Melissa’s deep legal experience spans many environments, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the private sector.
Melissa has a longstanding commitment to public service, community engagement, and pro bono and volunteer efforts.
Melissa Mills is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm’s national team of trial lawyers known for its success in litigating cutting-edge disputes in technology, intellectual property, and other areas.
Prior to joining the firm, Melissa was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, where she investigated and prosecuted complex corruption and national security crimes for over a decade. She was responsible for shaping investigations, analyzing evidence, developing charges, presenting cases to the grand jury, motion practice, litigating jury trials, advocating for appropriate sentences, and any resulting appellate practice. Most recently, she led a complex criminal investigation into bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, resulting in convictions of several senior officials. She also investigated a sophisticated web of racketeering and corruption-related offenses alleged to involve local politicians, lobbyists, and developers. Other litigated cases included the capital murder of a Transportation Security Administration officer, international arms trafficking, espionage, trade secret theft, bribery and corruption, domestic and international terrorism, and other serious crimes against the U.S. She also trained and mentored junior-level Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010, Melissa was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn focused on white collar crime, compliance, and anti-corruption matters. Previously, she was an active-duty officer in the United States Marine Corps stationed in Quantico, Camp Pendleton, and Fallujah, Iraq. During her service in the Marine Corps, she prosecuted and defended hundreds of criminal cases, trying numerous jury trials to verdict. During a seven-month deployment to Iraq, she traveled throughout the war theater to investigate and prosecute crimes in a combat environment. She completed her service in 2006 at the rank of captain.
After graduating from law school, Melissa clerked for the Honorable A.S. Effron of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. She then went on to work on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
Melissa Mills is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm’s national team of trial lawyers known for its success in litigating cutting-edge disputes in technology, intellectual property, and other areas.
Prior to joining the firm, Melissa was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, where she investigated and prosecuted complex corruption and national security crimes for over a decade. She was responsible for shaping investigations, analyzing evidence, developing charges, presenting cases to the grand jury, motion practice, litigating jury trials, advocating for appropriate sentences, and any resulting appellate practice. Most recently, she led a complex criminal investigation into bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, resulting in convictions of several senior officials. She also investigated a sophisticated web of racketeering and corruption-related offenses alleged to involve local politicians, lobbyists, and developers. Other litigated cases included the capital murder of a Transportation Security Administration officer, international arms trafficking, espionage, trade secret theft, bribery and corruption, domestic and international terrorism, and other serious crimes against the U.S. She also trained and mentored junior-level Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010, Melissa was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn focused on white collar crime, compliance, and anti-corruption matters. Previously, she was an active-duty officer in the United States Marine Corps stationed in Quantico, Camp Pendleton, and Fallujah, Iraq. During her service in the Marine Corps, she prosecuted and defended hundreds of criminal cases, trying numerous jury trials to verdict. During a seven-month deployment to Iraq, she traveled throughout the war theater to investigate and prosecute crimes in a combat environment. She completed her service in 2006 at the rank of captain.
After graduating from law school, Melissa clerked for the Honorable A.S. Effron of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. She then went on to work on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.