Melissa Dosick Riethof
Special Counsel33 S. Sixth Street
Suite 4300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Services
Melissa focuses her practice on employment advising and litigation, commercial litigation, and appellate litigation. She represents companies and individuals in the areas of workplace discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination. She also represents clients in business litigation matters, including contractual disputes and other business torts. Her practice involves litigation proceedings in both state and federal courts where she assists clients through all phases of litigation, including e-discovery, complex motion practice, settlement negotiations, and trial.
Melissa provides advice on and represents clients in regulatory matters involving state and federal agencies. She represents companies and individuals in agency proceedings involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
Melissa advises clients on appellate procedure in all areas of the firm’s practice. She writes briefs and argues cases before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, Minnesota Supreme Court, and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
- Boston University, B.A., cum laude
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Marianne D. Short, R.A. (Jim) Randall, and Thomas J. Kalitowski, Minnesota Court of Appeals
- Executive Editor, Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Past Member, Board of Directors
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association — North Star Lawyer Pro Bono Award, 2016-2018