MEMBERS OF FIRM
Sharon A. Mellon (Member) born Ashtabula, Ohio, January 16, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1969; J.D., with distinction, 1974). Member: Johnson County (Vice President, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989), Iowa State and American (Member, Family Law Section, 1981) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations.
Leon F. Spies (Partner) born Blue Grass, Iowa, October 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with distinction, 1972; J.D., with distinction, 1975). Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Judicial Magistrate, Sixth Judicial District of Iowa, 1978-1983. Instructor, Trial Advocacy, University of Iowa College of Law, 1996. Member: Johnson County (Secretary, 1979-1981; Vice President, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006), Iowa State (Member, Criminal Law Litigation Section; Board of Governors) and American (Member, Committees on: Ethics and Professionalism; Trial Evidence; Trial Practice; Criminal Law Litigation Section) Bar Associations. American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Federal Criminal Practice Committee); Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Governors, 2004); Iowa Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; American Judicature Society; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Master; President, Dean Mason Ladd Inn, 1995-1996). Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Trial; Appeals.Email: Leon F. Spies
ASSOCIATE
Joseph C. Pavelich (Associate) born Norman, Oklahoma, November 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Iowa. Education: Cornell College (B.S.S., 1996); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Member: Johnson County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations.