Melanie Bernstein Chapman
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- Cardinale Fayard | Medical Defense Law Group
- Admitted
- 10/13/1997 (28 years, 11 months - more experience than 78% of active Nevada attorneys)
- Law school
- George Washington University
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV
Contact and address
Record last verified May 24, 2026
Discipline history
No discipline on record.
Record last verified May 24, 2026
Appellate record
Handled 3 Court of Appeals of Nevada / U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases on record.
Results in appellate decisions and orders
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
- Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 1 of 3 (1 mixed)
Appellate courts uphold far more rulings than they overturn, so lawyers who mostly defend rulings tend to show higher won-shares than lawyers who mostly challenge them. This breakdown lets you compare like with like.
Won means the court ruled the way this side asked. Mixed means the court agreed in part. Cases that were dismissed or have no clear result are listed but not counted. Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 25-31369th Cir. - Erwine v. Westbrook, et al. (Sep 11, 2026)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
- 89165-COA - KERN VS. CAPPIELLO, D.D.S. (CIVIL) (Apr 1, 2026)Partly overturnedMixed - defended the ruling case details
- 66798-COA - EGAN VS. ADASHEK, M.D. (Dec 17, 2015)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dockets via CourtListener (Free Law Project)
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