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title: Meagan Melanson
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# Meagan Melanson

Meagan Melanson is a senior associate with the law firm *Abir, Cohen, Treyzon & Salo, LLP*, handling a wide variety of matters including insurance bad faith, coverage litigation, catastrophic personal injury and business litigation. Ms. Melanson is one of the firm’s most experienced trial litigators due to her extensive trial experience as a former Public Defender and private criminal defense attorney. Ms. Melanson was voted one of Pasadena Magazine’s Top Attorneys in 2014 when she maintained her own criminal defense practice. She attended the University of San Francisco and University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Water-damage claims: “Sudden and accidental”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-september/water-damage-claims-sudden-and-accidental "Water-damage claims: “Sudden and accidental”")

Insurers frequently deny such claims, but they have a duty to investigate and identify evidence that supports coverage

[Cynthia Goodman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/cynthia-goodman "Cynthia Goodman")
[Meagan Melanson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/meagan-melanson "Meagan Melanson")

[2016 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-september)