Melanie M. Hesano

Melanie M. Hesano is an Senior Associate with the firm and focuses her practice on litigation services to municipalities, specifically in the areas of zoning, land use, employment law and civil rights. She also assists with providing general counsel services to several municipalities.

Melanie has handled litigation and appeals in state and federal courts on subjects including takings, ordinance validity, sign regulations, short-term rentals, moratoria, speech, religion, equal protection, due process, election law, discrimination, harassment, negligence, and personal injury.

Practice Areas

• General Municipal Law
• Zoning and Land Use
• Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
• Employment and Labor
• Law Enforcement
• Insurance Defense

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D., 2017
• Oakland University, B.S. Human Resources Management, 2015

Professional Activities/Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan
  • Labor and Employment Law Section
  • Governmental Law Section
• Oakland County Bar Association
• Chaldean American Bar Association

Admitted to Practice

• All courts in the State of Michigan
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Community Service

• Chaldean American Ladies of Charity
• Chaldean Cultural Center