Melissa A. Scacchitti

Melissa A. Scacchitti concentrates her practice on energy, environment, and mass torts matters.

Melissa has experience counseling clients on environmental matters and litigation, including overseeing the remediation of contaminated properties around the country, negotiating and complying with state and federal environmental agencies and statute, monitoring and adhering to all regulatory requirements, coordinating site access for environmental testing and monitoring, and reviewing and evaluating environmental concerns during transactions, mergers, and acquisitions.

Melissa also manages outside counsel, liability experts, and environmental consultants on all matters of litigation throughout the United States, including commercial torts, products liability, personal injury, property damage, and complex mass casualty claims. She also advises businesses of exposure on significant matters including evaluation of state and federal regulatory compliance, and risk management for future disputes.

Prior to joining the firm, Melissa served as associate counsel in litigation and environmental law at an American energy distribution company, an associate at two litigation firms, and a law clerk at the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Outside the Firm

Melissa enjoys traveling, hiking, and trying new restaurants in Philadelphia with family and friends.

• Blog Post

  Unleashing American Energy: Trump Administration’s Latest Executive Orders

  Energy, Chemical & Environmental Trends Watch April 24, 2025

  Margaret Anne Hill, Frank L. Tamulonis III, Melissa A. Scacchitti, Stephen C. Zumbrun

• Blog Post

  PFAS and Consumer Class Actions: The New Wave of PFAS Litigation

  Energy, Chemical & Environmental Trends Watch February 10, 2025

  Frank A. Dante, Margaret Anne Hill, Melissa A. Scacchitti

• Speaking Engagement

  Environmental Enforcement Under New Administrative Law Principles

  2025 Villanova Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium February 7, 2025

  Melissa A. Scacchitti

• Press Release

  Blank Rome Welcomes New Energy, Environment, and Mass Torts Associate Melissa A. Scacchitti in Philadelphia

  January 17, 2025

  Melissa A. Scacchitti

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• 2021–2022, “One to Watch, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law” listed in Best Lawyers in America

Melissa serves as a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Lackawanna County Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Admissions

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania

Education

• University of Scranton, BS, summa cum laude
• Villanova University School of Law, JD