Melissa concentrates her practice in all areas of trust and estate law, including trust and estate litigation, estate planning, and trust and estate administration. 

Melissa represents individuals and families in designing, implementing and administering complex estate plans to help them achieve their overall wealth transfer objectives.  She assists her clients with estate planning, tax planning and business succession planning.

Her practice also extends to representing beneficiaries, individual fiduciaries, corporate fiduciaries and charitable organizations in disputed matters involving estates, trusts, fiduciaries, guardianships and fraudulent transfers. 

Melissa has experience advising clients on premarital planning, corporate structures, charitable planning and tax controversies and serves as administrative partner for the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department in the firm's Princeton office.