Experience

Middlebrooks Shapiro, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner and Bankruptcy Attorney ~ Middlebrooks Shapiro, P.C.

  • Oct 1993 - Present

  We assist corporations and individuals in restructuring debt and saving assets. We assist corporations and individuals in restructuring debt and saving assets.



PayMyTrustee ~ www.paymytrustee.com

• Co-Founder and Co-Inventor

  • 2010 - Present

  I am very honored to be a Co-Inventor with Joseph M. Shapiro, Esq. and Rudolph A. Moni, Jr. of Patent No. 8,751,382 issued on June 10, 2014 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee Payment System and Method. Our system and method allows Chapter 13 debtors to make online payments to Chapter 13 trustees without the hassle of securing a money order or cashier's check and seamlessly transmits the payments to Chapter 13 trustees. The system and method is currently active and operating in 48 States within the United States. See, www.paymytrustee.com.



Union County College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professor

  • May 2010 - Present

  I enjoy teaching paralegal studies for Union County College in an ABA certified college program. I enjoy teaching paralegal studies for Union County College in an ABA certified college program.



McCarter & English, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Sep 1986 - Sep 1993

  At McCarter & English, I was the handling attorney for complex Chapter 11 reorganizations and corporate restructuring. At McCarter & English, I was the handling attorney for complex Chapter 11 reorganizations and corporate restructuring.



United States Courts

• Administration of Justice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Federal Judicial Law Clerk

  • 1985 - 1986

  Melinda served as the Federal Judicial Law Clerk to the late Honorable Vincent J. Commisa, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Duties included, but were not limited to, preparation of memoranda concerning pending motions and trials; preparation of draft Opinions; and review of proposed forms of Order. Melinda served as the Federal Judicial Law Clerk to the late Honorable Vincent J. Commisa, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Duties included, but were not limited to, preparation of memoranda concerning pending motions and trials; preparation of draft Opinions; and review of proposed forms of Order.