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Melissa L. Wen

Associate She / Her / Hers
Philadelphia

Melissa Wen is a Litigation Department associate who focuses her practice on Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Melissa worked as an intellectual property associate at a Chambers-ranked law firm, where she drafted briefs, managed discovery, conducted research, wrote motions, and prepared expert witnesses.

While attending law school, Melissa gained additional experience as a student attorney for the Harvard Housing Law Clinic, the Harvard Education Law Clinic, and the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.

Professional Highlights

Judicial Clerkships

Hon. Christina Reiss, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 2024-2025

Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2023-2024

Credentials 

Education

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2021)
Executive Technical Editor, Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

University of California – Berkeley (B.A., with highest honors in English, 2017)

Admissions

Pennsylvania

New York