SRH Law PLLC is pleased to announce that Melinda Devoid-Siel, RP has successfully completed the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam® (PACE®) sponsored by the National Federal of Paralegal Associations and is now entitled to use of the Registered Paralegal® (RP®) professional credential. Melinda is the 15th paralegal in Vermont to earn this designation. Nationwide there are around 550 RPs.
PACE® is a voluntary professional credentialing program involving successful completion of a comprehensive examination covering Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Contracts; Corporate/Commercial Law; Family Law; Intellectual Property; Office Administration; Probate; Professional and Ethical Responsibility; and research, writing, and critical thinking skills. The credential recognizes those with a comprehensive education in paralegal studies and years of practical experience.
Melinda has been with SRH Law PLLC since 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies and an Advanced Paralegal certificate from Bay Path University, formerly Bay Path College, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She is the Vice-President, Membership Chair, and Bylaws Chair of the Vermont Paralegal Organization and a Paralegal Member of the Vermont Bar Association.
SRH Law was founded by lawyers with a commitment to improve the world around us, and that commitment remains at the core of our practice today. Over the years we’ve built a national reputation for skillfully handling a wide variety of legal matters. Our practice focuses primarily on environmental, energy, marketing, civil litigation, nonprofit, and business law, and we also provide legal services in a range of other related practice areas.
As a testament to our commitment to balancing profit and purpose, we are a Certified B Corporation®—having achieved rigorous standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability. This accomplishment displays that the mission which our firm was founded on, to make our community and world a better place, has continued to develop and grow.
