Melanie Prince-Loyd

As a member of the Littler CaseSmart® team and based in North Carolina, Melanie Prince-Loyd is responsible for handling administrative agency charges from investigation to conclusion. She works on client-dedicated service teams focused on handling charges. She investigates charge allegations, reviews pertinent documents, interviews key witnesses, and provides clients an assessment of the risks associated with the charge. In partnership with the client, Melanie defends the charge by drafting persuasive position statements and responses to the agency’s requests for information and/or pursues resolution of the charge through formal or informal settlement negotiations.

Melanie’s legal experience includes serving as a law clerk to both U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice Jr. and Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, serving as a staff attorney for the Supreme Court of Virginia, investigating employee discrimination complaints for a national retailer, and working in private practice at regional and national law firms where she represented and advised employers on all matters of labor and employment law.