Melissa Paniagua

Melissa Paniagua was born in New York City and raised in Miami, Florida. In 2015, She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies with a Minor in Philisophy at Florida Gulf Coast University. After college, she moved back home to Miami and went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law where she graduated Cum Laude. While in law school, Ms. Paniagua was a Moot Court board member, part time law clerk at a family law firm and a judicial intern for the Honorable Daryl Trawick, former Circuit Court Judge in the Family Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida. Ms. Paniagua is a current active member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Dade County Bar Association as well as the Dominican American Bar Association. Melissa Paniagua is currently an Associate at the Vasquez de Lara Law Group which is a Family Law law firm which emphasizes in areas such as: - Divorce - Spousal support - Child support - Child Relocation - Custody - Division of assets and liabilities - Termination of parental rights - Paternity - Dependency and child neglect - Protection from abuse