Attorney Melanie Foley

Melanie Foley joined Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A. in April 2025. Her practice focuses on commercial bankruptcy, restructuring, and complex business and financial transactions.

Melanie earned her LL.M. in Business and Commercial Law from Boston College Law School with a concentration in Tax Law, and her Juris Doctor from New England Law | Boston (Dean’s List; Public Service Honor Roll). Melanie also holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and International Studies from the University of South Florida, and completed a Graduate Certificate in Modern British Politics at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.

Prior to joining SRBP, Melanie worked in a supporting capacity on insolvency and restructuring matters throughout Florida, Alabama, Massachusetts, Delaware and New York. Her work includes debtor, creditor and fiduciary representations, Chapter 11 and adversary proceedings, complex out-of-court workouts and restructurings, as well as creditor committee matters. Her practice has also included advising clients on corporate and securities matters, including public and private capital market transactions, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

Her prior experience also includes serving as in-house counsel to a major financial lending and banking institution in Boston, and later as in-house counsel to a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer group. In these roles, she advised on and supported transactional and investment practices involving SEC, FINRA, and state regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial lending, securitization, debt-related transactional analysis, and other complex transactional and investment-related matters.