Caryn Rivett West

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Parks Zeigler, PLLC

Experience: 21 years

Estate Planning, Business Law and Real Estate Law

Top Lawyers - Wills and Estates, Avvo 10.0 Rating and 8 others

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Caryn was born and raised outside Buffalo, New York. Caryn’s first love and passion is reading and writing, which naturally led to a career in law. She attended the State University of New York at Geneseo, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Philosophy and English. From Geneseo, she moved South for warmer weather and attended Washington and Lee School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, graduating cum laude in 2002. During law school, Caryn was a member of the Editorial Board of the Washington and Lee Law Review.

Having visited her aunt and uncle in Virginia Beach during her childhood, Norfolk was a natural choice to move to after law school. Caryn obtained a clerkship with the Norfolk Circuit Court and spent her first year of practice learning the ropes of the courthouse. Caryn then worked for a small firm in Suffolk practicing residential real estate law, before spending over 10 years handling trusts & estate, business, and real estate cases in Norfolk. Most recently, Caryn gained hands-on experience in trust administration as a trust officer for a local investment bank. Caryn looks forward returning to private practice and fulfilling the lead Wills, Trusts & Estates attorney position at Parks Zeigler.

Caryn has been an active member of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association since 2002, becoming its President in 2018. She also serves as a Director and Treasurer of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association Foundation, which generally supports projects that enhance the image of and build trust in the legal system and also provides scholarships for high school students and law students. Caryn also serves on the Board of the Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council.

Outside of her practice of law, Caryn enjoys spending time with her husband, Marc, on long walks on the beach with their two yellow labs and boating when time and weather allows.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Virginia

Virginia State Bar
ID Number: 48713
Since 2012

Professional Experience

2019 - Current

Parks Zeigler, PLLC

Partner

2016 - 2019

AMG National Trust Bank

Trust Officer

2005 - 2016

Clarke Dolph Rapaport hull & Brunick, PCL

Partner

2003 - 2005

Saunders Barlow Babineau Riddick

Associate Attorney

2002 - 2003

Norfolk Circuit Court

Judicial Law Clerk

Education

1999 - 2002

Washington & Lee University

J.D.

1995 - 1999

State University of New York - College at Geneseo

B.A. (1999) | Philosophy, English

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Parks Zeigler, PLLC 4768 EUCLID RD Suite 103 Virginia Beach VA 23462 Telephone: (757) 453-7744

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Experience: 21 years

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Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

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