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Melissa Weaver

 

Attorney, Women & Children's Program

MelissaWeaver08Melissa Weaver is the Women and Children's Program Attorney at HRI, providing legal services to victims of domestic abuse, trafficking and violent crimes and their families.

Melissa first began working with children at the W.W. Caruth, Jr.  Child Advocacy Clinic at Southern Methodist University School of Law.   She also interned for Texas Lawyers for Children. 

While in Law school, Melissa interned with several federal agencies.  She assisted in a landmark human trafficking / national origin discrimination case at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Dallas.  She also assisted in several civil and criminal cases with the US Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas. 

While in private practice, Melissa focused on civil litigation and bankruptcy. 

Speeches/Publications
  • Speaker, Emergency Preparedness in Family Crisis, Richardson Independent School District, January 24, 2008.

 

 

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Phone: (214) 273-4342
Fax: (214) 855-0793
E-mail: mweaver@hrionline.org  vCard

Education
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
J.D., 2004

Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity
Winner of 2002 ABA Client Counseling Competition at SMU
Board of Advocates Master

University of Georgia
B.S.A., 2001

Bar Admissions
Texas, 2004
Admitted to Practice the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas

Associations/Affiliations
Vickery Meadows Legal Clinic Subcommittee Member

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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