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Melanie Straw-BoonePartner
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Congratulations on your “Kentucky Super Lawyer 2019” recognition
Ms. Straw-Boone is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for her professionalism and ethics.
Practice areas
- Family law
- Divorce
- Custody and child support
- Parenting coordinating
- Qualified Domestic Relations Order
Admitted
- Kentucky, 1994
- Indiana, 1994
Education
- University of Louisville, J.D., cum laude, 1994
- Indiana University, B.S., 1991
Associations and memberships
- Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Kentucky Chapter, 2011-2012, Vice-President, 2013-2014)
- Louisville Bar Association (Board of Directors, 2009; Chair, Pro Bono Consortium, 2006-2009; Chair, 2002 and Vice Chair, 2001; Family Law Section)
- Kentucky Bar Association (Ethics Committee, 2011-present, Trial Commissioner, 2007-2011)
- Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court, 2003-2006
- Co-Chair, Jefferson Family Court Advisory Committee, 2003-2007
- Jefferson County Women Lawyers Association
- Indiana Bar Association
Biographical details
- Selected to 2023 Kentucky Super Lawyers
- Selected to 2022 Kentucky Super Lawyers
- Selected 2021 Kentucky Super Lawyers
- Selected to the Super Lawyers 2020
- Selected to the Kentucky Super Lawyers 2019
- Selected to the 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyers List
- Selected for 2011-2012 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
- Selected for inclusion to Kentucky Super Lawyers – 2009- 2014
- Recipient “Raising the Bar” Award, Kentucky AAML (2012)
- Recipient, Kentucky Bar Association Donated Legal Services Award, 2010
- Recipient, Jefferson County Women Lawyers Association Achievement in Excellence Award, 2010
- Recipient, Judge Richard A. Revell Family Practitioner of the Year Award, Louisville Bar Association, 2007
- Committee of the Year, Pro Bono Consortium, Louisville Bar Association, 2007
Awards and Recognition
- Recognized as top 1% of America’s Most Honored Professionals by The American Registry, 2016
- Named as Top Lawyer, Divorce Law, Louisville Magazine, 2013-2016
Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Mudd, PLLC serves clients in Louisville and Indiana.