Melissa Needle - Westport, CT

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Whittier College School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1990
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1987
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Rutkin, Oldham & Needle, Partner, 2004 - 2013
• Schoonmaker & George, Associate, 1997 - 2000

Languages

• English (Primary)

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Annual Meeting, Connecticut Bar Association, 2010

Published Works

Articles

• Connecticut Family Lawyer, Editorial Board, Former Member
  

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1990
• New York, 1991

Other Affiliations

• Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
• Fairfield County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association
• American Academy for Certified Financial Litigator
• Connecticut Superior Court (Special Master)