Mr. Mel A. Schwing U.S. Attorney's Office Advisory Council Office: P.O. Box 87 Chattanooga, TN 37401 Phone: (423) 385-1324 Email: mel.schwing@stanfordalumni.org Law School: Stanford (2000) Practice Areas: Criminal Justice Judicial Litigation   Summer 1993, Summer 1994: U.S. Department of State, A/FBO; 1994: B.M.E., The Catholic University of America, summa cum laude, University Scholar, President's Award, Anthony J. Scullen Achievement Award, USA Today All-USA Academic Team Honorable Mention; 1996: M.S. in Environmental Management, Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia), Fulbright Scholar; 1997: M.A. in Science, Technology, & Public Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Presidential Fellow; 1997: Office on Public Understanding of Science, National Academy of Science; 2000: J.D., Stanford Law School, Stanford Law Review, Stanford Journal of International Law; 2000-2001: Clerk, The Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Memphis, TN); 2001-2002: Clerk, The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Jacksonville, FL); 2002-2005: Associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; 2006-2008: Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; 2005, 2006: White House Fellow Regional Finalist; 2008-present: Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

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