Free Consultation
$0 first 30 minutes
About The Law Office of Melanie L. Ryan LLC
The Law Office of Melanie L. Ryan LLC was founded in 2015 by Melanie Ryan following her long career in the financial business in such roles as Operations Manager, Compliance Director and Counsel. Melanie brings twenty+ years experience working for U.S. broker dealers and investment advisors owned by international banks and interfacing with various regulatory bodies on behalf of her employers to The Law Office.
The Law Office seeks to capitalize on Ms. Ryan's financial markets and products knowledge to deliver quality, affordable legal services to other attorneys, small businesses and small to mid-sized broker dealers. Melanie offers such services as business formation, expert witnessing, outside legal opinions, regulatory consultancy and enforcement of debt judgements.
Melanie is a believer in "giving back" and "paying forward." Accordingly, she has assisted several 501(c) 3 charities with corporate formalities in the past. The Law Office accepts applications for and provides pro-bono legal services to certain charities.
For specific areas of practice, please click on the buttons below.
The Law Office is a LLC registered in New Jersey and Melanie is admitted to the New Jersey Bar and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
3
Practice Areas
Free Consultation
$0 first 30 minutes
Quickly connect with top attorneys through our legal directory to get help with your legal issue.
Chat with a live agent who can match you with the right attorney for your legal needs.
Chat withState: New Jersey
Acquired: 2007
No misconduct found
9 Cottage Place, Nutley, NJ, 07110
26 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 5 of 10 reviews | Recommendation
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 Ashley | May 10, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Family
Absolute Godsend
I absolutely without any doubt would hire Ms. Melanie again and would recommend anyone to hire her. She’s reasonable with her fees, will work with you to do her very best to help in every possible way, she’s thorough, I can’t praise enough how she helped my family stay together. She helped me get ove...
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.
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 Tracey | February 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
The Perfect Custody Lawyer.
Mrs. Ryan is a very knowledgeable and empathetic Lawyer. Simply put, she's good at what she does. She won my case with skill. She demonstrated her excellence in applying the laws which mattered for my particular case. She protected my interests to keep custody of my child with the skills of a surge...
Thank you for your very kind words! I enjoyed working with you and your family to resolve this matter and I don't think its a violation of attorney client privilege to say "GO BIRDS!!!"
Posted by Keshia | November 27, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
A Wonderful Attorney
My fiance and I found this lawyer and we were nervous. It was a custody case . We found Mel in short notice. She was wonderful and understanding. She won the case for us the first time we went to court. She wasn't just our lawyer but she seemed like she was a great friend. I recommend her to anyone a...
All the best Keisha! Happy Holidays!
2014
Internation Public Debt Offering - Best Counsel, ABA Law Journal
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
2016 - Present
NJSBASecurities and Regulation Committee
2016 - Present
Nutley Chamber of CommerceMember
2015 - Present
New Jersey State Bar AssociationSolo and Small Firm Member
2015 - Present
Nutley Lawyers ClubMember
1995 - 2014
SIFMAMember - Compliance & Legal
2006
JD - Juris Doctor
1986
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2016
Wills & Estates
2016
Business Law
English
Legal Answers
Legal Guides
How much taxes do I pay?
14 Jun 2020
Can i ask for receipts that the money i send her every week goes to our 3 month old baby girl? ?
08 Apr 2020
Shifty stock brokerage problems: what type of attorney, barred in what state?
29 Feb 2020