ASWSU Student Legal Services

sls@wsu.edu | (509) 335-9539 | CUB 305 | WSU Involve

Office Hours

Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in CUB 305.

The office is closed during the first week of the semester and during finals week.  We are closed during the summer and winter breaks. SLS closes during university-recognized holidays and delays. During these breaks, the best way to get in contact with us is to email.

Meet Our Team

Office Staff

Who is Melissa

Melissa was born in Los Angeles County, California and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. She is a graduate of Whittier College, majoring in sociology and comparative cultures, with a minor in Spanish. Melissa holds advanced degrees in sociology from New York University and higher education administration from Ohio University. Prior to attending law school, Melissa worked with domestic violence service organization as a community educator and support group facilitator in Brooklyn, New York which inspired her to practice family law. 

Admitted to legal practice in Idaho and Ohio in 2005, Melissa's career has included civil and criminal law litigation, and workplace experience conducting discrimination and harassment training and investigations for employers and educational institutions and serving as an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator. Melissa joined the law firm in 2015 and became a shareholder in 2019. 

Melissa enjoys traveling with her spouse to visit friends across the globe, as well as their sizable families in Southern California and Southern Idaho. 

Who is Danelle

Danelle Forseth was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in a very small ranching community at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming. After high school, and in search of the Pacific Northwest, she attended Washington State University earning a degree in civil engineering, while working in the College of Engineering assisting programs for women and under-represented students. Upon earning her degree, she moved to Portland, Oregon and was employed as a consulting engineer on projects related to infrastructure improvements for large and small municipalities. Notwithstanding a satisfactory career as an engineer, law school beckoned. 

Danelle attended Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland and graduated with honors in 2004. After working at a construction litigation law firm, she and her husband made the decision to return to the Palouse and moved to Moscow, Idaho in 2006 to work, raise a family and enjoy a small-town quality of life. Thereafter, Danelle served as a law clerk for District Court Judge John Stegner and maintained a small practice as a solo practitioner. Danelle began working with Ron Landeck in 2011 and became a firm shareholder in 2014. 

Danelle enjoys the variety her general civil practice brings to her work and appreciates the opportunity to assist clients with their legal needs. 

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