Melissa J. Lin

Melissa J. Lin is an associate at Geittmann Larson Swift LLP in Jackson, Wyoming. Her practice includes estate and tax planning, business planning, trust and estate administration, probate, and taxation. She works on matters that require careful coordination of family, business, and tax considerations. Before becoming a lawyer, she worked in management consulting, technology, and business development, experience that adds a commercial perspective to planning matters involving privately held businesses, family assets, succession concerns, and estate administration.

Lin earned a Juris Doctorate from Cornell Law School in 2021, graduating cum laude and serving as Publishing Editor of the Cornell Law Review. She received a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University in 2012. Her education combines legal analysis with study of organizations and labor relations, providing a useful foundation for work involving business planning, taxation, probate, and estates. She was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 2021 and began building her legal practice in Jackson.

Lin’s professional background includes a legal externship with Geittmann Larson Swift and a summer associate position with the Spence Law Firm in Jackson, as well as a summer associate role at King & Spalding in New York. Before law school, she worked as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting, in business development at a technology company later acquired by Amazon, and as a finance editor. Those roles contribute practical business and analytical experience to her estate, tax, probate, and business-planning work.

Melissa J. Lin brings legal, business, and analytical experience to clients handling estate planning, administration, probate, taxation, and business matters. Her current practice is well suited to situations where legal planning intersects with ownership structures, family goals, tax considerations, or the administration of trusts and estates. Her Cornell education and earlier consulting and technology work give her experience working with complex information and business decisions. She applies that background to practical planning and administration for individuals, families, and business clients.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Geittmann Larson Swift LLP
• Member, Wyoming State Bar

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

• Cornell Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Cornell University
  Bachelor’s degree in Industrial & Labor Relations

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