Melissa Demmon

Biography

Melissa Demmon is Vice President, Claims Counsel, Professional Liability for Sompo International, leading a team that handles legal malpractice and accountants' malpractice claims. Prior to joining Sompo, Melissa was Claims Counsel for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri where she managed a large caseload of legal malpractice claims against policies with limits up to $5M.  Before joining The Bar Plan, Melissa was Counsel with Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, serving as coverage counsel to insurers with regard to D&O, PL, and FI liability insurance policies. Her work included representing insurers as monitoring counsel and coverage counsel for claims against FI and D&O insureds arising out of regulatory investigations and civil litigations alleging late trading, market timing and broker steering. Melissa spent seven years with the firm Ohrenstein & Brown in New York as an Associate and Counsel, again serving as coverage and monitoring counsel to insurers in connection with D&O/PL insurance policies.  Melissa also defended insurance companies in federal and state courts in coverage litigation, and defended debt collectors in New York federal courts against claims for violation of the FDCPA.  Prior to joining Ohrenstein & Brown, Melissa was an Associate with Mendes & Mount, representing insurers’ interests in claims made against insureds under LPL and miscellaneous E&O insurance policies.  Melissa is a member of the New York, New Jersey and Missouri Bars, and is also admitted to the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. She received a J.D.  from St. Johns University School of Law, and a B.A.  from Columbia College, Columbia University.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY, NJ, MO
• Licensed Adjuster: KY, LA, NC, RI, SC, OK, OR, WV, MT, ID, IN, MN, MS, NV, UT, WY, AL, CT, AR, DE, MI, ME, VT, NH, GA