Melissa Eliot MCMORRIES

Background

McMorries, Melissa Eliot was born on November 18, 1952 in Bethesda, Maryland. Daughter of Edwin Eliot and Cynthia Lowe (Read) McMorries.

Education

Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1973). Wake Forest University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1980-1982 and Executive Editor, 1981-1982, Wake Forest Law Review.

Member, Legal Department, R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company. Nabisco, Incorporated., 1982-1989.

Member North Carolina and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.

Corporate Counsel Association of Greater Atlanta. American Corporate Counsel Association.

(General Counsel).

Career

Data services officer, Wachovia Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1975-1979; attorney, Richard Joshua Reynolds Industries, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1982-1985; assistant counsel, R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company Nabisco, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1985-1987; associate counsel, R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company Nabisco, Inc., Atlanta, 1987-1989; counsel, R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company Nabisco, Inc., Atlanta, 1989; vice president, general counsel, The Regina Company, Atlanta, 1989-1995; vice president, general counsel, Enercon Environmenta Sys., since 1995.

Achievements

• Melissa Eliot McMorries has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Winston-Salem Council on Status of Women, 1983-1987, president 1987. Board directors law alumni county Wake Forest U., 1988-1993, Metro. Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs, since 1993, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, since 1996.

Member Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association Alpha Delta.

Connections

Married Jonathan Daniel Simmons, June 23, 1990.

Father:

Edwin Eliot McMorries

Mother:

Cynthia Lowe (Read) McMorries

Spouse:

Jonathan Daniel Simmons