Melanie L Ryan

Melanie L Ryan

4.7
Rating: 8.0

Licensed for 18 years

Real estate Lawyer at Nutley, NJ
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business

9 Cottage Place, Nutley, NJ

About Melanie

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 40%

Preparation of Wills, Health Care DIrectives, POA's. Creation of Trusts; elder asset protection; planning for persons with special needs.

40%
Real Estate 40%

Representation of Sellers and Buyers in residential real estate transactions.

40%
Business 20%

Formation, dissolution, merger of small to mid size businesses. Contract enforcement. Dispute Resolution.

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in New Jersey for 18 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 2007

Active

No misconduct found

Location

The Law Office of Melanie L. Ryan

9 Cottage Place, Nutley, NJ, 07110

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Melanie L Ryan's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.7 /5.0

26 Client Reviews

Showing 1 - 5 of 10 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by Auguste | October 11, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Custody

I recommend to anyone to have her represent for the custody. " She has been helping me the last court date was. April, 2019. That was a big day for me. Thank you Melanie Ryan for represented me.

Posted by Jennifer | December 30, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Estate Documents

I recently hired Melanie Ryan to help me with estate documents, specifically an advanced health directive and my will. I never had either one in place and my situation was somewhat complicated, yet she did a wonderful job navigating all of the gray areas for me. She even consulted with a colleague t...o understand the intricacies of immigration law and referred me to speak with him as well. In terms of reaching her and scheduling an appointment, she responded almost immediately to my initial inquiry through her website and we set up an appointment for the following week. We spent an hour together during our free consultation where I gave her all the information needed and then over the next month, Melanie drew up a draft of each document and sent it to me for review. I returned the documents to her with requested info and any necessary edits. Shortly after I had my finalized documents in hand. I appreciated the professionalism and kindness displayed by Melanie overall. I will definitely recommend her and use her again in the future!

Posted by Scott | February 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Divorce Case

I hired Melanie to handle my divorce case. Because of her extensive background dealing with divorce settlements in the state of NJ.Melanie is very organized with her communication, paper work filing and handling any issue that has come up. I highly recommend Melanie for all forms of Law practice she ...provides.

Melanie Ryan

Replied last February 07, 2019

Thank you Scott! This was a particularly difficult divorce, but it was a pleasure working with Scott and making sure he got the parenting time and holiday time he deserved!

Posted by Auguste | February 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Custody

Melanie Ryan is very knowledgeable lawyer, and very patient, with me. She takes her time to understand every details from my custody case. I suggest or recommend anyone to her with no regret.

Melanie Ryan

Replied last February 07, 2019

It has been a pleasure dealing with you! It is very rewarding to achieve parenting time for a Dad who wants more time with his children.

Posted by anonymous | February 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Very Helpful!

Melanie wrote my will and health care directive with a very short turn around time! She explained to me everything that I needed to know and she even gave me a worksheet to help the process go smoothly. Her intern is a notary that was able to notarize my will at the final meeting. She truly does liv...e up to her slogan "Wallstreet services at main street prices." She was so kind and helpful!

Melanie Ryan

Replied last February 07, 2019

Thanks for the post!

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Business lawyer | May 10

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. She is very knowledgeable and thorough!"

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Experience

Rating:  8.0 (Excellent)

Honors

2014

Internation Public Debt Offering - Best Counsel, ABA Law Journal

Work Experience

2016 - Present

Attorney, The Law Office of Melanie Ryan

2014 - 2016

Director of Legal and Compliance, Draco Capital Markets

2001 - 2014

Director of Compliance, Banca IMI - Intesa Sanpaolo

1994 - 2001

Vice President, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

Associations

2016 - Present

NJSBA

Securities and Regulation Committee

2016 - Present

Nutley Chamber of Commerce

Member

2015 - Present

New Jersey State Bar Association

Solo and Small Firm Member

2015 - Present

Nutley Lawyers Club

Member

1995 - 2014

SIFMA

Member - Compliance & Legal

Education

2006

Rutgers, State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark

JD - Juris Doctor

1986

Temple University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2016

Monthly Meeting

Wills & Estates

2016

Careers in Law

Business Law

Languages

English

Activity

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