Background
Melli, Joseph A. was born on January 1, 1924 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Charles J. and Sarah M. (Mangiavillano) Melli.
Melli, Joseph A. was born on January 1, 1924 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Charles J. and Sarah M. (Mangiavillano) Melli.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Arts, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, 1950). Phi Alpha Delta. President, Wisconsin Law School Alumni Association, 1960.
Attorney A.J. McAndrews, Madison, 1950-1954. Partner McAndrews & Melli, 1954-1958, Melli, Shiels, Walker & Pease South Carolina, Madison, 1958-1982, Melli, Walker, Pease & Ruhly South Carolina, Madison, since 1982. Advisory board department education Tandem Press, University Wisconsin, since 1992.
President Madison Art Center Board Trustees, 1987, 97—98. Trustee Edgewood College, Madison, 1978-1982. Member American Bar Association (co-chairman labor and employment law, subcommittee on state and local government constitutional law 1979-1989), State Bar Wisconsin (director labor law section 1971-1978, treasurer senior lawyers division since 2006), University Wisconsin Law Alumni (president 1960-1961), Dane County Bar Association (co-chairman senior lawyers division since 2006), Madison Club.
Diving, hiking, biking.
Married Marygold S. Shire, April 8, 1950. Children: Joseph, Sarah, Sylvia (deceased), James.