Melissa Jackson Howell

Ms. Howell’s practice focuses on counseling clients on routine and complex employment law issues, including compliance and litigation avoidance; negotiating and litigating employment and contract-based disputes in federal and state courts; representing clients through alternative dispute processes; and composing and defending employment-related agreements, including restrictive covenants.

Prior to founding Howell Law Group, PLLC, Ms. Howell worked for regional and national law firms where she negotiated, mediated and litigated Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, USERRA and various other employment and contract-based disputes in forums including federal and state court, as well as before the EEOC, the U.S. DOL, Va DOLI, VEC and VDH.

Ms. Howell is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ms. Howell received her B.S. degree from Christopher Newport University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1998. She earned her J.D. from the College of William & Mary School of Law in 2002.