Mediation
Bean & Bean, LLP provides effective and client friendly mediation services specifically tailored to each client’s needs. Melanie D. Bean, our principal mediator, is dedicated to achieving a confidential and mutually agreed upon settlement resolution. She obtains this via a good faith exploration of a variety of options that present the better alternative to a court ordered judgment. Services may be provided at our office, or we can travel to a location that is convenient for the parties involved.
Melanie has more than sixteen years experience as a personal injury litigation attorney on both sides of the docket. Following is her curriculum vitae which briefly highlights her areas of expertise:
Legal Experience / Employment:
- 1999 - present
- Bean & Bean, L.L.P., Founding Partner
- Extensive personal injury trial experience in Workers’ Compensation, Construction Law, Oilfield Accidents, Premises Liability, Toxic Tort Liability (Asbestos & Benzene), Environmental Law, Products Liability, Automobile Collisions, Heavy Truck Litigation, Load Securement/Cargo Litigation. Also practices Family Law.
- Bean & Bean, L.L.P., Founding Partner
- 1995 - 1999
- Hanen, Alexander, Johnson & Spalding, Associate
- Primary focus on medical malpractice defense litigation.
- Hanen, Alexander, Johnson & Spalding, Associate
- Prior to 1983
- Margraves, Schueler & Parker, Paralegal/Legal Secretary
- Womens’ Health Assoc., Inc., Medical Assistant - Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Roland E. Lomar, M.D., Medical Assistant - Cardiology & Internal Medicine
- Holiday Inn, Hotel Manager; Food & Beverage Manager
- Alenco, Customer Service Representative
Education:
- University of Houston Law Center, Blakely Advocacy Institute, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center (2002)
- University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1994)
- Houston Baptist University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990)
- Texas Christian University (1970 - 1972)
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts, Southern & Eastern Districts of Texas
Memberships:
- Houston and American Bar Associations
- State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Law, Insurance, Litigation)
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute, Inc.