Melanie Slaughter Wolk

Melanie Slaughter Wolk

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About

Melanie’s reputation as a widely experienced and thorough trial attorney extends across Upstate and Western New York. Her expertise is substantial, and includes commercial, products liability, municipal, professional liability, and toxic torts, with a focus on trials, liability and exposure analysis, mediations, and pre-trial proceedings. Part of what makes Melanie such a sought-after attorney is that, through her extensive community involvement, she is able to fully appreciate the needs and understand the goals of her clients, which leads to positive outcomes for them.
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Oct
28

Trevett Cristo’s Robert Lunn and Melanie Wolk Featured on WHAM’s “Ask the Experts”

Melanie Slaughter Wolk

Honorable Robert Lunn and Melanie Slaughter Wolk of Trevett Cristo P.C. were featured on WHAM's hour long Ask the Experts radio show on October 28th, ..

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May
17

Trevett Cristo’s Melanie Wolk and Alan De Peters Featured on Ask the Experts

Melanie Slaughter Wolk, Alan J. De Peters

Melanie Wolk and Alan De Peters, both partners of Trevett Cristo P.C., were featured on WHAM's Ask the Experts on May 12th, 2018.

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Professional Excellence

Super Lawyers

Products Liability
Commercial Litigation
Labor Law
Professional Liability
Construction Law
Contract Disputes
Toxic Torts
Appellate Practice

Rochester Business Journal, Women of Excellence Honoree (2019)
Top Women in Law (2014)
Super Lawyers (2012 – present)
A Woman to Watch (2013)

Voting Rights Act of 1965, MCBA

Center for Constitutional Rights, Legal Intern
Goldberg Segalla LLP, Special Counsel, 2008 – 2014
White and McSpedon, P.C., Senior Associate, 2003 – 2007
Newman Fitch Altheim Myers, P.C., Associate, 2000 – 2003

Pace University School of Law, J.D. (1998)
Manhattanville College, BS Political Science and Sociology (1995)

New York; Southern, Eastern and Western District of New York

New York State Bar Association: Torts and Insurance Law Executive Committee (2014 – present); Committee on Women in the Law (2013 – present) Empire Justice Center Board of Directors (2011 – present) United Way Women’s Leadership Counsel, Chair (2014 – present); Community Investment Cabinet, Chair (2012 – 2014) Monroe County Bar Association Board of Trustees (2011 – 2012); Committee Chair for Lawyers for Learning (2010 – 2012); Committee Member of Litigation Counsel (2009 – present); Committee Member of Judiciary Committee (2010 – 2012); Committee Member of Access to Justice (2009 – present) Al Sigl Foundation Board of Governors (2011 – present) Greater Rochester Women’s Association Board of Director, President (2013 – 2014); CLE Committee Chair

“A Student’s Guide to the Law of Evidence as Applied in American Trials,” published by West Group, January 27, 2011
“Rochester Among the Best at Giving Back,”, Democrat & Chronicle, August 9, 2011