Melissa Prober’s practice focuses on general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on employment law, securities, and white collar criminal defense. Ms. Prober has devoted a significant amount of time to pro bono activities and regularly provides general legal advice on a wide range of issues to the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative.
Since joining the firm, Ms. Prober has regularly represented clients in employment matters before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels. Her cases have included issues involving executive compensation, complex ERISA actions, and discrimination and retaliation claims. Ms. Prober is also currently representing an individual in connection with a sensitive and high-profile criminal action in the Southern District of New York.
From 2000 through 2002, Ms. Prober worked at Oxygen Media, serving as a Director of Public Policy. In this role, she established partnerships with non-profit organizations and governmental agencies and developed on-air, online and grassroots programming. Ms. Prober also directed Choose to Lead, an award-winning campaign that brought together cable operators with non-profit and governmental organizations to raise awareness about the need for more women in local, state, and national office.
Ms. Prober worked in the White House Counsel’s Office from 1997 through 2000, first as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Counsel to the President and then as the Special Assistant to the Counsel to the President. During her time at the White House, Ms. Prober was on the team that defended President Clinton against congressional and Independent Counsel investigations, including the investigation leading to Impeachment hearings and the Senate acquittal of President Clinton. She also worked closely with President Clinton’s Legal Defense Fund and the White House Millennium Council.