Premier Destination for Sophisticated Buyers of Legal Services
Home > Law Firm Profile > People > Lawyer Profile

Nicola J. (Boone) Melby

  - Lawyer Profile
 



Nicola J. (Boone) Melby

Nicola J. (Boone) Melby

Shareholder
 
Law Office of
Nicola J. Melby, PLLC

137 North Broad Street, Suite 1
Brevard, North Carolina  28712
(Transylvania Co.)

Telephone: 828-885-5027
Fax: 828-885-5302
http://www.melbylaw.com



Profile Visibility
#1 in weekly profile views out of 37 lawyers in Brevard, North Carolina
#38 in weekly profile views out of 951,228 total lawyers Overall


Experience & Credentials Client/Peer Review Ratings™
 


Practice AreasElder Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Long Term Care; Disabilities; Probate; Guardianship; Wills; Trust Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Special Needs Trust Planning and Administration; Estate Planning and Administration
 
EducationStetson University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1992, University of New Haven, B.S., summa cum laude, 1989
 
Admitted1992, Florida; 2008, North Carolina
 
MembershipsMember: North Carolina State Bar. Member: North Carolina Bar Association. Member North Carolina Bar Association Sections on Elder Law and Estate Planning and Administration. Chair North Carolina Bar Association Elder Law Section Continuing Legal Education Committee and Chair North Carolina Bar Association Elder Law Section Pro Bono Committee. Member: The Florida Bar. Member: The Florida Bar Sections on Elder Law and Real Property Probate and Trust Law. Former Chair Florida Bar Elder Law Section Continuing Legal Education Committee. Member: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Member and Former Director: The Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys.
 
BornBerlin, Connecticut, September 24, 1962
 
BiographyRecipient, Member of the Year Award, Florida Bar Elder Law Section, 2001 and 2004. Law Clerk to the Honorable Gary M. Farmer, Fourth District Court of Appeals, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1992-1994. Author: "Increasing the Community Spouse Income Allowance through the Judicial Process: What Standard Applies," The Florida Bar Journal, 1997; Chapter 12, "Florida Guardianship Practice," The Florida Bar, 2002 and 2005. Served, Florida Statewide Joint Public Policy Taskforce of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar and the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys. Former Chair Martin County Probate, Elder Law and Guardianship Committee. Former Member, Elder Law Certification Committee by Appointment of the Florida Bar. Former Editor, Elder Law Advocate Florida Bar Elder Law Section. Former Shareholder and Currently Of Counsel, McCarthy Summers Bobko Wood & Sawyer, P.A., Stuart, Florida.(Board Certified Elder Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)
 
ISLN910249179
 


 

Complete a Client Review


Have you recently worked with this lawyer? Share your experience as a Client of this lawyer and complete a Client Review to help others make an informed choice when hiring legal counsel.
 

Professional Networking for Legal Professionals Only


Quickly and easily expand your professional network – join the premier global network for legal professionals only. It's powered by the Martindale-Hubbell database – over 1,000,000 lawyers strong.
Join Now
 


 

Compare this Lawyer

Compare this lawyer to other lawyers in your Watch List.
 

Add lawyer to My Watch List

As a registered user of martindale.com you can add lawyers to your Watch List. You can securely add comments, compare lawyers in your Watch List, and access these lawyers with one click from your martindale.com homepage.