Melissa Koefod

Current

Legal Extern at US Securities and Exchange Commission
GRA with the College of Law at Georgia State University
Law Student at Georgia State University College of Law

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Past

Law Clerk at Law Offices of Sean G. Todd P.C./Estate Management Counselors LLC
Owner at Repent, Inc.
Claims Adjuster at Progressive Insurance

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Education

Georgia State University College of Law
Georgia State University

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Industry

Law Practice

Melissa Koefod’s Summary

Melissa G. Koefod is a former business owner and current law student at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ms. Koefod received her B.S. in Policy Studies with a focus in aviation and transportation management from Georgia State in 2005. She went on to open a bar/music venue in Athens, GA and is now studying for her J.D. which she will receive in 2011.

Ms. Koefod is very involved in her community and her school. She will graduate with highest Pro Bono Honors. She has volunteered for organizations including Georgia Equality, Piedmont Park Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, is a coach for the special olympics and is the founder of the Vita Society, an Atlanta based group dedicated to raising funds to help homeless animals. She was solicitation chair for the Georgia State University College of Law’s Public Interest Law Association’s annual auction. She is a member of Georgia State University College of Law’s Criminal Law Society, LGLSA, Estate and Wealth Planning Society, the Business and Law Society, the elected philanthropy chair of Phi Alpha Delta, the elected 1L and 2L Honor Court Justice, the 2009-2010 appointed student representative to the Stonewall Bar Association, and was one of two student members of the SOAR Selection Committee. She has, as a student leader, been involved in interviewing candidates for a position as a Corporations Professor at the College of Law. She has participated in CLE programs including the Atlanta Bar Association's Life of a Trial, and the Georgia State University College of Law - Center for Law, Health, and Society's lecture on the role of conscience in the practice of medicine.

Member: Atlanta Bar Association, the Stonewall Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.

Interests: Securities, Tax Law, Transportation Law, Labor and Employment Law, and General Corporate Work.

Hobbies: Playing Classical Violin and Jogging

Melissa Koefod’s Experience

Legal Extern

US Securities and Exchange Commission

(Government Agency; Law Enforcement industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

Prepare legal memorandum in anticipation of trial, work on enforcement matters related to various securities fraud cases, document review, assist staff attorneys in preparing securities cases for presentation before the commission and for trial.
GRA with the College of Law

Georgia State University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

Research and prepare firm directories for the career services office, provide support to the head of career services, research and update student symplicity system database.
Law Student

Georgia State University College of Law

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Currently a 2L at Georgia State University College of Law with a strong interest in Tax and Securities Law.
Law Clerk

Law Offices of Sean G. Todd P.C./Estate Management Counselors LLC

(Law Practice industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

Work on matters including probate, tax controversy, and estates and trusts.
Owner

Repent, Inc.

(Food & Beverages industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )

Bar and music venue.
Claims Adjuster

Progressive Insurance

(Insurance industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

Melissa Koefod’s Education

Georgia State University College of Law

J.D. , 2008 — 2011 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

Criminal Law Society, Member; Estate Planning and Wealth Management Law Society, Member; Business and Law Society, Member; Phi Alpha Delta, Philanthropy Chair; Honor Court Justice; PILA Auction Solicitation Chair; SOAR selection committee member.
Georgia State University

B.S. , Policy Studies , 2000 — 2005

Certificate in Aviation and Transportation Management

Activities and Societies:

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