Alexander A. Melvin is an Associate in the Orlando office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group.
Alexander focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters. He has experience in all aspects of litigation, including strategy development, conducting discovery, drafting pleadings and dispositive motions, and participating in formal and informal dispute resolution. Alexander’s prior experience also includes matters involving property damage, liability and casualty defense.
Prior to joining Shutts, Alexander worked as a state attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit in Orlando.
Credentials
Education
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., May 2020
- Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant
- University of Florida, B.S., Criminology and Law, cum laude, May 2017
- Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Bar Admissions
- Florida
News & Insights
Presentations
- Co-Author, "How Florida’s New Comparative Fault Laws Can Help QSRs Reduce Liability Risk," QSR Magazine, August 2024
- Co-Author, "Florida High Court Gave Bars a Big Win, But There Are Additional Ways to Reduce Liability Risk," Modern Restaurant Management, July 2024
- Author, "The Young Lawyer’s Survival Guide," Florida Defense Lawyers Association Trial Advocate, Volume 43, No.1
- Co-Presenter, "Risk Reduction Q&A," Sigma Nu Epsilon Zeta Chapter at the University of Florida, September 2023
- Co-Author, "Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law," March 2023
- Co-Author, "Out with the New: Rescission of DOL 2021 Rule Could Make Independent Contractors Full-Time Employees," October 2022
- Author, "Gender Dysphoria and the ADA: What it Means for Employers," August 2022
