Melissa M. Stone received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, magna cum laude, in May 2003 and her J.D. from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2007. Melissa has been practicing in the areas of workers' compensation insurance defense, personal injury insurance defense, and insurance liability – coverage defense, subrogation and civil litigation. While attending Carroll College, Melissa had an internship with the Wisconsin Office of the Public Defender, in Waukesha County, where she prepared sentencing reports for convicted offenders. She spent five years working with the law firm of Anderson Group, S.C., in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and came highly recommended to MWL.

Melissa is handling subrogation and workers' compensation defense work for our clients and has a keen insight into the important relationship between the defense of claims and the aggressive pursuit of third-party subrogation potential. “As Abraham Lincoln said, ‘The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence - leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today',” she says - an adage reflected by her work ethic. She firmly believes that the only limits on the successful defense of contested claims or recovery of subrogation interests are the ones we place on ourselves, and she has become very adept at helping clients work through some of those limits.