Melissa Romanzo

Employment & Labor

Environmental

Government & Internal Investigations

Litigation

Melissa Romanzo is a seasoned environmental litigator and chair of Robinson Bradshaw’s Environmental Practice Group. She represents clients in high-stakes litigation, including environmental and toxic tort claims, contract disputes, employment matters and class actions. Her environmental experience spans defending utilities in enforcement actions under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, to handling litigation over coal combustion residuals for major utility companies. Melissa advises her clients regarding a variety of environmental matters, including regulatory compliance, environmental risk management in business transactions, and environmental liabilities resolution.

Melissa also handles complex employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, Fair Credit Reporting Act, OSHA and wage and hour disputes, including class actions. She has significant experience advising clients on internal investigations and on e-discovery issues in litigation. Melissa maintains an active pro bono practice representing indigent clients in a variety of matters.

Before joining Robinson Bradshaw, Melissa was an attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Charlotte.

Davidson College

B.A., cum laude

2005

University of Notre Dame

J.D., cum laude

2008