Biography:

Melissa D. Hendricks is a Kansas native, having grown up in Oakley, Kansas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated with her Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 2026.

While at Washburn, Melissa participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program and the Guardianship Assistance Program, served as a teaching assistant for the Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing program and participated on Washburn’s Transactional Law Competition Team, which won the national Wayne State Taft Transactional Law Invitational competition. She was also inducted into the 2026 Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization that recognizes excellence in oral advocacy and writing.

Melissa practices in the areas of estate planning, probate and elder law.