Melinda M. Metz | Attorney

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EXPERIENCE Office of the Attorney General-Child Support Division, Texas City, Tx. * Conduct hearings and bench trials. * Prepare and manage large dockets. * Represent the interests of the State of Texas in establishing paternity and enforcing child support orders in Galveston and Brazoria Counties. * Supervise non-licensed child support officers. * Presenter for Galveston County Family Law Bar on child support issues. * Served on Region 6 assistant attorney general conference committee. McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, P.C., Galveston, Tx. * Attend hearings, depositions & mediations. * Focus of practice: civil litigation, probate, family, elder law, real estate & railroad law. * Evaluate medical claims in personal injury suits. * General civil trail preparation. Galveston County Criminal District Attorney's Office, Galveston, Tx. * Assisted with case screening, plea negotiations, voir dire and drafting motions. Bacon & Wallace, L.L.P, Houston, Tx. * Drafted petitions, interventions and filed proofs of claim. * Conducted legal research, drafted memorandums & managed litigation docket. * Functioned as leaison with Tax Assessor/Collectors' offices. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE Social Work Associated, 1989

Admission

Verified U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

2007

Verified Texas

2004

Education

University of Houston-Clear Lake

M.A.