Charles H. Melville

Mr. Melville concentrates his practice in intellectual property, contracts, restrictive covenants, and business torts including manufacturer's representative and distributor matters, and litigation. He was admitted to practice in 1962 and is an Adjunct Professor at Northern Kentucky University. Mr. Melville is a member of the Cincinnati and American Bar Associations and the Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association. He graduated from Princeton University (A.B. with honors, 1959) and the University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1962), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Cincinnati Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to conduct cases in the following courts: Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of Ohio; United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio; United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit; United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; and United States District Court, District of Maryland. Mr. Melville is a frequent lecturer for the Northern Kentucky University's Small Business Development Center seminars on intellectual property matters and has written numerous articles on legal issues between representatives and principals.