Melanie D. Cox was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2001, after graduating from The University of North Carolina School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington,.DC, in 1998, graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Academic All American (swimming).

Melanie grew up in Charlotte, NC and was an assistant district attorney for the 20th Prosecutorial District from 2001-2007 where she tried numerous jury trials and hundreds of bench trials. She then joined the law firm of Perry, Bundy, Plyler, & Long, LLP in Monroe, NC from 2007-2015, specializing in civil litigation.

In April of 2015, she and her husband, Chris Cox, opened Cox Law Firm, PLLC in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Melanie continues to focus her practice on family law, civil litigation, personal injury, wrongful death and municipal law. She and her husband Chris live in Waxhaw, NC with their two children.