Melanie Samson Tuttle

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Melanie Tuttle practices in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial law, banking law, and employment law. She regularly counsels companies on general securities and other corporate law matters, including disclosure, compliance, and corporate governance issues. She has worked in a wide range of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, complex mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and financings for diverse clients, including publicly and privately held businesses, financial institutions, manufacturing companies, and service businesses. She has represented private equity funds, management groups and other parties in connection with leveraged buyouts and venture capital transactions. Her practice includes representing clients before administrative agencies and general business counseling.

Ms. Tuttle also has extensive experience advising employers on labor and employment issues. She regularly assists clients with discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour claims, and breach of contract claims. She also advises on employment agreements, executive compensation matters, noncompetition agreements, reductions-in-force, and separation agreements. Ms. Tuttle routinely advises clients in developing effective employment policies and practices.

Ms. Tuttle is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Elon University School of Law, teaching securities regulation and business planning.

Prior to law school, Ms. Tuttle was a mechanical engineer with Procter & Gamble, where she worked on consumer paper products, and General Electric, where she was involved with the design of control systems for jet engines.

Ms. Tuttle is married to Charles and has two sons. She is a cellist and, besides classical music, she enjoys hiking, golf, flyfishing, Michigan and Steeler football, and Oscar, the family wirehaired pointing griffon.