First Admitted: 2004, Oklahoma

Bar/Professional Activity:

Chair of the Young Family Lawyers Committee of the Family Law Section of the Tulsa County Bar Association, 2007
President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2017
President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Member of the Family Law Sections, American Bar Association
Member of the Family Law Sections, Oklahoma Bar Association
Oklahoma, 2004
OBA Delegate, 2009
Member of the Inns of Court, 2003
Chair of the Family Law Section of the Tulsa County Bar Association, 2013
Member of the Tulsa County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2004
Member of the Professional Responsibility Committee, 2009

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2013
Certificate of Arbitration Training from the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2020
Certificate of Mediation Training, 2009

Pro bono/Community Service:

Young Family Lawyers Committee Chair
CLE Presenter "Valuing Closely Held Businesses in Divorce" at American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers CLE , 2019
Tulsa County Bar Association Delegate to the Oklahoma Bar Association
Volunteered for the Tulsa County Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility Committee
Volunteered for the Tulsa County Bar Association’s Young Family Lawyers Committee
Volunteered for the Tulsa County Bar Association’s Mentor Committee
Volunteered for the Tulsa County Bar Association’s Children in the Law Committee
Volunteer attorney for Tulsa Lawyers for Children, 2008
CLE presenter for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, 2005
CLE presenter for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, 2007
CLE presenter Tulsa County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2011
CLE Presenter Oklahoma Bar Association Family Law Section, 2016
CLE presenter for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, 2006
CLE presenter for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, 2010
CLE presenter Tulsa County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2014
CLE Presenter- National Business Institute [NBI], 2016
CLE presenter for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, 2008
CLE presenter Tulsa County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2013

Honors/Awards:

Named to Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in Oklahoma , Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in Oklahoma, Super Lawyers, 2019
Oklahoma Rising Star (2009-Present)
Named to the Super Lawyer list , Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2019
Named to the Super Lawyer list , Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2018
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers (2011-Present)
Tulsa’s Top Lawyers as published by Tulsa People Magazine (May 2011-Present)
Directory of Distinguished Attorneys (2010-Present)
AV Preeminent Rating (2009-Present)
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (2011-Present)

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Termination of Joint Custody: Is the Law in Oklahoma Disjointed?, Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2007

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Melissa F. Cornell