Melissa L. Rhoads
Melissa L. Rhoads is a shareholder of the law firm of Tighe & Cottrell, P.A.
Melissa practices in the areas of insurance defense, business law, general litigation, commercial
transactions, employment law, and estate planning.
Ms. Rhoads is a member of the Bar in Delaware and Maryland. She was educated at Wheeling Jesuit University (B.A. cum laude 2003; member of Phi Sigma Tau honor society) and at Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. cum laude 2006). During law school, Ms. Rhoads served as the University Judicial Board Chair for Syracuse University. Ms. Rhoads also served as a Criminal Justice Teaching Fellow for the Syracuse City School District in conjunction with the New York State Attorney General's Office and Syracuse University College of Law from 2005-2006.
Ms. Rhoads serves as a board member and past President of the Board of Directors at Providence Creek Academy Charter School located in Clayton Delaware. Additionally, she is the past secretary of the Charitable Dames of Delaware, a local non-profit organization.
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Delaware
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Supreme Court of Maryland
Associations & Memberships
- Delaware State Bar Association
- - Commercial Law Section
- - Corporation Law Section
- - Labor & Employment Section
- - Tort & Insurance Practice Section
- Maryland State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel - Masters in Marketing 2017
- Delaware Trial Lawyers Association
- Delaware Claims Association
- Defense Research Institute
- - DRI Substantive Liaison Position
- - Women in the Law Marketing Committee Representative
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society
- Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
- Rodney Inn of Court
- Defense Counsel of Delaware
- Delaware Small Business Chamber
- Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
- Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce - Women's Network
- New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
- Delaware Real Estate Women
- Professional Women's Business Network
- Seven Organization
Lectures/Publications (Representative)
- Delaware Chapter - Best's Digest of Insurance Law (2014-2020) - Delaware Section.
For more information regarding insurance law in all states, please click here
- "DRJ: Uninsured and Underinsured motorist coverage compendium", 2016
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- "Commercial & Residential Evictions", 5/19/09
- "Drafting & Enforcing Commercial Leases", 12/9/08
- "Public Safety Laws and Issues for Delaware Architects and Engineers", 9/20/07
Contact
Office Phone: (302) 658-6400 ext. 22
E-mail: m.rhoads@tighecottrell.com
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