Melisa compassionately and effectively advises clients and implements individualized and creative planning techniques for her clients in the areas of elder law, Medicaid planning, estate planning, and trust and estate administration. Melisa primarily works out of Fraser Trebilcock's Grand Rapids office but represents clients state-wide.
Melisa is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC); a council member of the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan; chair of the Committee on Special Projects (CSP) of the Probate and Estate Planning Council; managing editor of the State Bar of Michigan's Probate and Estate Planning Journal; a member of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s (ICLE's) Elder Law Advisory Board; a board member of the Spartan Stores YMCA, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids; a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids; and former member and chair of the School Board School Board for St. John Vianney Catholic School. Melisa is also a regular contributor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) and writes articles and provides presentations educating the public in the areas of elder law, Medicaid planning, estate planning, and trusts & estates.
