Melanie L. Oxhorn



Occupation: Attorney at Law (Member of New York, Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bars)
Experience:
present  - Apr. 2006 Sole practitioner
Dec. 2007  - Aug. 2006 Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York
Adjunct Professor of Law
Teaching: seminar on Federal Litigation
Apr. 2006 - Apr. 2000 New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York
Assistant Solicitor General (Appeals and Opinions Division)

Cases handled on behalf of the State and its branches/agencies included: U.S. v. Microsoft (briefed in U.S. S. Ct. and D.C. Cir.); State of New York v. Seventh Regiment Fund (briefed and argued in N.Y. Ct. of App.); Wit v. Berman (briefed and argued in 2d Cir.); Yung v. Walker (briefed and argued in S.D.N.Y. and 2d Cir.); Kroll v. Finnerty (briefed and argued in Fed. Cir.); Bowden v. Keane (briefed and argued in 2d Cir.); LaValle v. Hayden (briefed and argued in N.Y. Ct. of App.); Silmon v. Travis (briefed and argued in N.Y. Ct. of App.); Barklee Realty Co. LLC v. Pataki (briefed and argued in N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't).

2004 Recipient of the New York State Attorney General's Lewis J. Lefkowitz Prize for Outstanding Achievement.
Mar. 2000 - Jan. 1998 Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York, New York
Associate (Supreme Court/Appellate Practice)
Drafted federal and state appellate briefs and trial court motions, as well as petitions for writ of certiorari and amicus briefs.
Dec. 1997 - Nov. 1996 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York
Associate (Litigation)
Participated in various stages of civil and criminal litigation; responded to government investigations; briefed and argued appeal before New York Appellate Division.
Oct. 1996 - Sept. 1995 Professor Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Associate (Supreme Court/Appellate Litigation Practice)
Full-time associate involved in a variety of litigation and academic projects, including drafting briefs filed in lower federal courts and Supreme Court.
July 1995 - Aug. 1994 Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Hartford, Connecticut
Law Clerk
July 1994 - June 1992  Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Research Assistant
Assisted Prof. Laurence Tribe and Prof. David Rosenberg with litigation activities and with academic/political projects.
Education:
June 1994 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 J.D. Magna Cum Laude
 Editor, Harvard Law Review
Semifinalist, Ames Moot Court Competition
May 1991 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut
B.A. Summa Cum Laude (Exceptional Distinction in the Major (Philosophy))
Phi Beta Kappa
Jacob B. Cooper Prize for Best Essay in Ancient Philosophy
Publications and CLE Activities:   
  Gave 2-hour CLE presentation in 2002 on techniques and strategies for effective appellate advocacy.
  Note, Condemnations, Implicit Benefits and Collective Losses: Achieving Just Compensation Through "Community", 107 Harv. L. Rev. 696 (1994)

Note, Chernobyl: The Norms of Nuclear Accidents, 8 J. of Nat. Resources & Envtl. L. 375 (1994)

Case Comment, Withrow v. Williams, 107 Harv. L. Rev. 283 (1993)

Recent Case, Preemption Doctrine After Cippolone, 106 Harv. L. Rev. 963 (1993)