Prior to joining Arent Fox, Melissa worked for the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG) in the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services. While at OCIG, she provided advice to auditors and evaluators on a broad range of topics relating to the federal health care programs. While in law school, Melissa was an intern at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Center for Medicare Management, Division of Technical Payment Policy, where she worked on matters relating to the physician self-referral (Stark) law.

While attending law school, Melissa was the publications editor of the University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law.

Recent published works include:

• “The False Claims Acts Amendments: The Curious Conundrum of Retroactivity,” The Health Lawyer; June 2010