Melvin is the author of more than a dozen articles on business law and tax related topics and has written three previous books, including "The Entrepreneur’s Handbook of Business Law". After earning his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School, Melvin worked for several years as a corporate attorney at the law firm of Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia. He eventually joined a publicly traded software house as vice president and general counsel prior to entering academe. Melvin spent two years teaching Business Law and International Business Transactions in the undergraduate and MBA program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania before coming to Elizabethtown.

His work has appeared in magazines such as Entrepreneur and Your Money, he has appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch and has been interviewed by the dozens of media outlets including The Philadelphia Inquirer on topics ranging from cyber law to international tax and copyright law.