Melanie V. Miguel

Melanie V. Miguel is a labor and employment law certified specialist who is committed to the representation of individuals who have been wronged by their employers.  Whether an individual has been the victim of unlawful termination, discriminatory harassment, or was denied overtime, leave or benefits, she will ensure that her clients have the highest quality of representation. 

Melanie V. Miguel graduated from John Carroll University in 1991 with a Bachelors and Arts Degree and went on to attend the Cleveland Marshall College of Law.  She obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree in 1994 and was admitted to practice Law in the State of Ohio in May 1995.  In 1998, she was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.  She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, Cleveland Employment Lawyers Association, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys. 

In 2001, she left a firm that she had been with since 1995 to start her own law practice.  Melanie V. Miguel takes pride in providing quick and prompt responses to her clients.  In addition to her private practice she has lectured at many seminars including:

• A Workers' Compensation Mock Trial, 2000 Akron Bar Association.
• ADA, FMLA, Retaliatory Discharge: What Every Workers' Compensation Attorney Should Know, 2001, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
• ADA, FMLA, Retaliatory Discharge: How to Best Protect your Client, 2001, Ohio State Bar Association.
• She has also been interviewed by Live on 5 to discuss consensual relationship contracts between employers and employees. 

The majority of her practice is devoted to the representation of individuals who have been terminated or harassed on the basis of sex, handicap, race, age, national origin and religion.  She also represents employees who have been denied Family and Medical Leave, denied overtime and those individuals who have been the victims of retaliation by their employer.

She also has an extensive Workers' Compensation practice and concentrates on Jury Trial Litigation of these matters.

For more information, you can visit her website at www.melanie-miguel.com.