Position:
California Attorney, Melissa C. Marsh, has been an active member of the State Bar Of California since 1996.

Background:
Ms. Marsh has been practicing law for 20+ years. Prior to starting her own law firm, Melissa Marsh was Of Counsel at Rosenfeld, Myers & Susman, a law firm in Beverly Hills, California. Before entering the field of law, she was the Advertising and Marketing Director at Business Sampler Advertising, Inc. in Los Angeles, California. As an attorney, Melissa Marsh has not only represented hundreds of small business owners in forming and growing their businesses, but she has also served as an adviser to the board of directors to public companies. In such endeavors, she has also assisted her clients with a myriad of employment matters and real estate issues including the purchase and sale of both commercial and residential real estate, neighbor disputes typically involving encroachments, fences and trees, landlord/tenant matters both commercial and residential in Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and the surrounding areas.

Education:
Melissa Marsh is an honors graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She then received her Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1996 (Order of the Coif), where she was a Sayre Macneil Scholar, ranked in the top 2% of her class, and awarded four American Jurisprudence Awards. While attending law school, Melissa Marsh also engaged in international legal studies at Cambridge in England and at the McGill School of Law in Montreal, Canada.

Practice Areas:
Business Law: Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships; Real Estate Law and both residential and commercial landlord tenant matters, leases, and evictions; Employment and Labor Law including employee handbooks, notices, severance pay agreements, wage and hour claims, and wrongful termination; Computer and Internet Law; Intellectual Property Law (Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secrets), Entertainment Law, and Wills and Trusts.

Philosophy:
Ms. Marsh believes her clients are best served by attorneys who focus on their transactional needs and the avoidance of litigation. To this end, Ms. Marsh provides her clients with strategic legal advice and agreements tailored to their specific business and real estate objectives, and often for a flat fee. She knows you are looking for efficient and prompt service at a reasonable price, and Ms. Marsh realizes that such service is not always available. Ms. Marsh aims to provide such representation, because only satisfied clients provide repeat business and future referrals. In those cases where litigation is unavoidable, Ms. Marsh seeks to strategize a case for the best cost effective outcome.

Memberships:

• State Bar Of California
• American Bar Association

Billing Practices:
Our office has provided task-based billing and budgeting information to a number of its clients for many years. Currently, we also interface with several of our clients electronically for billing. Our office is willing to discuss any billing arrangement which brings value to both parties including:

• "Not to exceed" average hourly rates;
• Single lump sum quarterly, bi-annual, and annual retainers;
• Low Cost Telephone Consultation Fees beginning at just $129;
• Per file, per case, or per agreement charges; and
• Hourly or blended rates.

Low Cost Telephone Consultation:
Ms. Marsh also provides all new and existing clients with the option of scheduling a low cost same day telephone consultation on this website starting at just $129 for up to 15 minutes.