PDP Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

PDP proudly reflects on 25 years of advocacy and service on behalf of our clients and the community.

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Melissa M. Malloy

Partner
Melissa M. Malloy
Melissa M. Malloy
Partner

Attorney Biography

Melissa M. Malloy is a Partner at Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.

Her practice focuses primarily on the defense of asbestos-related toxic tort actions. She primarily assists in the nationwide defense of an equipment manufacturer in the asbestos litigation. Her work includes the investigation of key facts, the development of expert strategy, the preparation of dispositive and pre-trial motions and appellate briefs, and trial preparation and appellate support for federal and state cases filed in jurisdictions across the United States. Ms. Malloy also has experience in the area of consumer protection, including claims involving Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A and Chapter 90 § 7N¼.

After law school and immediately prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Ms. Malloy served three terms as an appellate law clerk to the Honorable Rhys S. Hodge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands. During her judicial clerkship, she gained valuable experience analyzing, researching, and writing on precise points of civil, criminal, and administrative law. As the Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands was a young appellate court at the time of her clerkship, she had the unparalleled opportunity to examine novel issues of law on a routine basis. As a consequence, she acquired extensive skills researching and analyzing substantive and procedural law from across numerous state and federal jurisdictions, which has been especially beneficial to her practice at the firm.

Attorney Credentials

Education

Cedar Crest College
2003
B.A.
,
summa cum laude
Roger Williams University School of Law
2007
J.D.
,
cum laude

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts
,
2007
Rhode Island
,
2007

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
2017
Supreme Court of the United States
2019
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
2019
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
2020

Attorney Experience

Representative Matters

Mitchell v. Liberty Chevrolet, Inc., 98Mass.App.Ct. 1104 (2020), affirming, 2019 Mass.App.Div. 61.

2020

Community Involvement

  • Coordinates the firm’s annual holiday toy drive organized through the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
  • Served as a certified student attorney in the Community Justice and Legal Assistance Clinic representing indigent and incarcerated clients before the Family Court in Providence, Rhode Island (2006-2007)

Association Memberships

  • Defense Research Institute
  • Rhode Island Bar Association

Attorney News

Publications

Author, PDP Toxic Torts Alerts, topics include: "Liability for Products Manufactured and Sold by Others," Each and Every Exposure Theory", and "The Duty to Take Home Exposure Plaintiffs"
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Speaking Engagements

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