She represents state agencies in proceedings before administrative tribunals, including the Vermont Labor Relations Board and the Public Service Board, and in court. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, she was general counsel to the Vermont Natural Resources Board and a staff attorney to the former Environmental Board from 2000 - 2015. She has also worked in private practice at law firms in Montpelier and Rutland, and served as a trial court law clerk. In 1993 she earned her JD and MSEL from Vermont Law School, where she was environmental editor of the Vermont Law Review. A member of the Calais Planning Commission, Melanie lives in Adamant, Vermont.