Elder Law Attorneys in Massachusetts

57 elder law firms in Massachusetts, by county and firm type.

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57 firms

FirmMilton, MA

Albanese Law, LLC

Serves 4 counties

Serves eastern Massachusetts from a main office in Milton with satellite offices in Brockton, Mashpee and Marshfield. Guides personal representatives and beneficiaries through probate and estate administration, handles will contests and disputes over executors and trustees, and takes guardianship and conservatorship cases. Consultations can be held at the office or at the client's home.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 487 Adams StreetMilton, MA 02186
Phone: (617) 698-2100

Free consultation

FirmLenox, MA

Berkshire Law Group

Serves 1 county

Serves Berkshire County from Lenox. Provides full representation for executors, personal representatives and trustees settling estates and trusts, including preparation of probate documents and estate tax returns. Formerly Almgren Law Group, founded by Paula K. Almgren, a Veterans Administration accredited attorney, with an RN care coordinator on staff for elder law clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 1 West StreetLenox, MA 01240
Phone: (413) 637-5075

Virtual consultations

Solo PracticeBeverly, MA

The Bernardin Law Firm, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County and Greater Boston from Beverly. Handles probate and estate administration through final accounting and closing, including estate, fiduciary income and inheritance tax returns, and acts as executor or trustee. Attorney Peter E. Bernardin is also a Certified Public Accountant and a past chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Probate Council.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 100 Cummings Center, Suite 217CBeverly, MA 01915
Phone: (978) 712-4378

FirmWaltham, MA

Beliveau Law Group, LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves Massachusetts from Waltham, concentrating on Greater Boston, with offices in New Hampshire and Florida. Guides executors, administrators and trustees through probate court proceedings, trust administration and distribution, and estate and fiduciary tax returns, and handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions. Founder David M. Beliveau is also a Certified Public Accountant.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 2 Winter Street, Suite 102Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (781) 890-8600

FirmSpringfield, MA

Bacon Wilson, P.C.

Since 1895 · Serves 2 counties

Serves the Pioneer Valley from offices in Springfield, Northampton, Amherst and Westfield. Handles probate for personal representatives, from petitioning the court on the will through the asset inventory and distribution under the will or the intestacy laws. Its estate planning and probate group is one of the largest in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningMedicaid Planning

Office: 33 State StreetSpringfield, MA 01103
Phone: (413) 781-0560

Solo PracticeHingham, MA

Baker Law Group P.C.

Serves 2 counties

Serves the South Shore, MetroWest and southeastern Massachusetts from offices in Hingham, Holliston, Brockton and Plymouth. Counsels executors, administrators, trustees and heirs through testate and intestate probate, trust administration, ancillary probate and wrongful death estates, prepares federal and Massachusetts estate tax returns, and represents parties in contested wills.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 72 Sharp Street, Suite A5Hingham, MA 02043
Phone: (781) 996-5656

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmHyannis, MA

Law Offices of Boyd & Boyd, P.C.

Since 1976 · Serves 5 counties

Serves Barnstable, Plymouth, Bristol, Norfolk and Dukes counties from Hyannis. Advises personal representatives and trustees through estate administration, trust administration, probate and settlement of estates, and prepares estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns. Founded in 1976 by F. Keats Boyd, Jr.; the initial strategy session is free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 1555 Iyannough Road, Suite 1B WestHyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 444-9688

Free consultation

Solo PracticePlymouth, MA

Law Offices of Brian E. Barreira

Since 1996 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Plymouth County, the Upper Cape portion of Barnstable County and southeastern Norfolk County from Plymouth. Guides personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, including estate taxes, and handles will and trust contests and challenges to fiduciary accountings. Initial consultations carry a fee; Zoom meetings are available.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more

Office: 118 Long Pond Road, Suite 206Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: (508) 747-8282

Virtual consultations

FirmWorcester, MA

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

Since 1914 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Worcester, Suffolk and Plymouth counties from offices in Worcester, Boston, Plymouth and Southborough. Administers estates and trusts, from Probate Court filings, inventories and annual accounts to estate tax returns and audits, and litigates contested wills, trust disputes and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Established in 1914.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 446 Main Street, Suite 1101Worcester, MA 01608
Phone: (508) 791-3511

Solo PracticeAshland, MA

Cali Law

Serves 1 county

Serves Framingham and Middlesex County from Ashland. Assists executors and court-appointed personal representatives through probate, from filing the will with the probate court to administering the estate, alongside wills, trusts, guardianships, conservatorships and Medicaid planning. Attorney Joshua Cali works on flat fees, with free consultations, evening and weekend hours, and virtual meetings.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more

Office: 60 Pleasant Street, Suite 4Ashland, MA 01721
Phone: (508) 252-8186

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmBoston, MA

Casner & Edwards, LLP

Serves 1 county

Serves Suffolk County from Boston, representing individuals, families, family charitable trusts and professional fiduciaries. Handles estate and trust administration, gift and estate tax returns and fiduciary services, with attorneys serving as trustees or personal representatives; colleagues handle will contests and other probate controversies. Every matter is partner-led.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 303 Congress StreetBoston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 426-5900

Solo PracticeCenterville, MA

Case Estate Law, P.C.

