Attorney Linebaugh has been of counsel with Crisp and Associates since 2013. With more than a decade of experience, she has used her writing talent and heart for our military servicemembers to passionately and successfully advocate for discharge upgrades, medical retirement benefits, clemency requests, non-judicial punishment matters, and CID amendments in all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Practice Areas
Discharge upgrades
Medical retirement benefits
Clemency requests
Non-judicial punishment matters
CID amendments
Bar Admission
State Bar of Maryland
Education
University of Baltimore, Cum Laude, 2008
Honors Contract Law Scholar and a published member of the Law Review
Professional Experience
Of Counsel with Crisp and Associates, Crisp and Associates, LLC, 2013 – Present
Email: mlinebaugh@crisplegal.com
Melissa Linebaugh graduated cum laude from the University of Baltimore in 2008. While in law school, Attorney Linebaugh was an Honors Contract Law Scholar and a published member of the Law Review. Attorney Linebaugh clerked for the Honorable John Phillip Miller of the Baltimore City Circuit Court after law school.
After clerking, Attorney Linebaugh practiced Social Security Disability law, successfully representing clients in hearings throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C. She then went into private practice, where she specialized in serving low-income clients in domestic matters such as custody, divorce, criminal law, and estate planning.
