• Boston Magazine Top Lawyers Family Law 2021-2025
• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2015-2021, Super Lawyer 2024-2025
• Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce, Rising Star, 2013. “An individual business person under the age of 40 who has made, or is making, significant contributions to the welfare of his/her community through involvement and participation; who is demonstrating excellence in business and community leadership.”
• Worcester Business Journal, Top 10 to Watch, 2013. “Key leaders in the region who help to drive the economic engine of MetroWest.”

• Selectman, Town of Maynard, MA. Elected for term of July, 2017 – June, 2020
• Vice President Starting Out Solo Bar Association, January 2024-Present
• Fellow, American Bar Association, Law Practice Division, October 2017-Septemebr 2018
• Outside Counsel & Mastermind Adviser, Veteran Business Owners Initiative. 2013 – 2020. VA Hospital Bedford, MA
• Co-President, Maynard Business Alliance. Member, 2012 -2020; Co-President 2014 – 2018; Vice President 2020-2022
• Member, Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, 2014 – present
• Member, Massachusetts CLE Practice Management Curriculum Advisory Committee, 2016 – present
• Member, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, 2016 – present

Melissa won an appeals case, Calliope C. v. Yanni Y., which held that Judges may not consider the effect a restraining order will have on the Defendant when deciding whether or not to issue such order. https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/court-of-appeals/volumes/103/103massappct722.html

• Chapter on Fees and Billing, MCLE Hanging Your Shingle (Published 2017, revised 2020).
• Managing Diversity and Multigenerational Issue by Managing Growth and Change in Your Firm, ABA Techshow Chicago, 2018
• Starting and Managing a Law Practice, Masterminding the Business and Financial Profile of Your Practice, MCLE, January 2015.
• The Ceiling that Just Won’t Shatter, Mass Lawyers Weekly, November 2016, http://masslawyersweekly.com/2016/11/16/the-ceiling-that-just-wont-shatter/

• Best Practices & Pitfalls in Attorney Fee Structures, MCLE
• Ethically Declining Clients – Best practices for “how” and “when” to decline representation, MCLE
• Handling Unique Assets in Prenups and Divorce, MCLE
• How To Grow Your Practice Through Referrals, MCLE
• Managing Diversity and Multigenerational Issue by Managing Growth and Change in Your Firm, ABA Techshow Chicago
• Panelist: Marketing Fundamentals for Attorneys, Women’s Bar Association
• Panelist: Become a Zoom Master, MCLE
• Panelist: Practical Marketing: Stories from the Trenches, 7th Annual Super Marketing Conference.
• Panelist: Water Cooler for Solo and Small Firms, Mass. Bar Association
• Panelist: Top Tips for Marketing a New Law Practice Panel Discussion, 5th Annual Super Marketing Conference.
• Practicing with Professionalism, MCLE
• Program chair for MCLE’s Masterminding the Business and Financial Profile of Your Practice.
• Social Media Do’s and Don’ts, MCLE
• When & How to Ethically Fire a Client & Withdraw from Representation, MCLE

• American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association, MA Bar Starting Out Solo, Women’s Bar Foundation: Pro Bono Attorney.