Melissa Graham-Hurd & Associates, LLC - Green, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Melissa Graham-Hurd & Associates, LLC selected for a Super Lawyers® list

• Black, Rebecca M. On a Super Lawyers® List
• Graham-Hurd, Melissa A. On a Super Lawyers® List

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Domestic Violence –Akron Family Law Seminar 2021
  
• Glass Ceilings & Sticky floors Akron Bar Association, 2021
  
• Shared Parenting Plans - Akron Bar Association, 2017
  
• National Trends in Spousal support - Akron Bar Association, 2013
  
• HB 461 Spousal support modification - Akron Bar Association, 2013
  
• Gender Fairness, Akron Bar Association, 2012
  
• Property Division – Separate and Marital Real Estate, Ohio State Bar Association, 2012
  
• Case Law Update, Akron Bar Association, 2009
  
• Ohio Spousal Support Law, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2006
  
• New Ohio Family Law Legislation, Akron Bar Association, 2005
  
• Ohio Spousal Support Proposals, Ohio Association of Magistrates, 2005
  
• Ohio Family Law Legislation, Akron Bar Association, 2004
  
• Post-Decree Children's Issues, Ohio State Bar Association Family Law Committee - Annual Conventions, 2003
  
• Tax and Divorce - A Practical Approach, Ohio CLE Institute, 2003
  
• Ethics and Malpractice, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 2002
  
• New Lawyers' Seminar, Domestic Relations, Akron Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee, 2002
  
• Coordination/Organization of Seminar, Ohio State Bar Association Family Law Committee - Annual Conventions, 2001 - 2002
  
• Parenting Case Law Update, Akron Bar Association, Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 2000
  
• Shared Parenting Case Law Update, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1999
  
• Tax Aspects of Divorce in Ohio, Miscellaneous Tax Provisions and Ethics, National Business Institute, 1999
  
• Coordination/Organization of Seminar, Ohio State Bar Association Family Law Committee - Annual Conventions, 1998
  
• Family Law in Ohio, Analysis of Financial Information, Preparation and Trial of a Divorce Case, National Business Institute, 1996
  
• Parenting Issues in Domestic Relations Cases in Ohio, Modification Proceedings, Evidentiary Problems in Initial Allocations and Modifications, National Business Institute, 1996
  
• Tax Aspects of Divorce in Ohio, Miscellaneous Tax Provisions and Ethics, National Business Institute, 1995
  
• Rules Update, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1995
  
• Case Law Update, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1994
  
• The New Child Support Statute, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1993
  
• Tax Aspects of Divorce in Ohio, Miscellaneous Tax Provisions and Ethics, National Business Institute, 1993
  
• Bridge the Gap Seminar, Domestic Relations Section, Ohio CLE Institute, 1993
  
• New Lawyers' Seminar, Domestic Relations Sections, Akron Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee, 1990 - 1993
  
• Tax Aspects of Divorce in Ohio, Tax Treatment of Property Transfers Incident to a Divorce, Miscellaneous Tax Provisions, National Business Institute, 1992
  
• Creative Approaches when Seeking Visitation and New Developments in Child Custody Cases Involving the Use or Misuse of MMPIs, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers - Annual Family Law Seminar, 1991
  
• The Need to Value Marital Property, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1991
  
• Ethical, Procedural and Evidentiary Considerations in Sexual Abuse Cases, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers - Annual Family Law Seminar, 1990
  
• Deviation from Child Support Guidelines, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1989
  
• Complication of Handbook of Forms for Portage, Stark and Medina, Akron Bar Association Family Law Section - Annual Seminar, 1987

Published Works

Articles

• Government Retirement Benefits, Sowald Morganstern Domestic Relations Law, Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series, West Group Publishers, Updated Annually, 1997-present
  
• "Attorney Fees", Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, West Publishing Co., July/August, 2003
  
• "Law in the 50 States", (Reporter), American Bar Association, Family Law Quarterly
  
• Government Retirement Benefits, Sowald Morganstern Domestic Relations Law, Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series, West Group Publishers, Updated Annually, 1997
  
• "Attorney Fees", Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, West Publishing Co., July/August, 2003
  
• "Law in the 50 States", (Reporter), American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly