Background
McGrath, Melissa M. was born on March 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
McGrath, Melissa M. was born on March 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Illinois State University (Bachelor of Science, 1980). Southern Illinois University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1991).
Worked at Thomson & Weintraub (Bloomington, Illinois) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Family Law, Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Criminal Law, Probate and Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Central District of Illinois.
Member, 1989-1990; Lead Articles Editor, 1990-1991, Southern Illinois University Law Review. Author: "Federal Sentencing Law: Prosecutorial Discretion in Determining Departures Based on Defendant"s Cooperation Violates Due Process," Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 15, Winter 1991.
"Employment Discrimination: Title VII Protections Under Disparate Impact Analysis Drastically Diminished?" Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 15, Fall 1990. Clerk, Justice James A. Knecht, Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, 1991-1993.
Member: McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
American Inns of Court, Roman Catholic Underwood Chapter (Associate). Thomson & Weintraub was founded by Chester Thomson in 1941. Serving clients for over 56 years throughout Central Illinois.
The firm engages in a General Practice with a concentration on all types of litigation.
Member, 1989-1990; Lead Articles Editor, 1990-1991, Southern Illinois University Law Review.