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Melanie Shoemaker Griffin 
Orlando, Florida
Associate
phone 407-428-5106
fax 407-423-1831
email 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

Locations

Orlando: 407-841-1200
Fort Pierce: 772-464-7700
Viera: 321-259-8900
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