaker, "Workplace Investigations of Employment Issues," Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association, Nov. 28, 2012

Publications

• "High School Diploma Required: Employers Should be Cautious about Educational Qualifications when Hiring," Daily Journal of Commerce, Dec. 21, 2011
• "Give Young Lawyers Skills Through Public Service," American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Affiliate Newsletter, Sept./Oct. 2011
• "Employers Should Beware of 'Cat's Paw' Liability," Coast River Business Journal, Aug. 2011
• "Pitfalls of Summer Internships, and Summer in General," Daily Journal of Commerce, June 23, 2011
• "Kentucky Young Lawyers as Leaders," American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Affiliate Newsletter, May/June 2011
• "What to Know Before you Check an Employee's Credit History," Daily Journal of Commerce, Jan. 28, 2011

Education

• University of Arizona, J.D., 2009, magna cum laude
  Order of the Coif
  Executive Note Editor and Writer, Arizona Law Review
  Perry Rogers Scholar
• University of Oregon, B.A., Political Science, 2004, summa cum laude with departmental honors

Admissions

• Oregon
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

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