Appointments

On Friday, June 3, 2022, Melissa participated in the annual meeting of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. Melissa has served as a member of the Advisory Committee since 2009. The Advisory Committee assists the U.S. State Department in monitoring domestic and international developments in private international law, and provides information …

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Melissa attended the New York State Bar Association International Section meeting in New York on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Melissa is a member of the Section’s Executive Committee, and co-chair of its Family Law Committee.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Melissa was granted fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The AAML has high admission standards, including at least 10 years of practice in family law, maintaining high educational standards on a yearly basis, serving in leadership positions in the legal profession, authoring publications and presenting educational programs to …

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On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Melissa assumed her role as Governor At Large on the International Academy of Family Lawyers Board of Governors. She will serve a one-year term until 2023.

On December 29, 2021, Melissa was re-appointed to the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. ACPIL is a federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, chaired by the Legal Adviser of the State Department, and administered by the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law.

Melissa was appointed as the Reporter of a new Uniform Law Commission Study Committee that is exploring the feasibility of drafting a new law on child participation in custody proceedings. The Study Committee will begin its work in early 2022, with a goal of concluding in late 2022. At that time, it will make a …

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At the conclusion of the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in August 2021, Melissa became co-chair of the ABA International Law Section‘s International Family Law Committee. This committee is highly regarded as one of the leading U.S. voices in international family law. Melissa previously co-chaired this committee from 2007 to 2009. During her prior tenure, …

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Melissa has been appointed to co-chair the New York State Bar Association – International Section’s Family Law Committee. The New York State Bar has been the voice of the legal profession in the State of New York for over 140 years. Its International Section is the face of New York lawyers globally, and has memoranda …

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