Michele A. Shelton
mshelton@cainhibbard.com
Pittsfield
Tel 413-443-4771
Fax 413-443-7694
DD 413-629-1323
Michele grew up in Mahopac, New York, just north of New York City. She attended Tufts University in Boston where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, and then received a Masters degree in educational leadership at Central Connecticut State University. After working in higher education for two years, she went to work in the Massachusetts State Senate for the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Education, where she gained extensive policy expertise in K-12 education. In that role, Michele was active in shaping the 2010 Massachusetts education reform legislation as well as school bullying legislation. While working in the State House, Michele attended the evening program at Suffolk University Law School, graduating Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 2011.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Business and Banking
Real Estate
Non Profit law
Education law
EDUCATION AND CLERKSHIPS
Tufts University, magna cum laude
Central Connecticut State University, M.S. in Educational Leadership
Suffolk University Law School, magna cum laude
BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts
New York
MEMBERSHIPS
Berkshire Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
