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Licensed for 2 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Child custody

Language

Spanish

About

Melissa Paniagua is an Associate at the Vasquez de Lara Law Group. In 2015, She recieved her Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies with a Minor in Philisophy at Florida Gulf Coast University. After college, she moved back home to Miami and went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law where she graduted Cum Laude.While in law school, Ms. Paniagua was a Moot Court board member, part time law clerk at a family law firm and a judicial intern for the Honorable Daryl Trawick, former Circuit Court Judge in the Family Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida.Ms. Paniagua is a current active member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Dade County Bar Association as well as the Dominican American Bar Association.

Practices Areas

Child custody

Divorce and separation

Family

Language

Spanish

Contact

Vasquez de Lara Law Group7700 North Kendall DriveSuite 607Miami, FL, 33156

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Reviews

Susan
March 10, 2020

Attorney Melissa is a compassionate, fierce and strong advocate for her clients. She is also sensitive to people's vulnerabilities and fights for justice on behalf of her clients like I have never seen before. Her compassion and sensitivity to the client's needs are unmatched. I highly recommend Attorney Melissa for all of your family law needs.

anonymous
February 7, 2021

I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. According to the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4: Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.4 Communication (a) A lawyer shall: (1) Promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client’s informed consent, as defined in Rule 1.0(e), is required by these Rules; (2) Reasonably consult with the client about the means by which the client’s objectives are to be accomplished; (3) Keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter; Melissa Paniagua has failed to do so and has even taken the liberty to not even message me about my case rather message me asking for 1,000. Instead of an exchange of business this seems like a scam and a fraud on her part. Save your money and don't waste it on her.

Susan
March 10, 2020

Attorney Melissa is a compassionate, fierce and strong advocate for her clients. She is also sensitive to people's vulnerabilities and fights for justice on behalf of her clients like I have never seen before. Her compassion and sensitivity to the client's needs are unmatched. I highly recommend Attorney Melissa for all of your family law needs.

anonymous
February 7, 2021

I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. According to the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4: Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.4 Communication (a) A lawyer shall: (1) Promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client’s informed consent, as defined in Rule 1.0(e), is required by these Rules; (2) Reasonably consult with the client about the means by which the client’s objectives are to be accomplished; (3) Keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter; Melissa Paniagua has failed to do so and has even taken the liberty to not even message me about my case rather message me asking for 1,000. Instead of an exchange of business this seems like a scam and a fraud on her part. Save your money and don't waste it on her.

Susan
March 10, 2020

Attorney Melissa is a compassionate, fierce and strong advocate for her clients. She is also sensitive to people's vulnerabilities and fights for justice on behalf of her clients like I have never seen before. Her compassion and sensitivity to the client's needs are unmatched. I highly recommend Attorney Melissa for all of your family law needs.

anonymous
February 7, 2021

I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. According to the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4: Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.4 Communication (a) A lawyer shall: (1) Promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client’s informed consent, as defined in Rule 1.0(e), is required by these Rules; (2) Reasonably consult with the client about the means by which the client’s objectives are to be accomplished; (3) Keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter; Melissa Paniagua has failed to do so and has even taken the liberty to not even message me about my case rather message me asking for 1,000. Instead of an exchange of business this seems like a scam and a fraud on her part. Save your money and don't waste it on her.

Susan
March 10, 2020

Attorney Melissa is a compassionate, fierce and strong advocate for her clients. She is also sensitive to people's vulnerabilities and fights for justice on behalf of her clients like I have never seen before. Her compassion and sensitivity to the client's needs are unmatched. I highly recommend Attorney Melissa for all of your family law needs.

anonymous
February 7, 2021

I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. I HIGHLY do not recommend Melissa Paniagua, take this as a warning. Not only is she one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met, but Melissa, rarely called or messaged me about my case. Instead, I was receiving messages on occasion from the receptionist. If I knew this was how she was going to carry out my case, I would have just represented myself in all honesty. All she did was take my money and considering she recently passed the board of exams; you can all imagine how incompetent she is. Save you money, for a better lawyer, not only could she not even carry out my case till the end, but she made it worse in fact. I suggest either representing yourself or getting a public defender over wasting your money and time with this “lawyer”. I honestly believe that she is the biggest scam artist that I have ever met. According to the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4: Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.4 Communication (a) A lawyer shall: (1) Promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client’s informed consent, as defined in Rule 1.0(e), is required by these Rules; (2) Reasonably consult with the client about the means by which the client’s objectives are to be accomplished; (3) Keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter; Melissa Paniagua has failed to do so and has even taken the liberty to not even message me about my case rather message me asking for 1,000. Instead of an exchange of business this seems like a scam and a fraud on her part. Save your money and don't waste it on her.