Melissa A. Yasinow
Associate
Direct Dial:
216.736.7205
Fax:
216.621.6536
Email:
may@kjk.com
Melissa joined the firm as a summer associate in 2010 and returned as a law clerk during her final year of law school. She is currently a member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights practice groups. Prior to joining the firm, Melissa externed during the 2009 summer for the Honorable Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and for the Honorable David S. Perelman in the Northern District of Ohio.
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2011
Mount Holyoke College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006
Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter
Patricia Ann Burgess Public Law Award, 2011
Amy J. Zoslov Memorial Scholarship, 2009
Fulbright Grant, English Teaching Assistantship, Republic of Korea, 2006-2007
When Romer Met Feeney: Why the Second Sentence of the Ohio Marriage Amendment Violates Equal Protection, 61 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1315 (2011)