Melissa Pallett-Vasquez
- Chambers USA
Represented beverage manufacturer and distributor, All Market Inc., in defense of a national federal class action consumer fraud, and deceptive advertising case regarding its Vita Coco coconut water. The plaintiffs alleged that the Vita Coco product packaging and marketing materials containe...
Representation of the major insurance company in a class action where we successfully overturned the class certification and clarified the legal standard for standing in the Third District Court of Appeal.
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University of Florida, J.D., Levin College of Law, cum laude, 2003McGill University, B.A., 2000
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American Bar AssociationInternational Law Section, Liaison Officer, 2020-Present
International Law Section, Annual Conference Co-Chair, 2021
International Law Section, Food, Agriculture & Cannabis Committee, Vice-Chair, 2020-2021
International Law Section, Annual Conference Co-Chair, 2018
International Law Section, Division Chair, 2018-2020
International Law Section, Canada Committee, Committee Co-Chair, 2016 - 2018; Senior Advisor 2019-present
International Law Section, Food and Agricultural Task Force, Vice-Chair, 2019-2020
Association for Women LawyersMemberBoys and Girls Clubs of Miami-DadeBoard of Directors, 2017
Gala Committee, 2014 - PresentBrazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of FloridaMemberCuban American Bar AssociationMemberThe Florida BarJudicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 2013 - 2015Greater Miami Chamber of CommerceLeadership Miami, Class of 2010Lawyers for Children AmericaBoard of Directors, 2018 - Present
Volunteer Attorney Ad Litem, 2005 - PresentMcGill Alumni AssociationPresident of the South Florida Chapter, 2007 - PresentNational Association of Women JudgesFriends Committee, 2011 - 2012 -
Florida
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U.S. District Court, Middle District of FloridaU.S. District Court, Southern District of FloridaU.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh CircuitU.S. District Court, District of Colorado
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Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, 2017- present
National Law Journal, Crisis Leadership Trailblazer, 2020
Daily Business Review, Florida Trailblazers, 2019
The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2019 - presentBenchmark Litigation, 40 & Under Hot List, 2016 - present
Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, 2016; Local Litigation Star, 2017- present
Florida Super Lawyers, 2020Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Rising Stars, 2010 -2019
Florida Trend's Legal Elite, 2007 - 2008, 2012 - present
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