Background
Melin, Robert Arthur was born on September 13, 1940 in Milwaukee. Son of Arthur John and Frances Magdalena (Lanser) Melin.
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Robert Arthur Melin, American Civil litigation, state
Civil litigation, federal
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lawyer Served to captain Judge Advocate General Corps, Army of the United States, 1967-1970.; Member Wisconsin Academy Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association, Milwaukee Bar Association, American Legion, Friends of Ethiopia, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Gamma Museum.
Education
Marquette University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1962. Juris Doctor, 1966). Delta Theta Phi. Phi Alpha Theta: Pi Gamma Museum
Editor, Marquette LawReview, 1965-1966.
Recipient, Saint Thomas More Scholarship, Marquette University.
Career
Bar: Wisconsin 1966, United States District Court (eastern district) Wisconsin 1966, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1966, United States Court Military Appeals 1967, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1975. Law clerk United States District Court Eastern District Wisconsin, 1966. Instructor business law U. Georgia, Hinesville, 1968, alsolectr. business law U. Maryland., Asmara, 1970.
Lecturer law Haile Selassie I U.Law Faculty, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1971-1972.
Member firm Walther & Halling, Milwaukee, 1973-1974, Schroeder, Gedlen, Riester & Moerke, Milwaukee, 1974-1982. Partner Schroeder, Gedlen, Riester & Melin, Milwaukee, 1982-1984, Schroeder, Riester, Melin & Smith, 1984.
Representative Class of 2000, West Point Parent Association of Wisconsin, 1996-1997, 97-98, 99. Lecturer charitable solicitations and contracts Philanthropy Monthly 9th Annual Policy Conference, New York City, 1985.
Chairman Milwaukee Young Democrats, 1963-1964.
Class of 2000 representative West Point Parent Association of Wisconsin, 1996-1998, 98, Executive Board, 1997-1998, 98.
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Membership
Served to captain Judge Advocate General Corps, Army of the United States, 1967-1970. Member Wisconsin Academy Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association, Milwaukee Bar Association, American Legion, Friends of Ethiopia, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Gamma Museum.
Connections
Married Mary Magdalen Melin, July 8, 1967. Children: ArthurWalden, Robert Dismas, Nicholas O"Brien, Madalyn Mary.
