Melanie Ritter takes great pleasure in being able to assist families with their legal needs especially in the areas of special needs planning involving special needs trusts, protective arrangements, guardianships, probate and estate administration.

Melanie currently works at Manes & Weinberg advocating for people with special needs. Melanie is a fomer associate with the Law Offices of G. Emerson Dickman and is a former judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Marguerite Simon and Judge Peter Doyne in the Chancery and Probate Divisions of the Bergen County Superior Court. 

Melanie graduated University of Maryland-College Park, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice.  Melanie received her law degree from Seton Hall Law School where she was a president of the Student Honor Council.

Melanie is a member of Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains. She enjoys spending time with her children in her free time.