MELINDA D. MIDDLEBROOKS, ESQ.
NJ BANKRUPTCY LAWYER
MANAGING PARTNER
Chair-Elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
Middlebrooks Shapiro, P.C.
841 Mountain Avenue
First Floor
Springfield, New Jersey 07081
973-218-6877
973-218-6878 (fax)
middlebrooks@middlebrooksshapiro.com
MELINDA D. MIDDLEBROOKS, ESQ. focuses her practice on creditor rights and commercial, business, creditor and consumer bankruptcy law. She has thirty years of experience in bankruptcy practice having first served as a judicial law clerk for the late Chief Judge Vincent J. Commisa, U.S.B.C. (D.N.J.).
Ms. Middlebrooks is a Member of the Legislative Committee of the New Jersey Bar Association.
While in law school at Seton Hall University School of Law (1984 graduate), Ms. Middlebrooks served on the Legislative Journal as Associate Editor. She was awarded the law school’s faculty award for “Most Outstanding Contribution to the Law School and the Community.”
After completing her judicial clerkship, Ms. Middlebrooks became a bankruptcy lawyer associate with McCarter & English in Newark, New Jersey. Twenty years ago, in 1993, she opened her “bankruptcy boutique” law firm serving medium-sized Chapter 11 cases, as well as, individual Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 matters.
Ms. Middlebrooks is a Master with the Bankruptcy Inn of Court; a frequent lecturer; has served as a Panelist for the Annual Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference (ICLE); authored numerous articles, including “What Every Practioner Should Know About Bankruptcy Before One is Filed” published by the prestigious New Jersey Lawyer – The Magazine of the New Jersey Bar Association. Ms. Middlebrooks is a litigator in both state and federal courts with numerous reported decisions. She is also an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at Union County College.
Ms. Middlebrooks was named one of New Jersey’s 2013 Best 50 Women in Business.
She came to law following a career as an educator elected three times to the Union Township Board of Education where she served as President. Ms. Middlebrooks is proud of her three children, one of whom, Joseph Middlebrooks Shapiro, Esq. is her law partner and her daughter, Jessica Middlebrooks Minecci, Esq. is an associate. Her late husband, Richard Paul Shapiro, Esq., was also her law partner and a graduate of Seton Hall Law School (1987).
About Middlebrooks Shapiro
New Jersey Attorney Melinda D. Middlebrooks and Attorney Joseph M. Shapiro have over 30 years of bankruptcy law experience. From our office in Springfield, NJ, we help clients with the most basic or complex personal and business bankruptcy cases by leading them through the legal process of numerous practice areas.
Call 973-218-6877 to speak with the experienced bankruptcy attorneys at Middlebrooks Shapiro. We’ll ensure you get the perspective you need to understand the full picture and the right guidance to have a successful bankruptcy, rebuild your credit, and move forward with your new debt-free life.