Melanie D. Coates

Background

Coates, Melanie D. was born on May 16, 1970 in Marietta, Georgia, United States.

Education

Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1991). University of Richmond (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1995). Spoken languages: German.

Career

Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. (McLean, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1995, Virginia. 1996, Maryland.

McNeill Law Society.

Member, 1993-1995 and Associate Editor, 1994-1995, University of Richmond Law Review. Co-Author: with Peter N. Swisher, "the Last-in-Time Marriage Presumption," Family Law Quarterly, Volume 29, No. 3, Fall 1995. Intern to Justice Elizabeth Lacy, Virginia Supreme Court, 1995.

Member: Virginia Women Attorneys Association. McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. is among the largest law firms in the United States. From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, D.C., Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers.

This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others.

Works

• Other Work

  • Co-Author: with Peter N. Swisher, "the Last-in-Time Marriage Presumption," Family Law Quarterly, Volume 29, No. 3, Fall 1995. Intern to Justice Elizabeth Lacy, Virginia Supreme Court, 1995.

Membership

Member, 1993-1995 and Associate Editor, 1994-1995, University of Richmond Law Review.