Melanie’s representative work includes:

• Leading the regulatory mapping effort for federal and 50-state sales, licensing, and marketing practices for national brands and dealer groups.

• Defending multi-plaintiff collective employment and consumer actions.

• Defending multiple agency government investigations

Prior to joining Arent Fox, Melanie was an associate in the Los Angeles office of a national law firm, where she led the group’s Regulatory/Compliance Team. The Regulatory/Compliance team was responsible for conducting federal/state regulatory reviews of advertising, finance, and franchise laws for auto dealerships, dealer associations, and advertising agencies.

She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the International Association of Korean Lawyers, and the Korean American Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles.

In 2011 the Automotive Industry Practice Group was selected as one of the Top 5 Practices in California by the Daily Journal.

• Melanie has provided litigation perspective in presentations on bankruptcy-related topics, including the Nuts and Bolts of Business Chapter 11 (December 2010) and the Workings of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Debtors and Creditors (January 2011).
• Melanie was recently featured and interviewed by The Korea Times Los Angeles (November 30, 2010 publication) where she discussed business chapter 11s and the Korean American business community’s “misperceptions” of Chapter 11s in the United States.
• “Lemon Laws in Various States” presentation, National Association of Motor Vehicle Boards and Commissions Fall Workshop, Biloxi, Mississippi, October 11, 2010.
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, Stephen K. Gallagher, Victor P. Danhi, and Kristen E. Burgers; July 22, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, and Kristen E. Burgers; July 15, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, Kenneth J. Murphy, David C. Meyer, and Kristen E. Burgers; July 8, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, Rebecca M. Aragon, and Kristen E. Burgers; July 1, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, and Kristen E. Burgers; June 24, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, Kristen E. Burgers, and Kenneth J. Murphy; June 17, 2009
• “The Bankruptcy Weekly,” National Association of Dealer Counsel, co-written with Aaron H. Jacoby, Lawrence A. Katz, Dana C. Nifosi, Stephen K. Gallagher, and Kristen E. Burgers; June 10, 2009
• “Exploring Early Resolution of In Pro Per Matters,” Communiqué: Official Journal of the Clark County Bar Association; August 18, 2006
• While attending law school, Melanie was a senior case notes editor of the Journal of American Arbitration and served on the Executive Editorial Board.