MELANIE R. SAVARESE, an associate, is admitted to practice in the State of California before the United States District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a graduate cum laude from Villanova University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Sociology. She received her law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 2001. Prior to joining Gancedo & Nieves LLP, Ms. Savarese practiced for the firm of Girardi & Keese in Los Angeles where she focused on product liability, professional negligence, personal injury and toxic tort litigation.

Involvement

Ms. Savarese specializes in the area of products liability and personal injury. She is involved in common benefit work in various pharmaceutical litigations on the state and national level and currently serves on the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee in Vioxx Product Liability Litigation, JCCP No. 4247 (California). Her practice also includes Prempro Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1507, involving the hormone replacement drug Prempo, Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1596, involving the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder drug Zyprexa, In Re: Baycol Cases Litigation, JCCP Nos. 4217 (California) and 4223 (California), involving the cholesterol drug Baycol, and Rezulin Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1348 and JCCP 4122 (California), involving the diabetes drug Rezulin. Additionally, Ms. Savarese handles a vast array of single plaintiff personal injury cases including actions involving medical negligence, catastrophically injured infants, motor vehicle negligence, and general negligence.

Ms. Savarese is a member in good standing of the State Bar of California, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.

Practice Areas

• Catastrophic Personal Injury
• Consumer Fraud
• Environmental Litigation
• Product Liability

Education

• Loyola Law School (J.D., 2001)
• Villanova University (B.A., Philosophy and Sociology, 1998)

Admitted to Practice

• State of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Professional Activities

• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
• Member, American Trial Lawyers Association