Melissa
E.
Dillard
is
an
associate
attorney
with
the
firm.
Her
practice
area
is
concentrated
on
cases
involving
automobile
and
common
carrier
liability,
premises
liability
and
product
liability.
Ms.
Dillard
joined
Ford,
Walker,
Haggerty
&
Behar
in
February
2010,
coming
from
Tisdale
&
Nicholson,
LLP,
where
she
practiced
in
the
area
of
corporate
transactions.
Prior
to
that,
Ms.
Dillard
worked
as
a
summer
associate
at
Pierce
Law
Group,
LLP,
an
Entertainment
Law
Firm
in
Beverly
Hills,
California.
Ms.
Dillard
was
admitted
to
the
State
Bar
of
California
in
2006.
She
is
admitted
to
practice
in
the
U.S.
District
Court,
Southern
District
and
all
courts
in
the
state
of
California.
In
2006,
Ms.
Dillard
received
her
J.D.
from
University
of
San
Diego
School
of
Law
in
San
Diego,
California.
She
earned
her
B.A.
in
political
science
from
University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara
in
2000.
During
college,
she
was
a
member
of
the
UCSB
Women's
Tennis
Team
from
which
she
received
the
Most
Valuable
Player
Award.
Born
in
Huntington
Beach,
California,
Ms.
Dillard
currently
resides
in
Newport
Beach,
California.
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