267:) his entire career. For the first two years after his admission to the Virginia bar in 1961, Melnick was a part-time assistant district attorney under Commonwealth and County Attorney Bill Hassan, which also caused him to be the assistant city attorney and advise the County Board and department heads. He also practiced law with Ken McFarland Smith and David Kenny, but eventually established his own private legal practice, which came to specialize in probate law. Jack Melnick also served 25 years as a commissioner in chancery of the Arlington County Circuit Court, and as president of the Arlington Bar Association, as well as on a local drug task force, the Arlington Police Trial Board (chairman), Virginia State Crime Commission, Energy Crisis Commission, Commission on Speedy Trials and the county Legislative Advisory Committee. He taught criminal law and criminal evidence for eight years at the George Washington University Law School across the Potomac River.
307:(who reminded some voters of Lane's role in Massive Resistance). Melnick's major accomplishment as a legislator was establishment of the Virginia Crime Victims Compensation Fund, based on models in England, New Zealand and several other states. It was funded primarily by federal grants, and later financed forensic laboratory tests of sexual assault evidence kits as well as responses to mass shootings. The original plan limited reimbursements to $ 10,000 per victim, but by the time of Melnick's death, the limit had been raised to $ 25,000.
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