Amanda Mueller

Amanda “Mandy” Mueller is a litigation attorney in the Columbia, South Carolina office of Melone Hatley, P.C., where she brings over a decade of experience advocating for families and children in complex legal matters. Mandy practices exclusively in family law, with her primary focuses on divorce, custody, child support, and military family law.  Mandy also serves as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem in contested custody cases and serves as a Mediator for others in their family law cases.

After graduating law school, Mandy served as a county attorney for the South Carolina Department of Social Services in Richland and Kershaw Counties, where she handled over a thousand abuse and neglect hearings, as well as provided training to community partners on child and vulnerable adult protection.

After leaving SCDSS, Mandy launched the Columbia office of a national law firm dedicated to domestic litigation. She successfully handled cases involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) and successfully defended contempt actions involving military retirement disbursements.

Prior to joining Melone Hatley, PC, Mandy practiced family law and was Partner at a local women-owned boutique law firm that focused on helping clients in the areas of employment law, civil rights, and education law.

A University of South Carolina School of Law graduate, she has also taught legal studies as an adjunct professor at South University’s Columbia Campus. Amanda holds advanced training from the National Family Law Trial Institute and is active in the South Carolina Bar’s Children’s Law Section and volunteers with the middle school and high school Mock Trial programs. She is also a graduate of the South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy and has served as an instructor for the Law School for Non-Lawyers program, providing an overview of child protection hearings. Her commitment to excellence in family law has been recognized by Columbia Business Monthly, which has named her among the Legal Elite of the Midlands in family law since 2020.