Melissa Rhee

Melissa Rhee is Senior Counsel at Rudderow Law Group. She began her law career as a Korean legal assistant to a sole practitioner in landlord-tenant issues. During law school, she served as a certified legal intern with the San Diego District Attorney’s office. She has experience in a wide range of practices, including construction, business, real estate, and contract related matters. She has represented clients in both Federal and California State cases in non-complex and complex designated cases. Her practice has included arbitrations, trials and appeals.

Melissa was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in South Korea, Argentina and in various states. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine where she received her B.A. in Criminology, Law & Society, B.A. in Psychology & Social Behaviors and a minor in Educational Studies. She received her J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is licensed to practice before all the California State Courts, the United States District Court of California for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

In her free time, she enjoys watching musicals, partakes in winter sports and cherishes the time spent traveling with her family and friends.