Melissa Wright Mediations

Mediations & Parent Coordinating

Mediation

Parent Coordination

Melissa D. Wright

Melissa is an experienced family law litigator, certified family financial mediator, collaborative family law attorney, and parenting coordinator.

Melissa practiced family law for 21 years in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Onslow, and Mecklenburg County and is frequently appointed as a parenting coordinator to assist parents with complying with court orders and to communicate and cooperate more effectively about their children.

Education/Certifications

  • Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D. cum laude, 2003)

  • Pfeiffer University (B.A. Political Science magna cum laude, 1998)

  • North Carolina State Bar, 2003

  • United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2003

  • Certified Family Financial Mediator since 2008

  • Certified Parenting Coordinator since 2008

  • Collaborative Divorce Attorney

  • North Carolina Bar Association

  • New Hanover County Bar Association

  • NCAWA, Coastal Women Attorneys Chapter, Member since 2015 and Secretary 2017-18

  • “Super Lawyer” North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2020

  • “Legal Elite” Business North Carolina, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024