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Scott Wittlin advises businesses on a wide range of issues that they may face. He provides his client’s with practical advice through the lifecycle of the business. Scott often assists his client’s with entity formation, joint venture agreements, the buying and selling of businesses and business assets and with raising capital. He also advises his business clients on a variety of tax issues.Scott works with non-profit entities; both public charities and private foundations, helping them to apply for and maintain their exempt status as well as guiding them with their corporate governance concerns.In addition, Scott helps individuals with estate plans that take advantage of tax benefits and maintain flexibility for the donors and beneficiaries. He also assists clients with the probate and administration of estates.Scott also represents real estate developers in connection with the purchase and development of office, retail and residential properties. He handles the acquisition, title, zoning and condominium conversion of such properties. Scott represents national banks, mortgage companies and investors in real estate transactions.Scott brings a breadth of experience to his practice. He began his career as a CPA and focuses on not only the legal needs of his clients but on their business needs. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Babson College and Suffolk's Sawyer School of Management teaching business law.

Richard L. Jones is a partner in Sullivan & Worcester LLP's Boston office. He concentrates on state tax litigation and transactional planning involving corporate, franchise, personal income, and sales/use tax matters. He has broad experience before the Appellate Tax Board, the Supreme Judicial Court, various state Departments of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service on a range of issues, including corporate nexus, domicile, apportionment, step transaction, and unitary reporting. Mr. Jones teaches State and Local Taxation at Northeastern University, Graduate School of Professional Accounting and frequently writes and speaks at seminars on state tax topics. He currently serves as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Tax Section, and recently served as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's State Tax Committee.. Bio here:

Prior to joining the firm as an associate in 2009, Matt clerked with Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster for a year and worked as a Title Examiner for Connolly Title Services and as a clerk for the law firm of Gold, Albanese and Barletti while attending law school.

Ms. Haralampu has extensive experience advising businesses, non-profit entities and individuals in employee benefits, executive compensation, tax, the federal health care requirements and related areas of law. In particular, she designs executive compensation and employee benefit programs, and provides counsel on ERISA matters, equity-based compensation such as ESOPs and stock options, , and related areas of tax and employment law. Her work involves counsel in many contexts, including corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and succession planning. She also counsels individuals on benefits issues related to estate planning and property settlements in divorce.. Ms. Haralampu represents employee benefits clients before the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor, and has contributed to the continued professional education of Massachusetts lawyers in a number of capacities. Ms. Haralampu is the current Chair of the Tax Law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association, she is past chair of the Boston Bar Association ERISA/Employee Benefits Committee, and has co-chaired the Tax Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Ms. Haralampu has been a contributing member of the Committee on Government Submissions of the American Bar Association and, in that capacity, has assisted the ABA in recommending policy changes in the federal tax and health care law. Ms. Haralampu speaks and writes extensively on various ERISA, HIPAA, employee benefits and tax matters, both to professional and lay audiences.. Ms. Haralampu is the author of the chapter on ERISA in the MCLE treatise, Massachusetts Employment Law, has served on a number of panels, and has written widely over the years. For example, she is published in Bloomberg BNA, National Law Journal, Boston Business Journal, Mass High Tech, Massachusetts Bar Association, and The Journal of Taxation and Investments. Ms. Haralampu sits on the Board of Directors for the New England Pension Assistance Project of the Gerontology Institute at University of Massachusetts Boston and is active in assisting that organization in its pro bono work. Ms. Haralampu has also served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the New England Conservatory where she was active in the Mentor program.

Ms. Burns has experience in the areas of estate planning, taxation, business succession planning and estate administration.. Ms. Burns advises clients on tax planning strategies, multi-generational wealth transfers and business succession planning;. Drafts estate planning documents including, but not limited to, wills, durable powers of attorney, revocable trusts, irrevocable insurance and generation-skipping trusts, qualified personal residence trusts and charitable trusts;. Assists executors and fiduciaries with estate and trust administration matters;

Jennifer D. Taddeo is a senior associate with Pabian & Russell, LLC, concentrating in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, business succession planning, trust and estate administration, elder law and long term care planning, as well as special needs planning. Ms.Taddeo provides services to individuals, families, fiduciaries, entrepreneurs and business owners. She is experienced in drafting wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and other estate planning documents. Ms. Taddeo assists clients with wealth transfer strategies designed to minimize overall estate tax liability while protecting beneficiaries from creditors. Her expertise in trust and estate administration extends to complex tax and disclaimer issues.. In addition, Jennifer is very active in the community. She is on the Board of Members and Board of Managers for the Hockomock Area YMCA. She is a lifelong member and supporter of the YMCA, as both she and her children attended the YMCA day care and summer camps. Jennifer is proud to advise on branch management and to help raise funds for the many ways in which the Hockomock Area YMCA impacts its community. Jennifer is also the Family Outreach Director of the Boston chapter of Team Red, White & Blue.  Team RWB is a national organization that brings together veterans and civilians to help veterans reintegrate into their communities through athletics and personal relationships.

I am a trial attorney practicing civil and criminal litigation in state and federal courts including the district, superior, and appellate courts as well as civil litigation in the Land Court.  My practice includes general business litigation, real property and title claims, tax abatements, brokerage disputes and employment law.  I have significant experience in criminal law as a former Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office prosecuting white collar crimes and homicides, and as a criminal defense lawyer with a Massachusetts firm before joining Bernkopf Goodman in 1981.  During my career, I have tried numerous jury cases, and have substantial appellate court experience, and have been a frequent participant in the resolution of cases through mediation.  Recently, I obtained a substantial jury verdict in Suffolk Superior Court in favor of a real estate brokerage firm, successfully represented a national title company in a lengthy arbitration proceeding involving a title dispute with a golf course owner, and on behalf of a securities firm and its broker, favorably resolved through mediation an investor’s claim filed in an arbitration proceeding with the Financial Industry Regulation Authority.

Douglas S. Stransky is the leader of Sullivan's International Tax Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on international tax planning for clients in a wide range of industries with a particular emphasis on U.S.-based clients investing in foreign jurisdictions. Additionally, Doug works with Sullivan’s Fintech & Blockchain Group, advising clients on the tax implications of multi-jurisdictional cryptocurrency and fintech-related ventures.. Doug is a former co-chair of the International Tax Committee of the Boston Bar Association, a member of the Board of Advisors for Practical U.S./International Tax Strategies, a contributing author for Lexis Practice Advisor and a member of the adjunct tax faculty at Boston University School of Law. Doug is also a frequent speaker at various conferences and webinars on international tax topics for Bloomberg Tax, Financial Executives International, Boston Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association.