Mele Havili
Partner
Forms companies and writes the contracts they live by.
Mele grew up in her parents’ catering kitchen, folding boxes before school and listening to her father argue with suppliers on the phone. She went to law school meaning to be a tax lawyer and came out wanting to sit on the owner’s side of the table.
She started the firm with Eleni to offer what her parents never had: a business lawyer who names the fee first and answers the phone. She handles formations and contracts, and reads every lease as if her family had to sign it.
What Mele handles
- Forming LLCs and corporations
- Operating agreements
- Commercial leases
- Customer and supplier contracts
- Demand letters
Mele’s admissions and schooling
Bar admissions
Utah State Bar
2011
Courts
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
2012
Education
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
J.D.
Utah State University
B.S., accounting
Languages
English
Tongan
Memberships
Utah State Bar, Business Law Section
Working with Mele
Mele’s first meeting is mostly questions: who owns what, who signs, where the money goes. She writes the answers down and sends them back to you, so you can correct her before any drafting starts.
She prefers video for meetings and the phone for quick questions. Owners on a deadline can send a contract in the morning and expect her notes the same week.
Bring Mele the worry
A short first call, then the fee in writing.