Melody R. Dickson

Successfully represented a class of 140,000 business merchants in multi-million-dollar overbilling scheme Specialized knowledge in litigating personal injury and wrongful death claims related to tractor-trailer crashes Named to Kansas and Missouri Rising Stars for Business Litigation, Personal Injury, and Transportation Law Melody Dickson is an experienced litigator who dedicates her practice to complex commercial litigation and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. A zealous advocate for victims of corporate misconduct, Melody has prosecuted claims involving deceptive trade practices, financial and investment fraud, RICO, False Claims Act, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, and bad faith insurance disputes, among others. Recently, Melody successfully represented a certified class of more than 140,000 business merchants in a nationwide RICO class action for an extensive overbilling scheme by a credit card processor. Her relentless efforts through discovery, taking key corporate representative depositions, and working with experts helped the class of mostly small businesses secure an $84 million settlement, the largest known settlement of its kind against a national merchant acquirer.