Melissa Wheeler Hoff

Melissa Wheeler Hoff was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 1, 2014, and holds an active license under bar number 300883. She earned her law degree at Santa Clara University School of Law, and her State Bar record notes membership in the Family Law Section of the California Lawyers Association.^[1]

Hoff practices through High Vibe Mediation, LLC in Newport Beach, where she works as a neutral mediator and negotiation coach in divorce and child custody matters; on the firm's site she practices under the name Melissa Wheeler Farag. The site states that she worked as a family law litigator for about a decade before focusing on mediation, guiding clients through settlement discussions, evidentiary hearings, and long-cause trials.^[2]

Her training described on the site includes the 40-hour Family Law Mediation training with Mosten Mediation (2020), Insight Mediation training (2025), and certification as a Co-Parenting Specialist (2025). She earned her bachelor's degree in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.^[2]

The site also notes that she volunteers as a small claims mediator for the Orange County Superior Court through the Groundswell nonprofit, belongs to groups including the Amicable Divorce Network, the Southern California Mediation Association, the Association of Attorney-Mediators, and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators, and hosts the High Vibe Divorce podcast.^[2]