Justin F. Mello

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• University of Southern California Gould School of Law (J.D.)
  • Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Notes Editor
  • G&IP Conversation Program, J.D. Participant
  • Constitutional Law Teaching Assistant
  • Peer Mentor
    • Executive Board
  • Library and IT Committee, Student Member
• University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, Philosophy Minor, cum laude)
  • College Honors
  • Political Science Department Highest Honors
    • Honors Thesis: “The Conundrum of California Capital Punishment Support from 1971 to 2014: Religious Preference, the Violent Crime Rate, Demographics, and Party Identification Considered”
  • Dean’s List

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2025)

Previous Professional Experience

• University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Research Assistant to Professor Abby K. Wood
• Summer Associate, Snell & Wilmer
• United States District Court, Central District of California, Judicial Extern to the Honorable Jean P. Rosenbluth
• American Bar Association: Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Undergraduate Intern

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Orange County Bar Association (2018-Present)
• American Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
  • Litigation Section

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “A Quantitative Accounting of the Use of International Sources in Supreme Court Civil Rights Cases from 2000 to 2016,” Student Note, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal (2018)