Melissa Y. York - Glen Allen, VA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 2008
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Graduated 2nd in class of 171 students
    Honors: Articles Editor, Law Review
    Honors: Vice-Chancellor, Walter Scott McNeill Law Society

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• #MeToo – The Impact of a Social Movement on Title VII Law in the Fourth Circuit
  
• #MeToo – The Impact of Sexual Harassment Law under Title VII and Retaliation – A Not So Hidden Danger, Virginia Association of Community Services Boards, Inc. HR Committee, Richmond, VA, August 2019
  
• From Hugs and Kisses to Other Workplace Conduct: Understanding Sexual Harassment in 2018, Virginia Juvenile Detention Association, Charlottesville,, VA, March 2018

Representative Cases

• Hawkins v. Town of South Hill, __ Va. __, 878 S.E.2d 408 (2022)
• Western Star Hospital Authority, Inc. v. City of Richmond, et al., 986 F.3d 354 (4th Cir. 2021)
• Hanover County Unit of the NAACP v. Hanover County, et al., 461 F. Supp. 3d 280 (E.D. Va. 2020)
• Kessler v. City of Charlottesville, et al., 441 F. Supp. 3d 277 (W.D. Va. 2020)
• PBM Nutritionals v. Lexington Ins. Co., 283 Va. 624, 724 S.E.2d 727 (2012)
• Wintergreen Partners, Inc. v. McGuireWoods, LLP, 280 Va. 374, 698 S.E.2d 913 (2010)

Published Works

Articles

• Melissa Y. York, #MeToo—The Impact of a Social Movement on Employment Law in the Fourth Circuit, Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XXXI, No. 4 (Winter 2019 – 2020).
  
• Sandra S. Gregor & Melissa Y. York, The Imposition of Sanctions Against Attorneys after Ford Motor Co. v. Benitez, Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XXV, No. 1 (Spring 2013).
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Columbia
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit