Advising 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.
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
Brown University
Wells Fargo Building
150 Fayetteville Street
Suite 1800
Raleigh, NC 27601
P.O. Box 1151
Raleigh, NC 27602
(Wake County)
(919) 821-4711
Fax: (919) 829-1583