Melissa Weitzel has joined the law firm of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison as an associate. Weitzel will focus her practice on business and corporate law, financial services and transactions, governmental and administrative law, labor and employment and litigation.
Weitzel is a Gulfport, Mississippi native and graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School. Prior to joining Grant Konvalinka, she worked as a law fellow in Vanderbilt’s Office of the General Counsel, where she assisted with a range of higher education matters including finance, labor and employment, intellectual property, and student affairs.
During law school, Weitzel participated in the Intellectual Property & the Arts Clinic, where she represented small businesses in trademark filings and disputes. She completed a full-semester externship with the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and a summer internship with USAID’s Justice for All Activity Ukraine.
Prior to law school, Weitzel attended Mississippi State University, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in political science and history. During her time as an undergraduate, she studied at the University of Oxford In England and with Cornell University in Turin, Italy.
Weitzel is a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the CBA Young Lawyers Division and the Southeastern Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (SETLAW).
In her free time, Weitzel enjoys practicing her Russian language skills and traveling with her loved ones.