Melissa E. Valdez
Valdez & Paré LLP
3100 Richmond Ave., Suite 480
Houston, TX 77098

+1.832.533.2603 (tel)
+1.713.942.0071 (fax)
melissa.valdez@valdezpare.com

Melissa E. Valdez, Esq.
Partner

Experience

Melissa is a native Houstonian who received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston before attending Rutgers School of Law.  At Rutgers, Melissa had the unique opportunity to study law abroad under the late Supreme Court Chief Justice, William H. Rehnquist.  During her second year, Melissa was a member of the Jessup International Moot Court Team.  As a third year law student, Melissa was selected to be a member of the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Team, which traveled to Vienna, Austria to compete with schools from around the world.  After law school, Melissa clerked for the Honorable Thomas S. Smith, Jr. in New Jersey.  She later practiced bankruptcy law for a large consumer law firm.  Currently, Melissa is enrolled in the LL.M. Program in Taxation at the University of Houston Law Center, focusing on Estate Planning and Corporate Taxation & Restructuring.

Education

University of Houston; Houston, TX
B.A. Communication, 2001

Rutgers University School of Law; Camden, NJ
J.D., 2004

University of Houston Law Center; Houston, TX
LL.M. Tax, Currently Enrolled 

Admitted

Texas, 2005
District of Columbia, 2007
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2007
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2009

Affiliations

Houston Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

The Arthur L. Moller - David B. Foltz, Jr. American Inn of Court

 

 

Jérémie H. Paré, Esq.
Partner

Experience

Since being admitted to practice, Jérémie has worked as a corporate and securities consultant and on numerous white collar criminal investigations in both Washington, DC and Houston, TX.  During law school, he participated in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, volunteered for the Camden Pro Bono Bankruptcy Project, and served as Lead Technical Editor of the Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion.  After law school, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Alexandro C. Castro, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands.  

Education

Mississippi State University; Starkville, MS
B.S. Environmental Geosciences, Summa Cum Laude, 2000

Rutgers University School of Law; Camden, NJ
J.D., 2005

Georgetown University Law Center; Washington, DC
LL.M. Securities & Financial Regulation, 2008 

Admitted

Texas, 2005
District of Columbia, 2006
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2008
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2008

Affiliations

Houston Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

Jérémie H. Paré
Valdez & Paré LLP
3100 Richmond Ave., Suite 480
Houston, TX 77098

+1.832.533.2603 (tel)
+1.713.942.0071 (fax)
jeremie.pare@valdezpare.com