Serves 4 counties

Serves Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket and Plymouth counties from Centerville. Handles probate of wills and estates, from the petition to appoint an executor or administrator through inventory, creditor payment and final distribution, and helps successor trustees administer living trusts; it does not accept will contests. Initial consultations are complimentary.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 1645 Falmouth Road, Suite 1ECenterville, MA 02632
Phone: (508) 790-3050

Free consultation

FirmCotuit, MA

Cape Cod Elder Law Associates, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Barnstable County from Cotuit. Takes clients through probate administration from the appointment of a personal representative to paying last debts and distributing the estate, represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust administration, and handles guardianships and conservatorships, with a focus on older and disabled clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 5 Main StreetCotuit, MA 02635
Phone: (774) 602-5056

FirmGloucester, MA

Cannon Murray Law, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County, from Cape Ann to the Merrimack Valley, from offices in Gloucester, Topsfield and North Andover. Handles probate and estate and trust administration for families settling an estate, alongside wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid crisis planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 224 Washington StreetGloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 989-9999

Free consultation

FirmNewburyport, MA

Connolly & Connolly

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County from a restored circa 1806 Federal period house in downtown Newburyport. Handles estates, probate and trust administration, alongside wills, trusts, Medicaid trusts and estate tax planning with marital and credit shelter trusts. Attorney Grace Gonzalez Connolly speaks Spanish and French.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 51 Green StreetNewburyport, MA 01950
Phone: (978) 961-0047

FirmWakefield, MA

Curley Law Firm LLP

Serves the whole state

Serves Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties from Wakefield, meeting clients in person or by telephone or Zoom. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, and MassHealth applications and fair hearing appeals. Attorneys Patrick Curley and Lucy Budman are both Certified Elder Law Attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 1 Common StreetWakefield, MA 01880
Phone: (866) 406-8582

Virtual consultations

FirmWaltham, MA

Cushing & Dolan, P.C.

Since 1984 · Serves the whole state

Serves Massachusetts clients from Waltham and offices in Braintree, Hyannis, Westborough, Woburn and Longmeadow. Represents executors, trustees, conservators and beneficiaries in probate and estate administration, trust administration, estate tax returns, will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA, founded the firm in Boston in 1984.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 11 more

Office: 400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 400Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (888) 759-5109

Free consultation

Solo PracticeWorcester, MA

Daviau Law Offices, PC

Since 2011 · Serves 1 county

Serves Worcester and the surrounding Worcester County area from Worcester. Attorney Nicholas W. Daviau guides personal representatives through estate administration, assists trustees with trust administration, handles will disputes and breach of fiduciary duty claims, and petitions for guardianships and conservatorships. In-home and after-hours appointments are available by arrangement.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 255 Park Avenue, Suite 1000Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: (508) 425-4270

Free consultation

Solo PracticeEast Longmeadow, MA

David George Carlson, Attorney at Law

Since 1991 · Serves 1 county

Serves East Longmeadow, Springfield, Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Westfield and nearby Hampden County towns from East Longmeadow. Attorney David G. Carlson assists executors and administrators with filing, inventory, debts and distributions, and handles will challenges based on undue influence, capacity or fraud. In solo practice since 1991.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 200 North Main StreetEast Longmeadow, MA 01028
Phone: (413) 525-1313

Free consultation

Solo PracticeEast Longmeadow, MA

Douglas R. Peterson, Attorney at Law

Since 1985 · Serves 1 county

Serves East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Springfield, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Hampden and the rest of Hampden County from East Longmeadow. Attorney Douglas R. Peterson handles probate administration, probate litigation and contested wills, and offers private mediation for estate, probate and family disagreements. The office, established in 1985, offers in-home consultations by special arrangement.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 280 North Main Street, Suite 7East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Phone: (413) 525-3222

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Elder law attorneys in Massachusetts work the legal issues facing aging adults and their families: Medicaid planning for long-term care, drafting and updating durable powers of attorney and healthcare directives, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, special needs trusts, and asset protection. Many also handle probate and estate planning; elder law is the subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. The Massachusetts healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Massachusetts applies it, sets a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. An uncompensated transfer in the five years before the application (a gift, a transfer to a family member, a transfer to a trust that does not qualify) can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid does not pay for nursing home care. It is why Medicaid planning starts years before the care is needed, and why elder law exists as its own practice area.

Estate planning attorneys in Massachusetts average $387 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,161 to $2,322 for a simple individual will and $3,920 to $5,880 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Massachusetts will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Massachusetts, estates with personal property of $25,000 or less use the Voluntary Administration, 30 days after death, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Massachusetts probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Massachusetts, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the Massachusetts estate tax threshold of $2,000,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Elder Law Attorneys in Massachusetts

Elder law attorneys in Massachusetts charge $397 per hour, focused on Medicaid planning, long-term care funding, guardianship, and asset protection for aging families. The work is often time-sensitive: Medicaid eligibility has a 5-year lookback period, so planning typically needs to start well before nursing home care is needed.

Estate planning attorneys in Massachusetts charge $387 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,161–$2,322; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Massachusetts imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $25,000 in Massachusetts can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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Data sourced from Massachusetts statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

Free Massachusetts forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Massachusetts requires 2 witnesses for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Massachusetts requires explicit durability language for a power of attorney to survive incapacity, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Last Will and Testament

In Massachusetts, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Massachusetts: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Massachusetts runs $3,920 to $5,880 and a simple will $1,161 to $2,322, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

In Massachusetts, four years at a public university cost about $117,036 and the cost of living is 6% above the U.S. average; the state levies an estate tax above $2,000,000.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Massachusetts costs an estimated $27,714 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate. Estates under $25,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Massachusetts takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Massachusetts automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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