Background
Saunders, Melissa Lamb was born on August 29, 1960 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Wade and Gwendolyn Leigh Lamb.
Saunders, Melissa Lamb was born on August 29, 1960 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Wade and Gwendolyn Leigh Lamb.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1983; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1987.
Law clerk to J. Dickson Phillips Junior, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), Durham, North Carolina, 1987-1988, 93-94; law clerk to chief justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States Court, Washington, 1988-1989; associate, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, 1990-1992; associate professor, U. North Carolina School of Law, 1994-1998; professor, U. North Carolina School of Law, since 1998. Member Judicature, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Board of directors Oratorio Singers, Charlotte, 1990-1992. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Robert Walter Saunders, August 22, 1987.