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We are a client-focused and results oriented firm with experience in personal injury, probate, elder law and guardianship matters.. Attorney Frank Grimaldi has been in practive for over 20 years. During that time he has focused on the areas of estate planning, mental health law, will contests, fiduciary problems, guardianships,  conservatorships, probate of estates and real estate. In his ongoing effort to acquire a comprehensive understanding of these areas he has developed experience in real estate transactions, Medicaid planning, debtor/creditor law and foreclosures.   He has also served as a guardian, conservator, Guardian ad Litem and as counsel and Roger’s Monitor for persons receiving antipsychotic medication. He regularly receives appointments  from judges to help resolve financially complex and difficult cases such as those involving Electro Shock Therapy and end-of-life decision making. His everyday legal work provides for an array of client needs including representation of hospitals, families, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities and for mentally challenged persons caught up in the criminal justice system. Besides being an experienced litigator he has successfully participated in  Mediations and Arbitration always obtaining a financial award for his clients.

My practice concentrates in simple and complex estate planning,  elder law, including long-term care and Medicaid eligibility planning, special needs planning and probate and trusts administration.. I have a wide range of clients from single and married individuals with modest and high net worth estates; young and mature families desiring to develop efficient tax and succession planning strategies for unexpected incapacity and death; mature families (parents & adult children) desiring to preserve assets in the face of enormous long-term-care costs (nursing facilities, assisted living & home care) through asset protection strategies; and families with children, young and old, that have special needs who want to preserve government benefits yet provide them with financial stability and care management.

Anna is an estate planning attorney with over twenty years of experience. Her decision to establish her own firm stems from a desire to create estate plans that encompass more than just the transfer of tangible assets. Her life experience as a young widow revealed a need to pass on wisdom and values to help those left behind. Anna’s goal is to help her clients express their values and pass those on along with their assets with the lowest expense and tax impact possible.. Anna has been a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars since 1994. She began her career in tax at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service. Anna then worked at a large regional financial planning firm advising entrepreneurs and business owners in creating tax efficient stock option and investment strategies and advanced estate planning solutions. Subsequently, she was involved as a principal at an early-stage venture capital firm and served as corporate counsel to a business incubator.. In 2001 she founded the registered investment advisor company, Kirkland Advisors, LLC, which provided comprehensive tax, financial and investment planning to individuals. She entered private practice in 2005 and worked with a South Shore law firm advising individuals and small business owners to create estate and business succession plans and small business matters.

Experienced Elder Law attorney serving clients in Cambridge and surrounding areas.