Melisa C. Zwilling

Employment, Mediation
100 Vestavia Parkway, Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35216


Employment

Admitted

1998, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School

University of Alabama, J.D., cum laude, 1998

Law School Graduation Year

1998

College

Athens State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1995

Memberships

Alabama State Bar; Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.

Biographical

Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, 1997-1998). Farrah Law Society (President, 1997-1998); Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society. Recipient: Bench and Bar Dallas Sands Most Outstanding Senior Award; Dean Nathaniel Hansford Student Service and Leadership Award; Jerome A. Hoffman Leadership Award; Dean's Award for Service and Leadership; Phi Alpha Delta Most Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award; Phi Alpha Delta Most Outstanding Service Award. Editor-in Chief, Law and Psychology Review; Senior Editor, The Journal of the Legal Profession. Author: Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, For the Defense, (Oct. 2001); Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, The Alabama Lawyer (Sept. 2001); A New IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act After the 1997 Amendments, 23 Law and Psychology Review 91 (1999); Because of Sex: Same-sex Sexual Harassment Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 22 Law and Psychology Review 251 (1998); Let Sleeping Plaintiffs Lie: Restricting Attorneys' Rights to Make Direct Mail Solicitations, 22 The Journal of the Legal Profession 251 (1998); Tossed Salad: Diversity Consideration in Adoptions, 21 Law and Psychology Review 197 (1997).

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