Melissa Sugar attorney started her career as an assistant State Attorney in Clearwater, Florida. She worked there for about four years and got the best trial experience. Her training gave her the confidence to become one of the most powerful female attorneys in Louisiana. From 1996 to 2002, she worked as an assistant district attorney for Desoto Parish. She successfully prosecuted hundreds of felonies including Capital murder. She sustained a death penalty verdict for a high profile case, State v/s Michael Taylor and State v/s Timothy Taylor. Melissa Sugar attorney was the Chief Assistant District Attorney for Bossier Parish from 2002-2006. She was in charge of all violent crimes and tried about 20 homicides and was successful in each trial. One of her high profile cases was State of La. Vs Jocelyn Dooley. The case gained national media attention and she was extensively interviewed for nationally aired television show called -Snapped-. Melissa Sugar attorney has also been featured several times in SB Magazine’s annual Top Attorney’s Edition.
Melissa Sugar attorney graduated from Ole Miss in 1988. After taking a year off between college and law school, she began law school in 1989 with a full academic scholarship. In the year 1992, she graduated Cum Laude with a 3.4 G.P.A from Thomas M. Cooley Law School with honors on the top 5% of her graduating class. She has been listed in Who’s Who of Law Students and was graduated at number 6 out of 143 students. While attending law school, she was accepted for a clinic program called The Sixty Plus, Inc. Elder Law Clinic, which is a two-term in-house, live client, nationally award-winning clinic providing quality free legal assistance to senior citizens in Michigan. Melissa Sugar attorney was the only student to participate in an extension of the Sixty Plus Inc. Elder Law Clinic and she was asked to remain for a third term of the Medicare Part Three cases for clients and to draft proposed amendments of the Medicare Part C Plan for presentation to the Michigan State Legislation. She was also accepted to attend a semester of law school through the Tulane Law School on the Greek Isles.
Melissa Sugar attorney also supports a number of charitable organizations such as St. Jude’s Cancer Research and the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit.