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Beth established her current law practice in Newtonville, MA in 2001.  While her career is focused in law, her social work background has informed her connection with clients, child-focused family law work, and ability to finesse complex family dynamics. In addition to her solo practice, Beth became Of Counsel to the firm of Skylark Law & Mediation, P.C. in Framingham, Massachusetts in 2013, where she handles estate planning, probate, and family law matters.. Prior to law school and graduate school, Beth obtained her BA in psychology from Georgetown University and subsequently worked with residential autistic children at The League School of Boston.  She has drawn on this experience, as well as prior internships at the Boston School for the Deaf, Supreme Judicial Court Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, and legal office of the Department of Children & Families, for insight in shaping estate plans and parenting plans for families addressing special needs.  Beth’s estate planning practice has also included work with small or family-owned businesses, step-families, and same-sex families to create sound plans of business succession and estate tax planning.  Her probate work includes representing clients through every step of the probate process, from initial appointment as Personal Representative (formerly called Executor) to final account and estate closure.. Beth strives to assist clients in family law and probate matters in achieving out-of-court resolutions, in order to help clients avoid prolonged, expensive, and contentious litigation.  To this end, Beth is a trained mediator, mediating divorces, parenting plans, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, multigenerational/elder issues, and probate matters. Beth also represents individuals who are in mediation, conciliation, or arbitration with another neutral, and represents individuals in Collaborative Law for divorce and probate matters.  Beth’s family law practice also includes adoption, guardianships of minors and adults, and appointments as a Guardian ad Litem child custody investigator.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newtonville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newtonville and surrounding areas.