Melissa Elaine Wilson is a Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans Graduate. At Loyola, she received a civil law degree, a common law degree, and also and international law degree. She received her undergraduate degree from Auburn University, in Auburn, Alabama. She also attended The University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria. Mrs. Wilson started her career as a judicial law clerk for a juvenile district court. She specializes in disaster relief law, as well as various forms of family law, including adoption law.