Melissa Kucinski is a U.S.-based international lawyer who has spent her career working in the field of family law. Melissa has been a lecturer in International Family Law at George Washington University School of Law since 2010, and currently sits as co-chair for the NYSBA International Family Law Committee and the AAML International Issues Committee. She is also a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. She has served on international delegations for the U.S. government and International Social Service on topics related to the Hague Child Abduction Convention and cross-border mediation. 

Melissa is also a seasoned author, writing the seminal handbook for practicing lawyers on representing children in their parents’ custody cases. She co-authored Family Law Across Borders for West Academic. She authored a chapter in a treatise on the Hague Conference’s work in international family mediation and numerous scholarly articles on international family law.