Jonathan Stephen Melton

About Jonathan Melton Jonathan Lambert-Melton is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and Certified Mediator for Family Financial Cases. Prior to joining Gailor Hunt Davis Taylor & Gibbs, P.L.L.C., Jonathan served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard A. Elmore of the North Carolina Court of Appeals; he focuses a portion of his practice specifically on family law appeals. Jonathan is an at-large member of the Raleigh City Council and Raleigh Mayor Pro Tem. He also serves as the chair of the City Council’s Economic Development and Innovation Committee and serves as the city’s representative to the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Jonathan has been selected as a North Carolina Rising Star by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers and elected to Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite in the categories of Family Law and Best Under 40 (“Young Guns”). In 2024, Jonathan was recognized in the Best Lawyers in America for family law. He was previously named in Raleigh Magazine’s “Thirty in Their 30s” and received the Triangle Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leadership Award. Jonathan was a chapter editor of the second edition of the North Carolina Family Law Case Book and has presented at continuing legal education seminars on family law-related topics. Education NC State University, 2008 (BA Political Science) NC Central University School of Law, 2011 (JD) Bar Admissions North Carolina Awards The Best Lawyers in America Family Law Business North Carolina Magazine Legal Elite: Family Law and Best Under 40 Super Lawyers North Carolina Rising Star Raleigh Magazine Thirty in Their 30’s Triangle Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leadership Award Clerkships Judge Richard A. Elmore, NC Court of Appeals Community Activities Raleigh Mayor Pro Team At-Large Councilor, Raleigh City Council Board of Directors, NC League of Municipalities Publications Aftermath of SCOTUS Marriage Equality Decision, Atty at L. Mag. N.C. Triangle, Vol. 3, No. 4, at 24 (2015) Links to Social Media LinkedIn Avvo Professional Associations and/or Memberships Certified Mediator for Family Financial Cases Wake County Bar Association NC Bar Association Phi Delta Phi