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Melissa L. Neckers
also known as Melissa Neckers VanderLeek
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Licensed in Michigan for 27 years
State: Michigan
Acquired: 1998
No misconduct found
Licensed in Wisconsin for 27 years
State: Wisconsin
Acquired: 1998
No misconduct found
Location
MILLER JOHNSON Attorneys and Counselors
45 Ottawa Avenue SW, Suite 1100, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503
Miller Johnson
45 Ottawa Ave, SW, Suite 1100, Grand Rapids, MI
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Melissa L. Neckers's Reviews
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Posted by Will | May 1, 2018 | Hired Attorney
This review is from a person who hired this attorney.
Great Adoption and Surrogacy Lawyer
Melissa was amazingly helpful and extremely knowledge about the whole Adoption process in general, but specifically regarding Kent County Laws and their interpretation of them. Very happy to have her on our side through the process and took a lot of pressure of our backs in coordinating all the pape...
Posted by anonymous | February 19, 2016 | Hired Attorney
This review is from a person who hired this attorney.
Wonderful attorney
Melissa has always been upfront and honest with us. she doesn't beat around the bush wasting time and costing you more money. we will always use Melissa as long as she is practicing law.
Melissa L. Neckers's Lawyer Endorsements
"I enthusiastically endorse this lawyer. She is highly knowledgeable with regard to adoption in Michigan. She serves with me on the Adoption Committee of Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan and regularly contributes. When I need an attorney to work with an expectant mother in Western Michigan, or if I have a question regarding a particular county in which she frequently practices, she is at the top of my list of persons to call."
Dion Roddy
Adoption lawyer
Experience
Honors
1998
Leadership Award, Marquette University
1997
Posner Pro Bono Award, Gene and Ruth Posner
Work Experience
2001 - Present
Senior Counsel, Miller Johnson
1998 - 2001
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Of Western Michigan
Associations
2018 - Present
Grand Rapids Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution SectionMember
2012 - Present
State Bar of Michigan Court Forms Committee, Adoption Work GroupMember
2005 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1998 - Present
State Bar of MichiganMember
1998 - Present
Grand Rapids Bar AssociationMember
1998 - Present
Grand Rapids Bar Association, Family Law SectionMember
Education
1998
Marquette University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1995
Hope College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section
Adoption, ART and Paternity
Publications
2013
Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Quoted in "Joint Legal Custody Nixes Adoption by Stepparent"
2010
Michigan Family Law Journal
The Murky Intersection Between Family Law and Bankruptcy
Languages
English