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Melinda R. Coolidge

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006
202.540.7200 ph
202.540.7201 fax
mcoolidge@hausfeldllp.com
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Melinda R. Coolidge is an associate at Hausfeld LLP. She focuses on antitrust, consumer, and mass tort cases. She is currently involved in several matters, including In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1775, alleging a global conspiracy to fix the prices of air cargo shipments worldwide, Wolph v. Acer America Corporation, a purported class action alleging defective laptop computers, and In re Prempro Products Liability Litigation, in which plaintiffs allege that hormone therapy products caused their breast cancer.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2008

Tufts University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2003

Bar Admissions

Maryland

District of Columbia

Affiliations and Honors

Member of the American Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association

Senior Articles Editor, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law

Served as a research assistant to Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, Robert Pitofsky; conducted research for his casebook, Trade Regulation, and for his book on the impact of conservative economic analysis on antitrust law, Where the Chicago School Overshot the Mark

Worked, during summers in law school, at a boutique litigation firm representing whistleblowers against the government and at Heller Ehrman, LLP

Worked at Public Citizen, a national consumer advocacy non-profit organization, prior to attending law school

Publications

William P. Butterfield, Conor R. Crowley, Melinda R. Coolidge, “Diving Deeper to Catch Bigger Fish,” DESI III Conference, June 2009