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Position: Of Counsel
Telephone: 626-744-2077
Fax: 626-744-2001
E-Mail: mavola@sollp.com
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Melyssa A. Avola graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History with a minor in Political Science.
Ms. Avola graduated from Southwestern University School of Law in 2005. While attending Southwestern, Ms. Avola served as the Commissioner of Alumni Affairs and the President of the Southwestern Chapter of the Federalist Society. Ms. Avola was named in “Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities” in 2005. While attending Southwestern, Ms. Avola worked as a legal intern for Contessa Food Products, Inc., where she assisted the general counsel with in-house and regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, contractual agreements, and litigation.
In the summer of 2004, Ms. Avola was chosen by the Institute for Justice to participate in a litigation symposium, and next took an externship with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. While with the District Attorney, Ms. Avola was “certified” by the California Supreme Court to appear before the court on behalf of the people of the State of California.
Ms. Avola joined Sabaitis • O’Callaghan LLP as a law clerk in September 2005, and was sworn in as a member of the California Bar in December of 2005. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association as well as the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
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