Melissa M. Nichols
Associate
Spartanburg Office



 

Phone: 864-591-1113
Fax: 864-591-1767

Melissa Nichols graduated in 2000 from Washington & Lee University School of Law, where she was Lead Articles Editor of the Washington & Lee University Law Review. She began her professional career as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, United States District Judge of the Southern District of West Virginia.

Melissa concentrates her practice in business tort litigation, complex insurance defense and products liability cases. She has experience litigating catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Before moving to Greenville, South Carolina, Melissa practiced in Alexandria, Virginia and the District of Columbia, where she also served as an adjunct instructor of legal writing at American University’s Washington College of Law.

Prior to law school, Melissa worked as an Associate Account Executive for Travelers Insurance in the Baltimore, Maryland office of the Special Liabilities Group. At Travelers, she handled a variety of environmental and toxic tort claims.

Melissa is a volunteer grant writer for Lapsits for Early Literacy, a Greenville area nonprofit organization that encourages parents and caregivers to read to their young children. She is also a member of the International Center of the Upstate and participates in the ICU’s book club.

Washington & Lee University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2000
Tulane University, B.A., Political Economics, 1995

South Carolina, 2007
District of Columbia, 2002
Virginia, 2000

U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia