Meldie Marie Moore

Meldie assisted us with our legal issue with incredible kindness, professionalism and astute and thorough knowledge of both civil and educational law. She also had great relationships with many of the parties involved. She is well regarded and highly respected in the legal community which benefitted our case and outcome in the end. We highly recommend Meldie, and in fact I’ve referred her twice already. Her experience and mastery of the law was impressive and ultimately allowed our family to get back on track and heal from our devastating legal ordeal.

She helped us navigate the complicated and totally biased Title IV process, ultimately allowing us to successfully overturn their faulty ruling. She is a compassionate lawyer that really provided invaluable guidance and comfort throughout this painful process.

Meldie recently helped appeal an inappropriate school suspension decision against my high school child. She proved to be very responsive and knowledgeable with great professional judgment ability. She further saved us time and money by advising us to run another informal round of private discussion with the school bedore filing a formal appeal, which approach worked out rather effectively. We would recommend her without hesitation to any other parent who may need education legal assistance in OC and the neighboring cities!

We hired Meldie Moore to help us with an educational matter. This involved representing our son in a continuing education program designed for disabled adults. Our lawsuit also involved the campus police. We were seeking justice and we prevailed. It really ended up being a win-win for both sides.

My title basically sums it all up. When I first met with Meldie, she was extremely professional and let me feel I could take as long as I needed during our initial consultation. First impressions are very important to me. Meldie was always available and responded in a timely manner. The most important thing was she always reassured me. I understand she couldn't guarantee the outcome I wanted, but I always left our conversations feeling so reassured that she was doing everything and anything she could, fighting in my corner. In the end, I am so fortunate that Meldie was able to help and guide me along the way. I will never forget how much she helped me.

Meldie Moore is an exceptional attorney! Her expertise and attention to detail is only surpassed by her dedication and commitment to her clients and achieving the very best possible outcome. Meldie is smart, confident, professional and fights for your child. We could never imagine achieving our results without Meldie at the helm! We are so incredibly grateful for all Meldie did for us and would highly recommend her services.

The entire process from contacting the firm to meeting with Meldie was seamless. I appreciate her fast response and domain expertise around options for dealing with a difficult situation for my adult son in trade school.

Had we not turned to Meldie Moore for guidance, our lives and the life of our child would have been profoundly different. It was Meldie, not the doctors, not the psychiatrists, not the counselors, not the clergy, not the school; but Meldie Moore who guided us and our child through one of the most difficult challenges of our lives. Our child, a "good" but very social shy kid, faced a mental break down due to a trauma mid High School. The options offered by "specialists" after thousands and thousands of dollars spent, offered no solution. The school was empathetic but unable to offer any direction. Short of "sending our child away" as recommended by "experts" who could never even direct us to where "away" was suppose to be nor tell us if "away" would even help, we found ourselves under Meldie's calm, knowledgeable and steadfast care. We also realized that Meldie knew more about every option available to our child than any of the experts combined. The School District did not know of or offer Meldies resources and depth of information. Meldie however knew the ins and outs of the school district, players involved, options available and what we could reasonable expect. The district knew her too and treated her with respect. Meldie met with our child personally and formed a relationship with thoughtful insight which enable her to offer ideas and options more suited to our child that we were able to explore. She went the extra step to put us in touch with other parents who had walked a path similar to ours who shared ideas and candor. Knowing we were not alone and that others had experienced similar pain, lessened the immense sadness and grief we were feeling as our world turned upside down and we struggled to understand it. Through Meldie we were able to exercise our child's IEP to complete High School at an amazing private school based on a supportive 1;1 teaching module combined with a therapeutic, wellness and life skills focus. Our child went from a child who would not get out of bed to face the day to a return of their former self as an engaged A student, eating and living a healthy life and looking forward to college. Had we not found Meldie we would have listened to "experts" and lost our child to an over priced RTC program with no guarantee of success. Instead our child stayed in our home, where we could give and get love in return, while we as parents and Meldie as advocate and our new found school led our child back onto the path of healing, self acceptance and wellness. Years ago in college I read a phrase that has stuck with me all my life, not knowing why until this past year. It was attributed to Confucius and it stated: "Do not walk in my head with your dirty feet". When you and your child are in crisis..... Dirty feet abound. Meldie's feet are clean and the path she walks and knowledge she offers are very clear. Go to her, listen to her and hire her if you should ever find yourself or someone you love in need. We are grateful we did and hope that this testimony will guide your heart to make the best possible choices for your loved one too.

Within a short time frame Meldie took on our case. My child was up against a district transfer among other harsh punishments, and Meldie was able to quickly get us up to speed and kept us informed along the way. She was very professional to us as well as others and was very empathetic to our situation. She was available to answer questions, meet with us, and also met with our child to help ease their nerves with an upcoming board review. My child felt very comfortable with her as well. Meldie was able to negotiate and accomplish a desired result for our child's well being and had our childs best interest at heart. We feel very fortunate that Meldie was recommended to us as we felt like we needed someone with experience with the school system and laws. She knew her stuff. I would highly recommend Meldie to anyone who's facing potential unfair punishments upon your child.

Meldie Moore is a fantastic attorney! I had no idea what questions to ask or what to do for an adoption. I felt so comfortable with her, she walked me through the process step by step. If I had questions throughout it, I could call her up and ask her anything or send her an email and she would always get right back to me. She knows her stuff and told me everything that would happen, what forms I would have to fill out, information that I needed to provide and prepared me for each phase of the adoption. She and her staff were so helpful, kind and always there for me. I am grateful for everything they have done for me. She has made my dream come true!

As an adoption Social Worker, I have had the pleasure of working with Meldie Moore on numerous adoptions. Many have been complex with many issues to navigate. I have found her to be compassionate, caring, attentive, kind, always available (even on weekends and evenings) and very knowledgeable about adoption law and practice. She is amazing at what she does and would highly recommend her to anyone needing legal representation on an any adoption matter.

I would definitely recommend Meldie Moore to anyone in need of an attorney for their child or in family law. I have worked with other attorneys and she is by far the best we have encountered. She is knowledgable, organized, professional and she cares. That is the best combination when you are going through anything stressful or important. She takes care of every detail so you don't have to worry about anything big or small. Thank you Meldie!

Meldie was recommended to my husband by some of her old co-workers from her district attorney days. I liked her from the moment I met her. Meldie was patient, empathetic, but most importantly, competent in educational law and how to win a case against a school district refusing to provide special education services. My son received a continuing IEP after Meldie was brought onto the case, but before that, the school district had been abrupt and dismissive of my son's needs. Having her expertise and personality in the game changed the whole dynamic with the district.

Meldie has given both my boys a chance at a better education. We have struggled getting the help we needed for both my boys who have a learning disabilities. It was tough because they appeared to be doing well yet continued to struggle with tests and were reading below grade level. Meldie was able to get compensatory education for both my boys. My older son who was ready to give up is now going to college and my youngest son will now have that same opportunity. I am so grateful to Meldie and her staff for her commitment to my boys and there education.

Meldie helped me with legal issues regarding school policies. She has high confidence and competence that gave me peace of mind in a tough situation. She is very professional and available at every step along the way. If I or a friend were ever in need of legal assistance, I would go strait to her.