Ryan Mellino is a staff attorney on Consumer Watchdog’s Litigation Team. Mellino provides litigation support spanning across Consumer Watchdog’s issue areas, including insurance, civil rights, and healthcare litigation.
During law school, Mellino externed with several different organizations. He spent time working on eviction defense with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, on legal issues concerning inmates in L.A. County jails with the American Civil Liberties Union, and on system-wide homelessness prevention with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. In his second summer of law school, Mellino began externing with Consumer Watchdog. He remained an extern through his final year of law school, before joining full-time after graduation.
Mellino received a B.A. in English Literature from Hunter College and a J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.
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