Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• French
• Italian

Lawyer Overview

Melinda F. Levitt is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm's Antitrust, Privacy, Security & Information Management and International Practices. Ms. Levitt's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including the areas of antitrust, securities, intellectual property and class action defense work in matters pending before federal and state courts, as well as various federal agencies. Ms. Levitt has developed particular expertise in obtaining discovery from companies abroad and cases involving voluminous document discovery.

In addition to her litigation activities, Ms. Levitt also practices in the area of international trade, having previously worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce as an import specialist and on the foreign policy staff of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Her work in this area has included antidumping case work and counseling and representing clients before the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the European Commission and various other governmental trade officials. Ms. Levitt's foreign language skills are in both French and Italian.

Ms. Levitt graduated from Brandeis University (B.A., history, cum laude, 1980); The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (M.A., 1982); and the George Washington University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1989). She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust
• International Business
• Privacy, Security & Information Management

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1989
• Maryland

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, 1982
  M.A.
• Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1980
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: History

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