Pursuing Legitimate Claims by Honest People Injured by Defective Products and Irresponsible Insurers
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Melissa Anne Hailey
Associate Attorney, Colorado Registration No. 42836
Primary Practice Areas
Torts/Products Liability: Representation of persons injured or damaged by defective products in state and federal torts litigation against the manufacturers and designers of those products, thus redressing private harms and enhancing public safety.
Environmental Law: Representation of non-profit environmental advocacy organizations in federal environmental litigation, including matters of endangered species, conservation and public lands management, protection of the public interest in biodiversity and healthy ecosystems; and counseling non-profit environmental advocacy organizations on litigation opportunities and potential strategies for achieving conservation goals.
Education
JD - Seattle University School of Law (2006) cum laude
Focus Areas: Environmental, Natural Resources, and Land Use Law
BA - University of Denver (2001) cum laude
Focus Areas: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Bar Memberships
State Bars of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona
Federal Bars for the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona
Federal Bars for the U.S. Circuit Courts for the Tenth Circuit and the District of Columbia
Other Experience
2007 - present Center for Sustainable Economy, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Legal Fellow: advisor to president and senior economist on creative ways to use the law to encourage and inform sustainable business practices; representative assignments include the preparation of a comprehensive survey of federal and state incentives for the pulp and paper industry designed to encourage environmentally sound performance that transcended mere regulatory compliance.
2006 - 2010 WildEarth Guardians, Denver, Colorado
Staff Attorney: represented non-profit conservation organization in federal environmental litigation; developed expertise in administrative, wildlife, and public lands law, as well as the law governing clean air and water; identified litigation strategies for all conservation programs, including wildlife, wild places, and climate and energy; managed organization’s litigation docket.
2006 University of Denver Environmental Clinical Partnership, Denver, Colorado
Student Attorney: initiated litigation against selected state agencies for violations of ESA § 9 resulting from locally legalized trapping practices which harm or kill non-target federally protected species; researched legislative histories showing congressional intent to promote the values of quiet, solitude, and spiritual reflection in setting aside federal lands; developed information to be used in developing legal strategies to challenge administrative approval of motorized uses and heavy commercial recreation in national parks, and wilderness and roadless areas.
Affiliations
Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona State Bar Associations
Colorado Trial Lawyers’ Association
American Association for Justice
Attorneys’ Information and Exchange Group
Publications
Author, with Jay Tutchton - Chapter 7 - "The Legal Framework for Wolf Recovery in the Southern Rockies," in Awakening Spirits: Wolves in the Southern Rockies (2010), eds., Richard P. Reading, et. al.
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