Melissa Hewitt brings wide-ranging experience to her role as a litigator. From drafting pleadings, discovery requests, responses, briefs and dispositive motions, to taking and defending depositions and preparing for trial, Melissa is skilled at all stages of litigation. She has represented clients in putative class actions, including employers and timekeeping companies in actions filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Melissa also represents clients in cases involving breach of contract, business torts and trade secrets.
Her background also includes negotiating contracts, drafting and negotiating licensing and transfer agreements, and counseling clients on trademark and copyright protection and enforcement issues. Melissa’s clients have included Fortune 500 companies, which she represented in products liability and premises liability matters.