Melanie Shoemaker Griffin Orlando, Florida
| Associate | |
| phone | 407-428-5106 |
| fax | 407-423-1831 |
| mgriffin@deanmead.com | |
Areas of Practice
- Business Torts
- Collection
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Landlord/Tenant Matters
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Probate Litigation
- Quiet Title Actions
- Real Estate Litigation
- Trade Name Litigation
- Trade Secrets
- Trust Litigation
- Unfair Competition
- Will Contests
Bar Admissions
Florida
Education
Law Degree: Florida State University College of Law, J.D., M.B.A., 2006; Book Awards for Legal Writing and Research, Federal Securities Litigation Seminar; Moot Court - Federal Securities Litigation Competitions, Workers' Compensation Competition, Order of the Barristers; Business Review, Editor-in-Chief; Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, Executive Editor; Journal of Transnational Law and Policy, Article and Notes Editor
Undergraduate Degree in Business Finance, Florida State University, 2003; Student Body Treasurer; Florida State University Hall of Fame Inductee; College of Business Humanitarian of the Year; Delta Zeta Sorority President
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the 2010 Florida Association for Women Lawyers Leader in the Law Award
2010, Florida Tend, Legal Elite, Up and Comer
2010, Super Lawyers, Rising Star
Recipient of the 2009 Young Lawyers' Division of The Florida Bar Most Productive Young Lawyer Award
Participant on team nominated for ABA Public Interest Award for fundraising efforts benefiting ALS awareness and research and honoring FSU College of Law Professor Steven G. Gey, 2007-2010
Professional Associations and Memberships
The Florida Bar Young Lawyers' Division Board of Governors, 2009-2011
Law School Division Chair
Nominee for 2009-2010 Most Productive Board Member
Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers, 2007-2011
Executive Board Member - President-Elect
Orange County Bar Association - Young Lawyers' Section - 2007-2011
At-Large Executive Board Member
Leadership Orlando - Class 76
Florida A&M College of Law Board of Visitors, 2008-2010
Seminole Torchbearers - Board of Directors, 2010-2013
ALS Association's Orlando Walk to Defeat ALS Committee, 2008-2010
Walk Co-Chair
Orange County Regional History Center Young Professionals Advisory Board, 2007-2009
Vice President of Philanthropy
City of Orlando Civil Service Board, 2008-2010
Vice Chair
Steven G. Gey Foundation, 2008-2010
Inaugural Board of Directors, Treasurer
Citrus Civitan Club, 2009-2010
Junior League of Greater Orlando, 2007-2011
American Bar Association, 2007-2011
2010 Annual Meeting State Delegate
Previous Employment
Florida House of Representatives, Speaker's House Fellow, 2004-2005







