Melissa
S.
VanZile
Melissa
S.
VanZile
- Executive Board Member/Shareholder
- Family Law
Professional Associations
- Past President, Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association, Past President
- Member of Richmond Bar Association, Member
- Member of Henrico County Bar Association, Member
- Past Member of Chesterfield County Bar Association, Member
- Past Board Member of Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, Member
- Member of Virginia State Bar
- Past Member of the Innsbrook Rotary Club
- Past Member of St. Joseph's Villa Flagler Home
- Past Board Member of Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
- Past Co-Chair of Annual Bench Bar Conference
Published Works
- 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: Commencing & Defending an Initial Custody Proceeding, Contributing Author, NBI, 2009
- 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
Honors
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly Influential Women of Law (2024)
- Top 50 Women Attorneys, Virginia by Super Lawyers (2018)
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law (2017-Current)
- Leader of the Law Award, Virginia Lawyer's Weekly (2016)
- Virginia Super Lawyers Family Law Attorney, Richmond Magazine (2013-Current)
- Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star, Richmond Magazine (2011-2012)
- Virginia Legal Elite Lawyer (2014,2015)
- Virginia Legal Elite Young Lawyer (2010)
- Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society
Classes & Seminars
- "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
- "Child Custody and Visitation," Richmond Paralegal Association Meeting, 2014, 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
- "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
Past Positions
- Partner at Hall & Hall, PLC (2004-2013), Partner, 2004 to 2013
Education
- University of Richmond, 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
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 2004
