Melinda M. Metz | Attorney
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About Melinda
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
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
2007
Texas
2004
Education
University of Houston-Clear Lake
M.A.