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Chelsea Merta

Saint Louis, MO

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Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Business

Language

English Spanish

About

Chelsea Merta is a lifelong public servant and community activist. She has served as legal counsel & political consultant for St. Louis-area legislators & policymakers, assisting with drafting legislation for civil rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, consumer rights, and other social justice causes. She also teaches & advises on First Amendment issues, including protester rights and freedom of speech in the workplace.Chelsea presently serves as Of Counsel for several St. Louis-area activist & nonprofit organizations, and she was a founding member of both the Young Friends of Operation Brightside St. Louis and the St. Louis chapter of the Red Shoe Society for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Chelsea serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the St. Louis Observer. She is fluent in Spanish.Chelsea is an ordained minister of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the penultimate faith for believers of the First Amendment and the separation of church & state. She is a graduate of the Sue Shear Institute’s Pipeline to Public Office program at UM - St. Louis, the SisterSong Reproductive Justice Training program, Wellstone Action’s grassroots organizing, and Choice USA (now URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equality) Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute, and has been civically engaged in St. Louis since 2011.

Practices Areas

Estate Planning

Business

Civil Rights

Language

English Spanish

Contact

Lotus Law & Legal Services10206 Manchester RoadSuite #8Kirkwood, MO, 6312210206 Manchester RoadSuite #8Suite #8Kirkwood, MO, 63122

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Matt
December 19, 2018

Chelsea Merta is handling my divorce case with children. I don't think I could have chosen a better attorney. She keeps you update the entire time and offers great advice. I have given her my opinion on how I want things to go and have followed her advice the entire time. She has great knowledge on the court system works and if you are honest with her and follow her lead you can't lose. I will definitely be contacting her if I ever need an attorney again.

Jeff
July 26, 2018

Chelsea was retained to continue a long-running post-divorce custody/visitation battle. She had previous experience with the case, tho we experienced a gap in representation. Nonetheless, Chelsea resumed representation at full speed, and seemingly better equipped to counter-attack a hostile and aggressive Petitioner. In fact, we were very pleased with the proactive actions she persued...something I believe was highly effective at slowing the petitioner's aggresive actions. In the end we 'won' by ceasation of hostilities by the petitioner. I retain great confidence in her ability to push hard, stand strong, respond professionally-aggressive and confidently, and to avoid playing defense, but stay 'on offense' when this was likely the only way to deter the aggressor. I'm a satisfied customer.

Allison
June 21, 2017

Chelsea provided a very courteous and professional response. I will be taking her advice.

Matt
December 19, 2018

Chelsea Merta is handling my divorce case with children. I don't think I could have chosen a better attorney. She keeps you update the entire time and offers great advice. I have given her my opinion on how I want things to go and have followed her advice the entire time. She has great knowledge on the court system works and if you are honest with her and follow her lead you can't lose. I will definitely be contacting her if I ever need an attorney again.

Jeff
July 26, 2018

Chelsea was retained to continue a long-running post-divorce custody/visitation battle. She had previous experience with the case, tho we experienced a gap in representation. Nonetheless, Chelsea resumed representation at full speed, and seemingly better equipped to counter-attack a hostile and aggressive Petitioner. In fact, we were very pleased with the proactive actions she persued...something I believe was highly effective at slowing the petitioner's aggresive actions. In the end we 'won' by ceasation of hostilities by the petitioner. I retain great confidence in her ability to push hard, stand strong, respond professionally-aggressive and confidently, and to avoid playing defense, but stay 'on offense' when this was likely the only way to deter the aggressor. I'm a satisfied customer.

Allison
June 21, 2017

Chelsea provided a very courteous and professional response. I will be taking her advice.

Matt
December 19, 2018

Chelsea Merta is handling my divorce case with children. I don't think I could have chosen a better attorney. She keeps you update the entire time and offers great advice. I have given her my opinion on how I want things to go and have followed her advice the entire time. She has great knowledge on the court system works and if you are honest with her and follow her lead you can't lose. I will definitely be contacting her if I ever need an attorney again.

Jeff
July 26, 2018

Chelsea was retained to continue a long-running post-divorce custody/visitation battle. She had previous experience with the case, tho we experienced a gap in representation. Nonetheless, Chelsea resumed representation at full speed, and seemingly better equipped to counter-attack a hostile and aggressive Petitioner. In fact, we were very pleased with the proactive actions she persued...something I believe was highly effective at slowing the petitioner's aggresive actions. In the end we 'won' by ceasation of hostilities by the petitioner. I retain great confidence in her ability to push hard, stand strong, respond professionally-aggressive and confidently, and to avoid playing defense, but stay 'on offense' when this was likely the only way to deter the aggressor. I'm a satisfied customer.

Allison
June 21, 2017

Chelsea provided a very courteous and professional response. I will be taking her advice.