{"id":153840,"date":"2021-10-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2937907"},"modified":"2021-10-22T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:00:00","slug":"jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"4395 StitesHarbisonLogoStacked NoPLLC 4c NEW2018\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" title=\"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison 3\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2936687 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Melcher_Jeffrey_3x4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Melcher_Jeffrey_3x4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Melcher_Jeffrey_3x4-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" title=\"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison 4\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>ATLANTA (Oct. 20, 2021)<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stites.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stites &amp; Harbison, PLLC<\/a> is pleased to announce attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stites.com\/attorneys\/jeffrey-melcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey W. Melcher<\/a> has joined its Atlanta office as a Member (Partner). He will be based in Atlanta while also serving clients in Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n<p>Melcher is a member of the Torts &amp; Insurance Practice and Business Litigation Service Groups. His practice focus is commercial and insurance defense litigation. He serves as regional defense and coverage counsel for numerous major liability, casualty defense, and D&amp;O and E&amp;O carriers. Melcher\u2019s diverse experience includes representing clients within the medical and allied health care fields, defending trucking and transportation claims, insurance and bad faith claims, toxic tort and product liability matters, as well as the full array of real estate litigation. Additionally, he has significant experience in the area of professional malpractice defense and defending employers and self-insureds in workers\u2019 compensation defense matters.<\/p>\n<p>Melcher is active in a variety of professional organizations. He is a member of DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Trucking Industry Defense Association, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, International Association of Defense Counsel, Atlanta Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program and Professional Liability Underwriting Society. He is a member of the Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee Bar Associations, and is in active practice in all four jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Stites &amp; Harbison, Melcher was a Partner with Chartwell in Atlanta. Before Chartwell, he was the Southeastern Regional Managing Partner for Wilson Elser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Stites &amp; Harbison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stites &amp; Harbison, PLLC is a nationally recognized, full-service law firm. With 11 offices across six states \u2014 Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia \u2014 the firm represents clients across the United States and internationally. Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites &amp; Harbison is known as a preeminent firm managing sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation and complex regulatory matters on a daily basis. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stites.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.stites.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.stites.com\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Kimberly G. Schmittel (502) 681-0463 (502) 779-6029 FAX <a href=\"mailto:kschmittel@stites.com\">kschmittel@stites.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/reportedtimes\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reportedtimes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/google-news\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/financial-content\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Content<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/pr-wirein\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PR-Wirein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/menafn\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Menafn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/ips\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/extended-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extended Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/icn-internal-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iCN Internal Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/legal-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Kimberly G. Schmittel<br \/> (502) 681-0463<br \/> (502) 779-6029 FAX <br \/> <a href=\"mailto:kschmittel@stites.com\">kschmittel@stites.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA (Oct. 20, 2021)&mdash;Stites &amp; Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce attorney Jeffrey W. Melcher has joined its Atlanta office as a Member (Partner). He will be based in Atlanta while also serving clients in Nashville, Tenn. Melcher is a member of the Torts &amp; Insurance Practice and Business Litigation Service Groups. His practice focus [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ATLANTA (Oct. 20, 2021)&mdash;Stites &amp; Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce attorney Jeffrey W. Melcher has joined its Atlanta office as a Member (Partner). He will be based in Atlanta while also serving clients in Nashville, Tenn. Melcher is a member of the Torts &amp; Insurance Practice and Business Litigation Service Groups. His practice focus [&hellip;] Continue Reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-22T15:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"iCrowdNewswire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"iCrowdNewswire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-22T15:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/bde271d5882ffdcb71d1a2a961b51fee\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\",\"name\":\"Business\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/bde271d5882ffdcb71d1a2a961b51fee\",\"name\":\"iCrowdNewswire\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa079ec4d87ad6117c9db7a1a2cde1607ee2f869010252c2d0af346f0047b325?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa079ec4d87ad6117c9db7a1a2cde1607ee2f869010252c2d0af346f0047b325?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"iCrowdNewswire\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/heymuse.com\/ips\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/icrowdnewswire\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business","og_description":"ATLANTA (Oct. 20, 2021)&mdash;Stites &amp; Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce attorney Jeffrey W. Melcher has joined its Atlanta office as a Member (Partner). He will be based in Atlanta while also serving clients in Nashville, Tenn. Melcher is a member of the Torts &amp; Insurance Practice and Business Litigation Service Groups. His practice focus [&hellip;] Continue Reading &rarr;","og_url":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/","og_site_name":"Business","article_published_time":"2021-10-22T15:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"iCrowdNewswire","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"iCrowdNewswire","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/","url":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/","name":"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison - Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png","datePublished":"2021-10-22T15:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/bde271d5882ffdcb71d1a2a961b51fee"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4395-StitesHarbisonLogoStacked_NoPLLC_4c-NEW2018.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/10\/22\/jeffrey-melcher-joins-stites-harbison\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jeffrey Melcher Joins Stites &amp; Harbison"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/","name":"Business","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/bde271d5882ffdcb71d1a2a961b51fee","name":"iCrowdNewswire","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa079ec4d87ad6117c9db7a1a2cde1607ee2f869010252c2d0af346f0047b325?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa079ec4d87ad6117c9db7a1a2cde1607ee2f869010252c2d0af346f0047b325?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"iCrowdNewswire"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/heymuse.com\/ips"],"url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/icrowdnewswire\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153840"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155379,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153840\/revisions\/155379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}