Jeff Melcher has over 30 years of experience in commercial and insurance defense litigation. He acts as regional defense and coverage counsel for numerous liability, casualty defense, and D&O and E&O carriers. He has successfully litigated defense and coverage actions nationwide. Jeff's experience includes representing clients in the medical and allied health care fields, trucking and transportation fields, insurance and bad faith claims, toxic tort and product liability matters as well as a full array of real estate litigation. He has successfully handled numerous business disputes and comprehensive general liability, premises liability, and casualty defense claims of all kinds.

Jeff also has substantial experience with professional malpractice defense including claims against physicians, nurses, and other medical providers; hospitals and other treatment centers; and attorneys, accountants, architects, and surveyors.

Jeff also regularly defends employers and self-insureds in workers' compensation defense matters and has successfully defended employers in a wide variety of employment law litigation such as employment claims, restrictive covenant litigation and employment contract litigation. He also has appellate experience.

Jeff is located in the firm's Atlanta office.