Background
Kirgis, Melissa B. was born on June 11, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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Melissa B. Kirgis
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University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1990). Washington and Lee University (Juris Doctor, 1993).
Career
Worked at Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Professional Corporation (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice before all Federal Courts, Departments and Agencies. Interstate Commerce, Labor and Aviation Law. Bankruptcy, Employment Discrimination, Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1993, Virginia (Not admitted District of Columbia).
Company-Author: with Lewis Doctorate. Solomon, "Business Cooperatives: A Primer," 6 DePaul, Business. Lord Justice 233, 1994).
Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Professional Corporation was founded in 1970 as Highsaw & Mahoney by James L. Highsaw, Junior and William G. Mahoney who first met in 1955 when employed by another law firm.
They were joined in 1974 by John O"B. Clarke, Junior Since 1970 the firm has represented its clients, principally railroad and airline labor unions, before federal courts, including the Supreme Court, and state courts throughout the country, administrative agencies, arbitrations and in testimony before committees of the Congress in support of or in opposition to specific proposed legislation. Members of the firm are frequent lecturers at the American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer George Meany Studies Center and American Language Institute -American Bar Association seminars and are active in the American Bar Association section activities.
