Melissa Bade graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Louis University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.   She then obtained a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from University of Arkansas School of Law in 2011. During law school, she served as the President of the Student Bar Association and was a member of the Board of Advocates and the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.   She also worked as a law clerk for a private firm in Little Rock, Arkansas and as a summer associate for Neale & Newman.  

Ms. Bade joined Neale & Newman upon graduation in 2011.  Her focus is litigation with practice areas including banking and finance law, business and commercial law, construction law, divorce and family law, personal injury, and real estate law. 

Areas of Practice:
Banking & Finance Law
Business & Commercial Law
Business & Commercial Litigation
Divorce & Family Law
Mediation/Arbitration
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Real Estate & Construction Law
Workers' Compensation

Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 2011
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2011

Professional Associations/Memberships:
Rotaract of Springfield, 2011-Present
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, 2011 – Present
The Missouri Bar Association, 2011 - Present
The Network, 2011 – Present

Past Employment Positions:
Law Offices of Katherine Blackmon-Solis, Little Rock, Arkansas, Law Clerk, 2009

Fraternities/Sororities:
Delta Theta Phi