Melody Piazza received her undergraduate degree and her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1982 and 1985, respectively.

Prior to joining Wilkes & McHugh, P.A. in 2001, Ms. Piazza practiced with the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney in Sebastian County from 1985 to 1987, and then in Pulaski County from 1987 to 2001, where she served as the Chief Deputy Prosecutor from 1996 until her departure.

Ms. Piazza is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. She is a member of the American Association for Justice; the Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee Bar Associations; the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association and the Bar of the Tennessee Supreme Court. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice's Nursing Home Litigation Group.