Honors and Awards:

• Founding member and first editor-in-chief of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.  Delivered conclusory remarks at the 10th anniversary Symposium for the Journal in 2008.
• Named a Rising Star, Super Lawyers and was the only Rising Star in the "Dispute Resolution" category in Pennsylvania., Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2010
• Named one of the top 30 lawyers under the age of 40 by ALM, The Legal Intelligencer and The Pennsylvania Law Weekly.  Will be honored at a formal dinner on October 28, 2010 at the Union League in Philadelphia., Lawyer on the Fast Track, Top 30 Under 40, ALM, The Legal Intelligencer and The Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 2010

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certificates for basic and advanced mediation training as well as Victim Offender Conferencing training; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts mediation training; Divorce, custody and separation mediation training. Landlord Tenant Special Master/Judge Pro-Tem Philadelphia Common Pleas Appellate Mediation Program.  Completed training to mediate Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employment matters.  Serve on the EEOC panel as a Federal Mediator.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.  
• Member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Landlord Tenant Special Master/Judge Pro-Tem Philadelphia Common Pleas Appellate Mediation Program.
• Serve as a pro-bono federal mediator on the Philadelphia chapter of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission panel of mediators.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-Author with Judge Weinstein and Michael Young, “The Role of Damages Issues – Post-Dura- In The Mediation Of Securities Class Actions,” Vol. 6, #3 September 2007., Mealey’s Emerging Securities Litigation
• Delivered introductory remarks for a panel that included Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), Max Berger, Alan Salpeter, Michael Goodstein, Mary Jo Berry, Gregory Markel and Sam Rudman; Authored substantive introduction on the mediation of securities class actions that included commentary on the discussion from the panel., Author, Introduction, The Mediation of Securities Class Actions Suits, Cardozo J. Conflict Resol., Vol. 9, Number 2, Spring 2008., Alternative Dispute Resolution
• This article is a follow up to a panel presentation given by the authors at Cardozo Law to an audience of approximately 100 New York City lawyers and mediators.  The article attempts to summarize some of the key considerations that a lawyer/advocate should be considering in approaching a mediation and sets out to give some insight into what a mediator is thinking and doing during the process., Co-Author, Mediation Starts From The First Phone Call - Practice Pointers and Helpful Hints For Lawyers Going to Mediation, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2010
• Participated as a panelist in a Roundtable Discussion on Insurance Coverage and Mediations hosted by White and Williams at the Union League in New York City.  , Panelist, Roundtable Discussion on Insurance Coverage and Mediations, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Both in a lead and co-mediating role with Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), Mr. Melnick has led settlement efforts of numerous multi-million dollar settlements in jurisdictions across the country.  In 2011 Mr. Melnick had a lead role settling numerous cases coming out of the Lehman Brother's Bankruptcy.  He has settled numerous Lehman related Securities matters, Mortgage Backed Securities matters and ARS matters.   In Philadelphia, he has played an instrumental role in settling The Adelphia Recovery Trust's case against Deloitte for 167 million dollars previously pending in front of Judge Abramson in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas as well as the ABFS Trust's case against the Wall Street financial institutions that settled in 2009 for 100 million dollars previously pending in front of Judge Bernstein also in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.  Mr. Melnick also helped to lead settlement efforts that led to settlement of the ABFS Trustee and Noteholder's case against the Directors and Officers of ABFS and related litigation that collectively settled for more than 50 million dollars.  Mr. Melnick is currently helping to lead settlement efforts between the Adelphia Recovery Trust and over 20 financial institutions pending before Judge McKenna in the Southern District of New York in which the trustee is alleging damages in the billions of dollars.

Representative Clients:

• In my role as mediator and managing mediator of The Weinstein Group among many others I have worked with lawyers from Morgan Lewis; Dechert; Dilworth Paxson; Kaufman Coren and Ress; Berger Montague; Blank Rome; Pepper Hamilton; Hogan and Hartson; Levin Fishbein Sedran and Berman; Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman; Marino, Tortorello and Boyle; Wilmer Hale; Coughlin, Stoia Robbins Rudman and Geller; Skadden Arps; Cravath Swaine & Moore; Skadden Arps; Latham and Watkins; Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; and Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP., 2005

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Lead mediator in numerous multi-million dollar securities class action settlements.

Educational Background:

• Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., 1990
• Grinnell College, Iowa., 1994
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York City., 1999