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Melissa Cornell

Associate

Melissa Cornell represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Melissa served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Melissa earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, her M.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, and her B.A. in Political Science and English, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to law school, she taught high school science in Philadelphia as a Teach For America corps member. She also worked on the research team for the Elementary School Excellence Study at The Wharton School Management Department.

Melissa Cornell represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Melissa served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Melissa earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, her M.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, and her B.A. in Political Science and English, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to law school, she taught high school science in Philadelphia as a Teach For America corps member. She also worked on the research team for the Elementary School Excellence Study at The Wharton School Management Department.

KVP Team featured in AmLaw Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

08/14/2024

Keker, Van Nest & Peters team – Laurie Carr Mims, Ben Rothstein, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Melissa Cornell, and Catherine Porto – were featured by AmLaw for successfully securing a significant victory for their client InterMune against the company’s former CEO W. Scott Harkonen. Read more