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Jennifer L. Melton 
Phoenix, Arizona
Associate
phone 602.643.2353
fax 602.248.0947
email jennifer.melton@bowmanandbrooke.com

Jennifer Melton's practice focuses on complex products liability defense matters involving automotive and recreational all-terrain vehicles.  She is a member of two multi-office teams engaged in nationally coordinated discovery concerning products cases.

Prior to joining Bowman and Brooke, Jennifer practiced in Southern California in a wide cross-section of general civil litigation matters.  Further, Jennifer spent time in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office as a certified TAP attorney.  She has jury and bench trial experience (as both first and second chair) as well as mediation and arbitration experience. 

In addition to her legal practice, Jennifer has devoted many years to numerous residential real estate development projects in both Southern California and Arizona.    

Jennifer was an extern to: the Hon. A. Wallace Tashima, US District Court, Central District of California; the Hon. John H. Major, Los Angeles Superior Court; and the US Attorney's Office, Central District of California.   

Areas of Practice:
Product Liability
Bar Admissions:
Arizona, 2008
California, 1995
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 2008
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1995
Education:
University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Moot Court Runner-up Champion
Honors: Trustee's Scholarship Recipient
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award Recipient
Honors: Gittleson Award Recipient for Outstanding Legal Writing
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: Law Review, Associate Editor


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1990
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Order of the Laurel
Honors: Skull and Dagger
Honors: Order of Omega
Major:  English (Humanities)


University of Cambridge, England


Published Works:
Locklin v. City of LaFayette: Storm Drains - A Property Owner's Tidal Wave, 25 UWLA Law Rev. 229, 229-269, 1994


Pro Bono Activities:
Arizona Supreme Court's Foster Care Review Board (Board Member)
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (Member of the Board of Directors)
National Adoption Day (Maricopa County Committee Member)

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