Melissa is a tax attorney with Dominick, Feld, Hyde, and her practice is focused on aiding family-owned and closely-held businesses with all of their business, taxation, and estate planning needs. Melissa represents business and corporate client not only in maintaining their general corporate upkeep, but also in business succession planning and mergers and acquisitions.  She has also represented such clients as an advocate in tax disputes, both federal and state. .

Melissa is a graduate of Cumberland School of Law and subsequently obtained her Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) at the University of Alabama's School of Law. While at Cumberland, Melissa was on the Dean's List and was honored as a Scholar of Merit in Business Planning.

American Bar Association, Member of the ABA Section of Taxation; Alabama State Bar Association, Member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Alabama State Bar Association; Birmingham Bar Association; Junior Board Member of Childcare Resources; Junior Board Member of the Clay House Children's Center; and Steering Committee Member for the Paul Meyers Foundation