Dimitra Mella was born and grew up in Athens. She graduated from Arsakeio School of Athens and then she studied Law in the Faculty of Law at the Democritus University of Thrace. She maintains her Law Office in Alimos (564 Vouliagmenis Avenue) and she is an Αttorney at law at the Supreme Court of Greece (“Areios Pagos”). She is a member of the Athens Bar Association and the Family Law Company.
In 2008, Dimitra Mella became a Legal Advisor to ETHEL and in 2012 she became the Director of the Legal Service of OSY (both are large public utility companies in Greece, in the transportation field, with 6.000 of employees). She has been practicing law since 1999, establishing and managing the “Dimitra Mella & Partners” Law Office, one of the most specialized Law Offices in most areas of law, while assisted by experienced and capable partners.
Her legal work has been remarkable, as she undertook some of the most high profile criminal cases of the Greek Justice in recent years, which have been at the center of public opinion. Moreover, she has considerable experience in banking practice, having handled a bevy of cases assigned to her by the National Bank of Greece.
She is the mother of two boys, Peter and Konstantinos, 19 and 18 years old respectively.