Background
Buckner, Melissa Spirt was born on January 10, 1969 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Nathan and Nena Lela Spirt.
Buckner, Melissa Spirt was born on January 10, 1969 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Nathan and Nena Lela Spirt.
Bachelor in English and Political Science, Rutgers University, 1991. Juris Doctor, Rutgers University, 1994.
Legal intern felony division, Dade County Office of Public Defender, Miami, Florida, summer 1993; legal intern to Honorary Nicholas H. Politan, United States District Court New Jersey, Newark, fall 1993; associate, Stoldt & Horan, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1994-1995; staff attorney, King & Spalding, Atlanta, 1995-1996; director development, Make-a-Wish of Mid-Atlantic, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., 1997; attorney, unites states department Department of Health and Human Services Office of General Counsel, Washington, since 1997. Member student/faculty commission on public interest law, chairman moot court board Rutgers Law School, Newark, 1993-1994.
President Rutgers College Governing Association, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1990-1991, member university senate, 1989-1991. Member National Council Jewish Women, vice president public affairs, vice president community affairs, since 2000. Member Junior League of Miami, since 1997.
Member Miami Fellows Initiative, 2001-2003. Member Florida Bar Association, Juvenile Rules Committee, Order of Barristers.
Married David Marc Buckner, April 5, 1997.