Melissa A Whish

Melissa A Whish

5.0
Rating: 6.9

Licensed for 37 years

Mediation Lawyer at Rockland, MA
Practice Areas: Mediation, Divorce & Separation, Family

800 Hingham Street 2 North, Rockland, MA

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Practice Areas

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Practice Areas

Mediation 42%

Mediation is a cooperative settlement process in which the mediator, as a neutral, knowledgeable party, assists the parties in identifying the issues to be addressed, gathering and analyzing the necessary information and formulating a formal Agreement

22 years

42%
Family 25%

Post divorce issues such as modifications and contempts. Child related issues such as parenting plan and custody

37 years

25%

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Licenses

Licensed in Massachusetts for 37 years

State: Massachusetts

Acquired: 1988

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Location

Law Offices of Melissa A. Whish

800 Hingham Street 2 North, Rockland, MA, 02370

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Posted by anonymous | April 21, 2009 | Probate

best lawyer around recommended to me by Registrar of probate

I was a young single mom arguing against a man with unlimited money. I was represented a couple times by welfare lawyers and it turned out real bad. I went straight to the Registrar of Probate and asked him to recommend to me the best probate lawyer he knew. He replied Melissa Whish. She's young but ...has enough degrees to be a judge, she's very smart, and the judges love her. I met with her and all I can tell you is that she mopped the floor with every attorney my ex could come up with. She was so good, my ex brother-in-law hired her for his own divorce a few years later!

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Experience

Rating:  6.9 (Good)

Work Experience

1994 - Present

sole practicioner, Law Offices of Melissa A. Whish

Associations

Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation

Education

1988

New England School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1982

Regis College

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2008

New Beginnings

Divorce/Family Law Mediation

Publications

1984

New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement Whitely v. Albers

Languages

English

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