Melanie Lockett

Melanie Lockett is an experienced litigator in diverse areas of law including insurance coverage and defense, education, commercial litigation, employment law, professional liability, and family law. She has litigated a vast array of legal issues in Louisiana state and federal courts. She has also successfully appealed cases to Louisiana Courts of Appeal and Louisiana Supreme Court. Melanie’s innovative and diligent approach to representing clients has led to notable successes for insurance companies, insurance agents, tenured professors, university students, and victims of discrimination. Melanie is an involved member of several professional organizations. She is an active member and holds leadership positions in the Defense Research Institute (“DRI”). She also holds the position of Vice Chair of Substantive Law Programming on the DRI 2017 Annual Meeting Steering Committee. Melanie is Diversity Liaison and Vice Chair of Membership on DRI’s Insurance Law Committee. She is also a member of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, American Bar Association, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and the Louisiana Bar Association. Melanie’s served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Melanie earned her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law. She was a member of Loyola’s Moot Court Staff and Public Interest Law Journal. Melanie also earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Music Degree from Boston University. Contact Melanie Lockett today to discuss your case.

• Commercial Litigation
• Professional Liability

• Credit Cards Accepted

Louisiana

Since 2006

Loyola University School of Law

J.D. (2006) | Law

2002 - 2006

Honors: Full scholarship

Tulane University

M.F.A. (1997)

1995 - 1997

Boston University

B.Mus. (1993)

1989 - 1993

Claims & Litigation Management Alliance

Member

Current

Media Law Resource Center

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Member

Current

DRI Diversity Corporate Expo

Co-Vice Chair of Recruitment

Current

Chapter 16: An Introduction to the Advertisement Infringement Offense and the Intellectual Property Exclusion

DRI’s Coverage B: Personal and Advertising Injury Compendium

2014

Ethical Issues Relating to the Tripartite Relationship and Settlement of Claims Against Insureds

DRI: Insurance Coverage and Claims Seminar

2014

Writing a Reservation of Rights: A North American Compendium

Louisiana Chapter of DRI

2013

Fact or Fiction: Patent Infringement Cannot Constitute an ‘Advertising Injury’ Under a Commercial General Liability Policy?

DRI: Covered Events, Issue 11

December 5, 2012

Ethics in Advertising, 11th Hour Ethics and Professionalism CLE Series

November 2, 2016

New Orleans Bar Association

Melanie will examine the rules governing lawyer advertisements, representations, and the significance of the recent 2016 amendment to Rule 7.2(c )(5) which concerns the distinction between representations that a lawyer is a “specialist” or “board certified.”