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Memberships

• American Bar Association
  
• Orange County Bar Association
  
• Orange County Women Lawyers Association
  
• California Women Lawyers Association
  
• Warren Fergusson, American Inns of Court
  
• The Ninety Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots
• Hoag Hospital Foundation, 552 Club
• Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce
• Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce

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Licenses
   Licensed to Practice Law in:
      ·  California State Courts
      ·  U.S. District Courts:
            Central, Northern, Southern & 
              Eastern Districs of California
        ·  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal:

   
Other Licenses
       Private Pilot, IFR Rated

About Melinda Luthin

Melinda M. Luthin is the principal in the Corona del Mar office. Ms. Luthin has a varied civil litigation practice involving business, real estate, construction, and insurance disputes. She has represented businesses and individuals in complex, multi-million dollar lawsuits involving breach of contract, securities litigation, intellectual property, and unfair business practices. Ms. Luthin also represents clients in a number of real estate disputes involving issues such as construction defects, environmental contamination and compliance, as well as eminent domain and inverse condemnation. After honing her skills at blue-chip international law firms, Ms. Luthin founded Melinda Luthin Law in her adopted hometown of Corona del Mar in order to provide clients outstanding legal service at reasonable prices.

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Education

Principal Melinda Luthin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Davis. True to her Aggie roots, Ms. Luthin returned to Davis to attend U.C. Davis School of Law. She graduated in the top five percent of her class (the highest honors) and is a member of the Order of the Coif and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. During her law school career, Ms. Luthin received the Wilkin Award of Excellence for top grades in Property Law, Real Estate Finance Law and Evidence. She was also appointed to the Trial Practice Honor Board.

Recognition

Beginning in 2009, and for each year thereafter, Ms. Luthin has been given the highest peer rating of AV® Preeminent.™  Currently, she is recognized in the 2012 edition of the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™ - exclusively for women attorneys who have received the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards from their peers.  Less than 5% of women lawyers have been recognized with an AV® Preeminent™ rating.  Click here for more information.

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Publications

UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, Pritikin Award Recipient for article, Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments, 14 U.C. Davis J. Int’l L. & Pol’y 111 (2007).  Click here to view document.

Co-Author: API Publication 1669, Results of a Retail Gasoline Outlet and Commercial Parking Lot Storm Water Runoff Study.

Editor of industry/state report to Governor Wilson regarding regulatory overlap.
 
Co-Author: San Bernardino Storm Water Regulations; New Development Guidelines for Riverside County Drainage Area Management Plans.