FirmWakefield, MA
Since 1945 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Middlesex and Essex counties from offices in Wakefield and Newburyport. Represents personal representatives and trustees through estate and trust administration, from appointment petitions to inventories, accounts, and estate tax returns, and litigates will contests and trust disputes. Founded in 1945; its elder law attorneys also complete MassHealth applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 599 North Avenue, Door 10Wakefield, MA 01880
FirmMelrose, MA
Serves 1 county
Serves Middlesex County and North Shore families from Melrose. Administers estates after a death, gathering assets, paying debts and taxes, and distributing to heirs, and litigates contested wills, trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships. Founder Michael A. Stankavish is a former co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Elder Law and Disability Committee.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 6 more
- Office
- 610-A Main StreetMelrose, MA 02176
FirmNatick, MA
Since 2010 · Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Massachusetts from offices in Natick and Northampton, with meetings held online. Guides personal representatives through probate, from valuing estate property to estate tax returns and distribution, and administers trusts through court and tax filings and beneficiary accountings. Founded in 2010 by Tiffany A. O'Connell, a Certified Elder Law Attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 3 Eliot StreetNatick, MA 01760
FirmTaunton, MA
Since 1987 · Serves the whole state
Serves Bristol and Plymouth counties from Taunton, with offices in Fall River, Dartmouth and Plymouth and two in Rhode Island. Handles probate and estate administration, intestate estates, real estate in probate, will contests, and trust administration and trust disputes such as breach of fiduciary duty and trustee removal. Spanish and Portuguese services are available.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 4 Court StreetTaunton, MA 02780
Solo PracticeWest Yarmouth, MA
Serves 1 county
Serves Barnstable County from West Yarmouth on Cape Cod. Guides personal representatives through probate and trustees through trust administration, and handles will and trust contests, guardianship and conservatorship petitions, and partition of inherited real estate. Chantal Hayes Rice also mediates estate and trust disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
- Office
- 23 East Main StreetWest Yarmouth, MA 02673
FirmBoston, MA
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Massachusetts from Boston's Financial District at 92 State Street. Handles probate, will contests, trust administration, trust litigation and asset distribution, and its attorneys act as executors, administrators and trustees. Estate planning covers wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, business succession, Medicaid planning and gifting.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 92 State StreetBoston, MA 02109
FirmSpringfield, MA
Since 1969 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Hampden and Hampshire counties from Springfield and Northampton. Litigates will contests, contested guardianships, fiduciary removal and breach of duty claims, accountings and claims against probate estates, alongside estate planning and elder law. Established in 1969; Michele J. Feinstein and Carol Cioe Klyman co-authored the third edition of Massachusetts Elder Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 8 more
- Office
- 1441 Main Street, Suite 1100Springfield, MA 01103
FirmBoston, MA
Serves 1 county
Serves Suffolk County from Park Plaza in Boston. Handles probate, estate administration and trust settlement, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and MassHealth applications and fair hearings; its attorneys also serve as independent trustees. Founded and led by Scott E. Squillace, with concentrations in LGBTQ and international estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
- Office
- 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1115Boston, MA 02116
FirmNew Bedford, MA
Serves 3 counties
Serves Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable counties from offices in New Bedford, Easton, Plymouth and Hyannis. Handles estate administration, probate and trust administration, alongside elder law, MassHealth planning and special needs planning. Managing partners Daniel M. Surprenant and Michelle D. Beneski are Certified Elder Law Attorneys; meetings are held in person or virtually.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 35 Arnold StreetNew Bedford, MA 02740
Solo PracticeWorcester, MA
Serves 2 counties
Serves Worcester and Middlesex counties from Worcester, including Fitchburg, Leominster, Marlborough, Hudson, Shrewsbury and Westborough. Attorney Kristina R. Vickstrom handles probate and estate administration, guardianship and conservatorship, and MassHealth applications and appeals, alongside estate planning and special needs planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 3 more
- Office
- 255 Park Avenue, Suite 507Worcester, MA 01609
FirmSomerville, MA
Serves 2 counties
Serves clients in Somerville, Cambridge, Burlington and Andover from Somerville. Handles probate administration, trustee services once a trust takes effect, guardianship and conservatorship, and fiduciary litigation when a will or trust is contested, alongside special needs planning and MassHealth applications and appeals. The attorneys are Christina T. Vidoli and Michael R. Couture.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 265 Medford Street, Suite 301Somerville, MA 02143