Melissa Michaud is a partner in Tharrington Smith’s Education Law Section. She advises school systems regarding personnel matters, investigations, and compliance issues and represents school board clients in federal administrative investigations and in state and federal court litigation. Shortly after earning her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 2004, Melissa joined Teach for America and taught middle school in eastern North Carolina. She graduated from law school in 2009 with high honors and joined Tharrington Smith in 2013. Melissa is an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Education Section and currently serves as the Section’s Chair.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
- Juris Doctor, 2009
- High honors
- North Carolina Law Review, Editor, Staff Member
- Juvenile Justice Clinic, Student Lawyer
- UNC Law Pro Bono Board, Member
Brown University
- B.S. Political Science, 2004
- North Carolina Bar 2009
- Wake County Bar Association
- 10th Judicial District Bar
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Education Law Section Member
- Young Lawyers Division Member
- North Carolina State Bar, Member, 2009
- North Carolina Bar Association, Education Law Section Member
- Chair 2019 to present
- Vice-Chair 2018-2019
- Secretary 2017-2018
- Treasurer 2016-2017
- CLE Planning Committee 2015-2016
- CLE Presenter, 2014
- North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Rising Star, 2018, 2019
