AREAS OF PRACTICE

Domestic Law and Estate Planning

LICENSES

Admitted to Tennessee 2008 Admitted to New Hampshire 2007 Admitted to Vermont 2002 Admitted to North Carolina 1991 Admitted to Georgia 1989

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee Law, Juris Doctor, 1989

University of Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts with High Honors in Political Science, 1986

COLLABORATIVE LAW TRAINING

Certified Family Law Specialist, North Carolina State Bar, 1998

BIOGRAPHY

Melanie is a native of Tennessee, growing up in Nashville and attending undergraduate college and law school at the University of Tennessee. Life took Melanie far away from her roots in Tennessee and then, as fate would have it, brought her back. After graduating from law school, Melanie practiced law in Georgia, North Carolina, Vermont, and New Hampshire. In North Carolina, she was a certified family law specialist. Throughout her career, family law has remained a focus. She has over sixteen years of experience in the field. Melanie joined the Held Law Firm in March 2015 and now practices in the same neighborhood she lived while attending law school.

Melanie is an avid movie fan whose goal is the see all the movies nominated for the major Oscar categories prior to the award show. She also loves to talk about her dog, Arthur the English Mastiff. Melanie has been married for over twenty-five years and has one daughter.