Melanie J. Gordon

Here’s why you’ll enjoy working with her.

Melanie began her legal career in litigation, which demands attention to detail, style, and fearlessness – all delivered with a warm smile and a sincere appreciation for the challenges her clients are facing.

Her career path led her from the courtroom to the boardroom, where she has helped to craft corporate strategic planning documents and led highly effective business development teams devoted to helping professional services firms plan for and achieve strategic and sustainable growth. Melanie puts this expertise to work by helping her clients expand their footprints, increase their impact, and achieve their goals.

Melanie knows her way around the labyrinth of federal, state, and local procurement, and she has the connections to put influencers to work in support of her clients’ causes.

Working with the broader government relations team at Bernstein Shur, Melanie helps the firm’s clients navigate the legislative and regulatory process in Maine, build meaningful and effective communication strategies and campaigns, and pursue business opportunities with the state and federal governments.

Melanie brings order from chaos, recognizes the important details that matter most, and she delivers – on her word and on your goals.

But that’s not all. Melanie is also very experienced in:

• Strategic planning
• Project management
• Corporate social responsibility frameworks

In her former life, Melanie was:

• Bernstein Shur’s Director of Business Development
• A business development specialist at a national accounting and consulting firm
• A corporate and foundation fundraiser in Boston

When Melanie isn’t working, she is

Cooking, hiking, snowboarding, reading, or spending quality time with her husband and two children.