Mel tries cases around the country and has record breaking verdicts in many jurisdictions including Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and Iowa – with settlements and verdicts over the past 33 years in the hundreds of
millions of dollars. Mel has been inducted into several invite only organizations that celebrate legal excellence and ethical integrity including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, the Inner Circle of Advocates, The American College of Trial Lawyers, and The Summit Council.
Mel also devotes significant time to pro bono work through Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming, and many local and national charities. Mel is a senior faculty member at The Trial Lawyer’s College where he has taught for more than 15 years and a founding member of Trial School. Mel’s mission is realized in large part by helping to improve the skills of trial lawyers across America.