Melissa Hague

Richmond, VA

Licensed in 2 States

About Melissa

Melissa Hague has dedicated her career to the successful and diligent prosecution of complex mass tort cases with a focus on medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. As a zealous advocate for her clients, Melissa has developed an intricate level of industry knowledge in this area of the law relating to the failure to properly design, test and warn consumers of medical devices and drugs. Melissa also represents victims of sexual abuse who have suffered emotional and psychological trauma. Melissa’s skills and experience have lead to the successful resolution of thousands of cases where clients suffered from debilitating injuries. Melissa has been appointed to several leadership positions in national MDL litigations, including an appointment by Judge Saylor of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In Re: Zofran (Ondansetron) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2657 on behalf of children born with birth defects caused by the medication Zofran. Melissa’s knowledge relating to medical device litigation played a fundamental role in the litigation and global resolution of the Biomet metal-on-metal hip litigation. She was also been instrumental in the prosecution of the Zimmer NexGen knee litigation MDL, including the first bellwether trial. Among her early successes, Melissa was an integral part to the successful resolution of the In re: Human Tissue Products Liability Litigation. Melissa represented individual victims who received infected cadaver bone and tissue that was infected and not properly screened. As part of that litigation, she also represented dozens of families against funeral homes for the mutilation and illegal harvesting of body parts from their deceased loved ones. For her efforts, Melissa was featured with shareholder Larry Cohan of Anapol Weiss in national news media regarding the Human Tissue litigation. Melissa has also passionately and successfully advocated for survivors of sexual assault against industries such as Uber, the Catholic Church, Michigan State University, USAG, and national fraternities. Melissa and her team take a trauma informed approach when advocating for survivors of sexual assault. She fights for her clients against industries deeply rooted in systems of abuse and mistreatment while ensuring her clients are not re-traumatized throughout the litigation process.