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Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison welcomes new Associate Michelle Fleenor

Lauren Clemons • Mar 21, 2022

Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison welcomes new Associate Michelle Fleenor


The Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. law firm is pleased to announce that Michelle Fleenor has joined the firm as an associate.

Michelle is a Chattanooga native and 2014 graduate of Girls Preparatory School. She attended Washington and Lee University, where she received a B.A. in Spanish in 2018. While attending W&L, she played on the women’s tennis team for four years and became an All-American. Michelle received her J.D. from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 2021. During law school, she was a member and student editor of Cumberland’s American Journal of Trial Advocacy and served as a Carruther’s Fellow, a legal writing aid for first- and second-year law students.

Michelle clerked for GKH in the summers of 2019 and 2020 and joined the firm in 2021. She was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in November of 2021.


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The Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. law firm is pleased to announce that Melissa Weitzel has joined the firm as an associate. Melissa will be practicing in Business and Corporate Law, Financial Services and Transactions, Governmental and Administrative Law, Litigation, and Labor and Employment. Melissa is a Gulfport, Mississippi native and graduate of Vanderbilt University’s Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Melissa worked as a Law Fellow in Vanderbilt University’s Office of the General Counsel where she assisted with a range of higher education matters including finance, labor and employment, intellectual property, and student affairs. During law school, Melissa participated in the Intellectual Property & the Arts Clinic where she represented small businesses in trademark filings and disputes. She completed a full-semester externship with the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and a summer internship with USAID’s Justice for All Activity Ukraine. She served on the executive boards of the Space Law Society, the Entertainment & Sports Law Society, and OutLaw. Prior to law school, Melissa attended Mississippi State University where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Political Science and History. During her time as an undergraduate, she studied internationally at the University of Oxford and with Cornell University in Turin, Italy. At Mississippi State, Melissa worked as a Student Office Assistant for the Shackouls Honors College, served as Secretary-General of Mississippi Model Security Council, and as Vice-President of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s Student Advisory Council. Melissa is a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, and the Southeastern Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women (SETLAW).  In her free time, Melissa enjoys practicing her (very underwhelming) Russian language skills, being active, and traveling with her loved ones.
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