DP&F Announces Newest Partner Melissa Granillo
Napa, CA (December 2, 2025) – Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty (DP&F) is pleased to announce the election of Melissa Granillo, a member of DP&F’s Litigation group, to the firm’s partnership.
Melissa is an experienced litigator who has represented businesses and individuals in a wide variety of general litigation matters such as contract disputes, trust and estates litigation, and real property law. She has also handled a broad array of matters for DP&F’s wine industry clients, including matters pertaining to grape purchase, alternating proprietorship, production, custom crush and distributorships, as well as smoke taint claims and collections.
Partner David Balter, who leads the firm’s Litigation Group, shared, “Melissa is an accomplished litigator who has had enormous success obtaining favorable results on behalf of clients over the last fifteen-plus years of her practice. Guided by her character and integrity, Melissa approaches every matter with sound judgment and exceptional legal skills, which has earned her the respect of her clients and peers. We are very pleased to expand Melissa’s role at DP&F.”
Melissa Granillo
Melissa joined DP&F in May of 2023 from a well-respected litigation firm in Southern California, where she gained extensive litigation experience, primarily defending governmental entities in state and federal courts through all stages of litigation, including trial and appellate work. She has made significant contributions to the firm and the legal community since joining DP&F, previously serving as a judge pro tem and now serving as in-house Associate General Counsel to the firm. In addition to general litigation and wine-industry related practice, Melissa’s litigation experience comprises general torts, premises liability, civil rights, police liability, real estate law, insurance claims, ADA claims, and employment matters. She received her law degree from Loyola Law School at Loyola Marymount University, graduating cum laude and Order of the Coif, and is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles.
About DP&F
Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty PC (DP&F) is a full-service law firm serving clients in wine country and worldwide with individualized and sophisticated counsel, delivering pragmatic solutions to advance our clients’ business goals. We advise businesses throughout their lifecycle—from formation to transition—in key areas of law: business transactions, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use, litigation, real property, alcohol beverage regulation and compliance, and wine law.
