Melissa Levine-Piro is the founder of Levine-Piro Law, P.C. as well as Affordable Law Group, both located in Massachusetts. She actively manages both firms. Melissa practices in the areas of family law and general civil litigation. Melissa is also currently a Selectman for the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts and a fellow for the American Bar Association Law Practice Division. Melissa serves as a member of the Massachusetts CLE Practice Management Curriculum Advisory Committee, is co-president of the Maynard Business Alliance and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, and Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts. Melissa has been named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer, Rising Star for 2015-2017. Recent publications include: Chapter 3: Fees and Billing, MCLE Hanging Your Shingle: Practical advice for starting and operating a solo or small firm practice, January 2018; Standing Firm Against Harassment, Massachusetts Lawyers Journal, Volume 25, Number 2, November/December 2017; The Ceiling that Just Won’t Shatter, Mass Lawyers Weekly, November 2016, http://masslawyersweekly.com/2016/11/16/the-ceiling-that-just-wont-shatter; Starting and Managing a Law Practice, Masterminding the Business and Financial Profile of Your Practice, MCLE, January 2015.