United States District Court Appoints Melissa Muro LaMere to Merit Selection Panel for United States Magistrate Judge

Maslon is pleased to announce that Melissa Muro LaMere, partner in Maslon's Labor & Employment and Litigation Groups, has been appointed by the United States District Court to the Merit Selection Panel, which will advise on the selection of a new United States Magistrate Judge to serve in Minneapolis or St. Paul. The Panel will view applications, interview prospective candidates, and ultimately recommend the five candidates they deem best qualified for the position for consideration to the District Judges of the District of Minnesota.

To learn more, visit: U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Notice of Appointment of Merit Selection Panel.

Melissa is an employment and business litigation attorney who enjoys working with clients to protect and grow their business in a competitive marketplace. She focuses her practice on the full spectrum of employment counseling and litigation matters in addition to business disputes involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, business contracts and torts, and unfair competition and trade practices.

Melissa has been selected as a 2020 40 Under 40 Honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and she is recognized as a 2019 "Top Lawyer Under 40" by the Hispanic National Bar Association, an award recognizing lawyers who have demonstrated professional excellence, integrity, leadership, commitment to the Hispanic community, and dedication to improving the legal profession. She serves on the board of the Minnesota Infinity Project, an organization focused on gender disparity on the bench throughout the Eighth Circuit, and she previously served on the board of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, for which she also served as the co-chair of the Judicial Endorsements Committee. In 2019, Melissa was appointed by Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan to the Commission on Judicial Selection.