Melinda A. Nicholson, an associate in KSF's Louisiana office, focuses on shareholder derivative and class action litigation. She is actively involved in cases pending before various federal courts across the United States, including In re Bank of America Corp. Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litigation, 09 MD 2058 (DC) (S.D.N.Y. 2009). Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Nicholson worked for defense firms in New York, handling complex commercial litigations and regulatory investigations involving a variety of legal issues, including fiduciary obligations, securities violations, contractual breaches, antitrust and insurance coverage.

Ms. Nicholson completed a joint B.A./J.D. program at Tulane University, receiving a B.A. in Political Science, with a concentration in American Politics and Policies and a minor in Economics, from Tulane in 2003 and a J.D. from Tulane in 2005. While at Tulane Law School, Ms. Nicholson served as a Notes and Comments Managing Editor for the Tulane Law Review, which published her comment, The Constitutional Right to Self-Representation: Proceeding Pro Se and the Requisite Scope of Inquiry When Waiving Right to Counsel, 79 TUL. L. REV. 755 (2005). She has received numerous awards, including the Dean's Medal for attaining the highest grade point average during the third year, the George Dewey Nelson Memorial Award for attaining the highest grade point average in common law subjects throughout the three years of law study, and Order of the Coif. She graduated from the law school summa cum laude and ranked second in her class.

Ms. Nicholson is admitted to practice in Louisiana and New York, and before the United States Court for the Southern District of New York, and for the Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana.