Melissa

S.

VanZile

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Biography

Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association, President
American Bar Association, Member
Richmond Bar Association, Member
Henrico County Bar Association, Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association, Member
Metropolitan Women's Bar Association, Board Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, Past Board Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, Annual Bench Bar Conference, Co-Chair
Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, Member
Virginia State Bar, Member

Third Party Custody and Visitation, VA Lawyer’s Weekly, 2017
The Evolving Realm of Family Law – Non-Traditional Family Units – Melissa S. VanZile, NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2010
Child Custody and Visitation: The Interplay of Statutes on Parental Rights, Responsibilities, and Parent/Child Content: Commencing & Defending an Initial Custody Proceeding, Contributing Author, NBI, 2008 - 2009
Relocation and Custody and Visitation, Bench Bar Conference, 2007
Changes to Child Support Deviation Factors: It’s Effect on Antonelli and It’s Progeny, Bench Bar Conference, 2006
Cross Examination of Experts in Custody Cases, Bench Bar Conference, 2005
Child Custody and Visitation: Commencing & Defending an Initial Custody Proceeding, Contributing Author, NBI, 2009

"Grandparents and Third Party Custody and Visitation," Richmond Legal Staff Association, 2015
"Financial Planning in Divorce," Financial Planning Association of Central Virginia Chapter Meeting, 2014
"Custody and Visitation," Richmond Paralegal Association Meeting, 2014
"Drafting Separation Agreements, The Who, What, Where, When and How,"Virginia Trial Lawyer's Association, Seminar for Paralegals, 2011
"Child Custody and Visitation," Richmond Paralegal Association, 2011, 2014
"The Evolving Realm of Family Law-Non-Traditional Family Units," NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar, Speaker, 2010
"Child Custody and Visitation - The Interplay of Statutes on Parental Rights, Responsibilities and Parent/Child Content," Commencing & Defending an Initial Custody Proceeding, NBI Seminar, Speaker, 2009

University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
- J.D. - 2004
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- B.A. - 2001
- Honors: Political Science Scholastic Honors Society
- Major: Political Science