Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University, Melissa Deutsch makes your business contracts work for you.
Melissa Deutsch began her legal career working for the oldest and largest firm in Austin. As a paralegal and assistant, she supported several litigation teams retained by Fortune 100 corporations and growing regional corporations to defend product liability, product defect, premises liability, and contractual disputes.
She later went on to litigate under SMU's Consumer Law Clinic assisting consumers deceived by sellers' fraud, hidden contractual traps, and legal loop holes.
Today she focuses her practice on consumer and small business needs. As a small business counselor, she's assisted entrepreneurs in protecting their business assets by evaluating their businesses and suggesting various legal barricades to competition such as: employee contracts, corporate formation, limited liability corporation formation, partnerships, operating agreements, buy/sell agreements, trademark registration, and other intellectual property identification and protection.
As an active member of various legal associations, Melissa Deutsch is well versed in cutting edge legal developments and the needs of today's consumers small businesses.
Legal Affiliations
American Bar Association's Business Law Section
Business Courts Subcommittee
Business Torts Subcommittee
Business and Corporate Litigation Subcommittee
Corporate Counseling and Litigation Subcommittee
Intellectual Property Litigation Subcommittee
Market Trends Subcommittee
Membership Subcommittee
Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee
Partnerships and Alternative Business Entities Subcommittee
American Bar Association's Litigation Section
Business Torts Litigation Subcommittee
Commercial and Business Litigation
Products Liability Subcommittee
American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Corporate Counsel Subcommittee
Law and Technology Subcommittee
Trial Techniques Subcommittee
National Association of Consumer Advocates
Business
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business (Current Counselor)