Melissa Bickel is a talented attorney with more than 25 years of experience. She was a successful personal injury defense attorney for ten years before opening her own personal injury plaintiff’s practice in 2010. After three years in private practice, she transitioned to working for the city of Sacramento and the Yolo County Superior Court. Melissa is able to utilize her varied experience to provide her clients with the best possible legal counsel and support.
• Served as lead/trial counsel managing case files from inception through trial, post-trial proceedings and appeals.
• Handled internal labor relations, including client consultation, analysis of collective bargaining agreements and binding arbitrations.
• Served as sole counsel handling cannabis writs and directing administration hearings related to cannabis penalties.
Admissions
- California
Education
- J.D., Trial Advocacy Concentration, McGeorge School of Law, 2000
- Dean’s Honor Roll, 1999-2000
- Student Associate, Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, 1999-2000
- Advanced Trial Advocacy, honors, Spring 1999
- Teaching Assistant to Michael Vitiello, Professor of Law, Fall/Spring 1998-1999
- McGeorge Mock Trial Team, 1998-1999
- M.A., Political Science, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 1997
- B.A., Psychology and Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara, 1990