Mel DeCandia is an associate in the Litigation practice group at Greenspoon Marder LLP’s New York office, representing individual and corporate clients in commercial litigation in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and mediations. Ms. DeCandia independently manages cases through the discovery phase of litigation, including propounding written requests, reviewing responses, overseeing document review, and taking depositions. She has experience researching and drafting pleadings, dispositive motions, and settlement agreements.
Ms. DeCandia earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles while specializing in Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law and Policy. She previously graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
- J.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2019
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law and Policy specialization
- Moot Court Honors Society, Executive Board
- International Trademark Assoc. Moot court Regionals, Best Oral Argument Team
- Women’s Law Journal, Chief Managing Editor
- UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic, Student Counsel
- B.A., University of Maryland, Multi-platform Journalism, 2016
- Minor in Law & Society
- The Diamondback, Senior Staff Writer
