About Melanie
Melanie Friend practices family law at CowanGates, focusing on divorce, child custody and visitation, spousal support, child support, adoption, and prenuptial agreements. She is qualified as a guardian ad litem for children and is trained in collaborative divorce. She joined CowanGates in 2007 after a clerkship.
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Education
J.D.
William & Mary Law School
B.A.
Thiel College
Awards & Recognition
Virginia Super Lawyers
Family Law · 2022
Virginia Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers
2022
Virginia Super Lawyers
Family Law · 2021
Virginia Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers
2021
Virginia Super Lawyers
Family Law · 2020
Professional Associations
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar AssociationVirginia Collaborative ProfessionalsCollaborative Professionals of RichmondMetropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar AssociationLewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inn of CourtChesterfield County Bar AssociationRichmond Bar AssociationGreater Richmond Bar FoundationVirginia State Bar, Family Law SectionVirginia Trial Lawyers AssociationMS Society BikeVirginiaCancerLINC - Legal Information Network for Cancer
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