MELISSA HOON
ASSOCIATE
Practice Areas: Business and Corporate; Real Estate;
Estate Planning and Probate
Licensed in: Texas
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Melissa is an associate attorney with the Firm with a primary practice focus on general business law, real estate (including title insurance matters), estate planning and probate. She graduated, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in Political Science in 2001 and received her law degree from Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in 2004. She studied abroad at Oxford University during the summer of 2002.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
Melissa’s areas of practice concentration include general business law, corporate, real estate, estate planning and probate matters. She also has extensive experience in title insurance issues. Melissa’s clients include small to medium business entities, individuals with a varied range of net worth and various real estate investors and developers.
EDUCATION:
May, 2004 Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Dallas, Texas
- Juris Doctorate
May, 2001 University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
BAR ADMISSIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS:
- State Bar of Texas
- Volunteer SMU Law School Income Tax Assistance Program
- SMU Law School Moot Court Competition
- Study of English Law at Oxford University, Oxford, England (summer 2002)
- UTE Outstanding Freshman Scholarship Recipient
- Standards Chair for Delta Zeta Sorority
- Golden Key National Honor Society Member
- Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society Member
- Alpha Chi Honor Society Member
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