Melissa M. Malloy

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. Additionally, she has been appellate counsel of record for other clients in New England appellate courts, including in the Vermont Supreme Court where she obtained a unanimous decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendant and rejecting the plaintiff’s constitutional and statutory challenges in an asbestos case (Shirley Ann Carpin v. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., et al., 2024 VT 27).

Ms. Malloy has been invited to speak on topics relating to trends, challenges and strategies in the areas of product liability litigation and asbestos litigation. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and serves as Vice Chair of the DRI’s Asbestos Litigation Committee’s Publications Subcommittee.

Ms. Malloy has litigation and appellate experience in the area of consumer protection, including claims involving Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A and Chapter 90 § 7N¼, and has prevailed on such issues in the Massachusetts Appellate Division and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

After law school and immediately prior to joining the firm, 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.