Alexa N. Mellis
Associate
Experience
Alexa N. Mellis is an associate in the firm’s Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability Practice Group. She represents employers and insurers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims in Maryland before the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Before joining Semmes, Alexa was a law clerk with a local Baltimore firm, focusing on estate law and personal injury claims. She was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Charles H. Dorsey, III, of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, and a judicial intern for the Honorable Daniel A. Friedman of the Appellate Court of Maryland.
While in law school, Alexa was a corporate counsel extern for the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, and a student attorney at the Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic. Alexa is passionate about civil right to counsel and access to justice.
Admitted
- 2022, Maryland
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2022)
- Towson University (B.S., Business Administration with Legal Studies Concentration, 2019)
Affiliations & Associations
- University of Baltimore School of Law
- Phi Alpha Delta & Women’s Bar Association, various leadership positions held
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Medico-Legal Seminars
Special Achievements & Honors
- University of Baltimore School of Law
- University of Baltimore Law Forum
- Resource Editor (2021-2022)
- Staff Editor (2020-2021)
- Royal Graham Shannonhouse III Honor Society
- University of Baltimore Law Forum
Publications
- “Am. Radiology Servs., LLC v. Reiss”, 51 U. Balt. L.F. 140 (2021)
- “Gables Constr., Inc. v. Red Coats, Inc.”, 51 U. Balt. L.F. 85 (2020)
- “Maryland General Assembly Proposing Right to Representation in Eviction Proceedings Statewide” (2021).