Melinda D. Campbell

Melinda Campbell has been associated with Kaplan Fox since September 2004 and became a partner of the firm in 2012. She represents investors and institutions in securities fraud class action litigation.  Mrs. Campbell currently represents the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan in In re Vale S.A. Securities Litigation, No. 19-cv-526 (E.D.N.Y.).

Mrs. Campbell’s noteworthy cases include: In re Bank of America Corp. Securities Litigation, MDL No. 2058 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 08-cv-411(NRB) (S.D.N.Y.); In re Fannie Mae 2008 Securities Litigation, No. 08-cv-7831(PAC) (S.D.N.Y.), and In re Eletrobras Securities Litigation, 15-cv-5754 (S.D.N.Y.) ($14.75 million settlement). 

Mrs. Campbell obtained her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. While attending law school, she successfully represented clients of the Civil Practice Clinic of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and provided pro bono legal services through organizations including the Southern Poverty Law Center.  

Mrs. Campbell obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri (cum laude). 

Mrs. Campbell is a member of the Federal Courts Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association and served as a panelist in a continuing legal education course offered by the Committee concerning waiver of attorney-client privilege under Federal Rule of Evidence 501.  Additionally, Mrs. Campbell is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the National Association of Women Lawyers, and the New York Women’s Bar Association.

Mrs. Campbell is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second and Eleventh Circuits.