Melissa Lin | Attorney

Arizona Trial Attorney

Ms. Lin has handled a wide variety of civil cases, including breach of contract, conversion, unjust enrichment, construction defect, corporate dissolution, copyright infringement, easement disputes, tax lien foreclosures, LLC incorporations, eminent domain, trespass, partition, interference with valid contractual relations or business expectancies, and unfair competition.  Ms. Lin attended and appeared at Lake Havasu City Council Meetings as City Attorney when necessary.  She also appeared and argued before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission and a local school board.  She reviewed and modified fixed based operating leases for Lake Havasu City's airport.  During August 2004 through December 2004, she clerked for the Honorable Paul Tang in Pima County Superior Court, researching and writing decisions on Tucson City and Justice Court Appeals.  She is an honest, dedicated and energetic trial attorney and litigator. 

Ms. Lin's current practice includes the representation of individuals, contractors and businesses in tort and construction litigation, primarily in the areas of construction defects, complex litigation, general liability, personal injury, and product liability. 

Relevant Professional Activities, Background and Education

Ms. Lin currently serves as a Member at Large for the Board of Directors of the Maricopa County Bar Association Construction Law Section. She is a member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, the Arizona affiliate of the Defense Research Institute, and has assisted in preparing and hosting CLE programs for the Construction Defect Special Interest Group.   She hosted the September 27, 2007 CLE program, Common Law Indemnity in Construction Defect Litigation Anse v. Cisco (aka Allen v. Del Webb). 

She is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, Arizona Women's Law Association, and the Arizona Asian American Bar. Ms. Lin's article, "A Recent Extrapolation Ruling in Arizona Construction Defect Cases and Its Implications for the Defense of Extrapolation in Construction Defect Cases" was published in the November 2007 AADC E-Common Defense newsletter.   Ms. Lin is involved with the Young Lawyers Division of the Arizona State Bar and a volunteer for the Wills for Heroes program.  She is a member of the Women's Metropolitan Arts Council of the Phoenix Art Museum and a volunteer for St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance. Ms. Lin received the 2006 Pro Bono Service Award from Community Legal Services in Mohave County. 

Ms. Lin received her law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 2004.  Ms. Lin was a Managing Editor for the Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, executive board member for the Student Bar Association, and president of the Asian American Law Student Association. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Arizona in 2001.  She has been a registered patent agent with the US Patent and Trademark Office since 2004.  She was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 2005. 

While in law school, Ms. Lin worked as a part time law clerk, writing and researching responses to the USPTO Actions for Inventors.  She also researched and helped prepare New York State trademark applications and performed USPTO, state patent searches and international patent searches.   Ms. Lin also externed with District Court Magistrate Charles Pyle in Pima County and the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office.