Melissa W Ashkani
At Virginia Estate Plans, PLC, we focus exclusively on estate, tax, and business succession planning.

The lawyers of Virginia Estate Plans, PLC have over a century of combined legal experience in these fields. You can be assured that your estate will be well planned.

Our sister law firm, Virginia Fiduciary, PLC, focuses on estate settlement and trust administration. With our expert advice and assistance, you can also be assured that your estate plan will be implemented exactly as created. For more information, visit Virginia Fiduciary, PLC.

We work closely with your other advisors to provide you with an estate plan appropriate to your unique circumstances. The firm is dedicated to automation and communication in the delivery of legal services. This enhances our ability to provide sophisticated estate planning for our clients at an affordable cost. At the same time, we never lose sight of the fact that estate planning is a very personal matter and that each client's plan must be individualized to meet his or her unique circumstances. We strive to meet each client's objectives with careful attention to the minimization of estate, gift and other taxes.

Serving all of Virginia with offices in Richmond, Williamsburg, Mathews and Lexington.

Melissa Walden Ashkani
Virginia Estate Plans PLC
7202 Glen Forest Dr #204
Richmond VA 23229
Tel: 804 592-3559
Fax: 804 497-5916
E-mail: mashkani@virginiaestateplans.com

Melissa brings a diverse background to her estate planning and estate and trust administration practice.

In addition to being an attorney, she is also a Certified Public Accountant (Virginia) and holds the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) designation from The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Melissa left Troutman Sanders to join Virginia Estate Plans. Before turning her attention to the full time practice of law, she was a Vice President of Davenport & Company LLC (1998-2004), where she provided estate, retirement, charitable planning, and investment advisory services. Previously, Melissa was a Tax Consulting Manager with Ernst & Young LLP (1992-1998), where she advised clients on income tax, retirement, charitable gift and estate planning. She is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Virginia State Bar and the Personal Financial Planning Section of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Melissa received her B.S. from George Mason University in 1987, and her J.D. from College of William and Mary in 1992.
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