Melissa Rhea

Medical Malpractice Mediator

Bio

Address: 888 17th Street, N.W, 4th Floor
Email: mrhea [at] olender.com
Phone: 202-879-7777
Fax: 202-393-2245

Date Joined Multi-Door: Don’t remember
Date Admitted to Practice: December, 1982
Date Admitted to Bar: December 15, 1982 (DC)

 

Medical Malpractice Litigation Experience

FIRM/AGENCYCITY/STATE DATESFROM/TO
Cadeaux & Taglieri, P.C/Washington, DC1982-1999
Jack H. Olender & Associates, P.CWashington, DC1999-present

Number of Medical Malpractice cases litigated:

  • actually tried, approximately 10;
  • litigated, approximately 75-100.

 

Mediation Experience (Panels and Programs)

Mediation Panels or ProgramsFrom/To
DC Superior Court Multi-Door Trainer (civil)2x–do not remember dates
Trainer, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFeb. 1996
Trainer, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania1998
Trainer, Lusaka, Zambia2000
Trainer, Ndola, Zambia2001 or 2002
Trainer, Livingstone, Zambia2004
Trainer, Craiova, Romania2005
Trainer, U. S. Department of Justice Program2x, approximately 2002-2003

Number of Medical Malpractice Cases Mediated: 10-15
Number of Cases Mediated: 50-75

 

Professional Background and Education:

  • B.A., Washington University, cum laude, 1979
  • J.D., Washington College of Law, 1982
  • Faculty, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop (since 1996)
  • Faculty, NITA 

 

Professional Memberships:

  • Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland
  • DC-TLA (currently President, 2006-2007)
  • American Association for Justice
  • Center for Justice and Democracy
  • Public Justice
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Association