Melanie Osborn focuses her practice on matters involving restrictive covenants, trade secrets, employment discrimination, retaliation, and other employment claims.

Prior to joining Rubin Fortunato, Melanie was a litigation associate at High Swartz.  She graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2015, where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship.  Melanie earned her undergraduate degree from Messiah College, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management.  She is admitted to practice before the courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Included on the 2019 through 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars lists

PUBLICATIONS

• “The Weaponization of Defamation Claims in Sexual Harassment Situations,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Employment Law Institute 2024, co-author of written materials

Practice Highlights

• After a five-day federal court trial, obtained complete defense verdict in Title VII and PHRA sex discrimination and retaliation case by demonstrating that the plaintiff failed to prove that she ever complained about prohibited conduct or conduct that she could have reasonably believed was prohibited.
  

  Kropf v. Temple University Health System, Inc. et al, Case 2:19-cv-00971-CFK (E.D. Pa, November 29, 2021)(Kenney, J.)

• Obtained defense award in arbitration on challenge to a non-competition agreement and on claims of tortious interference and breach of contract.
  

  Alford v. Amgen, AAA Case No. 01-18-0003-7476, Nashville, TN (2020)