Melody Rayl is a partner in the Kansas City office of national labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips. Prior to practicing law, Rayl served six years on active duty in the U.S. Army and 20 years as a law enforcement officer. She also spent one year as a police advisor in post-war Bosnia Herzegovina, during which time she supervised the Internal Affairs Investigation Unit responsible for investigating allegations of police misconduct.

Melody works with employers in defending individual discrimination, harassment and retaliation litigation, as well as collective action wage and hour disputes and other employment class action litigation, from inception through resolution before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.