Melaney LaGrone began her career as a police officer, working in Detroit, Michigan, for 10
years. Of those 10 years, she spent five years in the gang squad and another three at narcotics.
While working as a police officer, Melaney witnessed the disparity in atrocities suffered by
minority men. Such atrocities set her afire with the burning determination to make a change and
a difference. Melaney received her Master’s in Public Administration and went on from there to
attend Thomas M. Cooley school of law, a private law school in Lansing, Michigan. Attorney
Mel knows exactly how the officers and prosecutors work together to put minority men behind
bars. This knowledge encouraged her transition from prosecuting crimes to defending the men
accused of crimes because she believes in doing her part in keeping families together and making
sure that fairness and justice apply to all men.
Melaney LaGrone practices Immigration and Criminal Defense, where her focus is on minority
men, husbands, and fathers. 50% of her business is crimmigration, which is the intersection
between criminal law and immigration law.