Melissa L. Fox

Melissa helps clients in emerging industries and those launching novel technologies navigate regulatory uncertainty and operate under evolving laws and regulations. She provides product and privacy counseling, assessing and mitigating comprehensive legal risk throughout a product’s life cycle. 

Melissa routinely advises on privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence matters, and litigates disputes in these areas. She has significant experience counseling clients on advertising-related issues and litigating allegations of false advertising and unfair or deceptive trade practices. Melissa’s clients rely on her for precise, pragmatic and creative solutions. Her experience includes defending class action lawsuits, conducting internal investigations and representing clients in various state and local court proceedings. Melissa regularly defends technology companies, financial services companies, food and beverage manufacturers, gaming companies and educational institutions in complex litigation.

As a member of Eversheds Sutherland’s Cannabis Industry team, Melissa counsels clients on the rapidly changing state and federal laws affecting this industry. She helps ancillary service providers assess risk and navigate the complex regulatory landscape to meet their business needs.

What clients say about Melissa

• “Melissa is a brilliant lawyer (truly), a cool head, a calming presence, a hard-working partner, and a master at finding practical solutions. I cannot overstate this. Melissa's input is always precise, clear, on-point, and helpful. Over and over, Melissa brings clean, pragmatic, creative solutions to thorny questions and negotiations . . .”

• Melissa knows our products and the issues involved so deeply and does a great job remaining calm under pressure, communicating in a way that is simple to understand, and calibrating risk appropriately.”

• “I am beyond impressed by Melissa and her consistency, diligence, hard work and thoroughness . . . Because of Melissa’s clear communication, proactiveness and partnership, we have executed a number of key strategic projects.”

• Melissa “is my rock-solid go to on all things”. “I trust her implicitly.”

• Her impact “is unquantifiable” and she is an “inimitable professional.”

• She is a “pleasure and a fun lawyer to work with.”