Melissa Legault Labor & Employment Lawyer Squire Patton Boggs

Melissa Legault

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Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

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Professional Biography

Melissa Legault is an associate in the Phoenix office, where she focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. Melissa assists employers in diverse matters related to their employment relationships. She routinely researches and analyzes legal authorities for drafting memoranda, pleadings and position statements related to employment law. Melissa also conducts legal research on employment case law and current events to help clients achieve their goals while complying with frequently changing regulations.

Melissa graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona where she was a note editor for the Arizona Law Review and earned CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Legal Writing and Legal Research. While in law school, Melissa externed for the Honorable Judge Steven P. Logan at the US District Court for the District of Arizona.

More Legal and Business Bylines From Melissa Legault

California Legislative Year-End Review: Preparing Employers for 2025 (US) - (Posted On Thursday, October 10, 2024)
Election Season is Upon Us: Navigating Politics in the Workplace in 2024 (US) - (Posted On Monday, August 05, 2024)
California Makes Important Changes to PAGA: Will the Amendments Finally Balance the Scales for Employers? (US) - (Posted On Sunday, August 04, 2024)
In a Rare Win for California Employers, Good Faith is Good Enough to Avoid Wage Statement Penalties (US) - (Posted On Thursday, May 09, 2024)
California Legislative Year-End Review: Preparing for 2024 (US) - (Posted On Tuesday, October 24, 2023)
Attention California Employers! Soon, You Will Need to Provide Employees Five Days (or 40 Hours) of Paid Sick Leave (US) - (Posted On Thursday, October 12, 2023)
AI In the Workplace: Navigating a New Technological Frontier (US) - (Posted On Thursday, August 24, 2023)
Employment Law in the Metaverse (US) - (Posted On Wednesday, August 10, 2022)
EEOC Issues Guidance on the Interplay between the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions and the ADA (US) - (Posted On Wednesday, May 18, 2022)
US Employers Must Submit 2021 EEO-1 Data to the EEOC by May 17, 2022 (US) - (Posted On Thursday, April 21, 2022)

Employment

EEOC + Wage Law

Melissa Legault is an employment lawyer with Squire Patton Boggs, recognized as a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for her work focused on employer compliance with government regulations and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Her insightful analyses cover state wage and non-complete legislation, EEOC pay data collection, and US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) LGBTQ and other civil employment litigation and discrimination cases.