Melissa J. Avery

Family, Mediation
Indiana Bar Center, 230 East Ohio, Sixth Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana 462042149


Family

Admitted

1994, Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1997, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana

Law School

Capital University, J.D., 1994

Law School Graduation Year

1994

College

Ohio University, B.S., cum laude, 1991

Memberships

Indianapolis (Member: Family Law Section; Executive Committee, 1999— Chair, Executive Committee, 2002), Indiana State (Member, Family Law Section; Co-Chair, Judicial Improvement Committee, 2002— Sub-Committee Chair, Expanding the Court of Appeals, 2001) and American (Member, Family Law Section, Young Lawyers Division; Vice Chair, Marital Property Committee, 2003) Bar Associations; Sagamore American Inn of Court, Indianapolis Chapter, 2001-2002.

Biographical

Order of the Curia. Lecturer: Family Mediation Training, ICLEF Seminar, 2000-2001; Elements of Divorce, ICLEF Seminar, 2002; Complex Issues in Divorce, NBI Seminar, 2003. Participant: Indiana Trial Advocacy College, 1999; American Bar Association Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, 2000. Member: Ohio Bar Association, 1994-1998; Columbus Bar Association, 1994-1997. (Board Certified, Family Law Specialist, Indiana State Bar Association, Family Law Certification Board)

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