Melanie Bean Bradford
Sole Practitioner
Lawyer and Mediator in Scottsboro, Alabama
At the law office of Melanie B. Bradford, LLC, I work hard to earn the trust of individuals throughout northeast Alabama, providing comprehensive counsel on estate, gift tax and Medicaid planning, as well as probate administration and Social Security disability claims. I understand the emotional challenges that come with unresolved legal issues. I will dedicate my full attention to helping you find solutions to existing problems and taking steps to avoid difficulties in the future
Areas of Practice
- Estate & Gift Tax Planning
- Medicaid Planning
- Social Security Disability
- Probating Estates/Litigation
- Business and Commercial Law
- Real Estate
- General Litigation
- Trusts
- Wills
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2005
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 2005
Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 2005
- Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, 2003 - 2005
- Athens State University, Athens, AL
- Pre-law Political Science & History (Magna Cum Laude)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar
- National Academy Elder Law Attorneys
- American Association of University Women
- Kiwanis
- President of the Alabama State Bar Elder Law Section, 2010 - 2011
- Secretary for the Alabama State Bar Elder Law Section, 2008 - 2010
- President of Scottsboro-Jackson Branch of American Association of University Women, 2007 - 2009
- Board Member for the Jackson County Charitable Trust, 2006 - 2009
- Adjunct professor of paralegal studies at Northeast Alabama Community College
- Chairman of the Jackson County Charitable Trust, 2010 - Present
