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I concentrate my practice on protecting elder and disabled clients and their assets. I regularly appear in probate court to obtain guardianship and conservatorship authority for family members whose loved ones are no longer able to make their own decisions, whether it is an elder who has been diagnosed with advanced dementia or Alzheimer's disease, a disabled child who is reaching adulthood, or someone who suffers a traumatic brain injury. I also work to avoid these scenarios by proper estate planning, such as wills, durable powers of attorney, health care proxies and medical care directives. I help protect assets through the use of trusts, transferring or re-titling property, and homestead protection. When the time comes, I also assist families in getting a proper personal representative appointed to administer the estate of their deceased loved ones. I advise the personal representative and the family in navigating the probate process and settling the estate, including selling real estate, negotiating the payment of debts, distributing any inheritance and resolving inter-family disputes. When necessary, I also litigate probate matters that cannot be settled among family members. I most frequently practice in Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk Probate Courts. My work is primarily aimed at helping my clients retain as much independence and control over their lives as possible. I served two terms  as a member of the Massachusetts PCA (Personal Care Attendant) Workforce Council, to which I was appointed by Attorney General Martha Coakley in 2009. The Workforce Council aims to improve the quality of care available to individuals who would be in a nursing home without the care provided by in-home care providers and to assist PCA users in obtaining and keeping qualified home care.Due to the nature of my clientele, I am always happy to meet with people at their homes or at the hospital or nursing home.

Attorney Jacqueline Voss Lees has been practicing law in Salem, Massachusetts for over 20 years. She operates a general practice law firm with a concentration in estate planning and administration, elder law, divorce, guardianship & conservators, estate taxation, real estate and small business organization.. Attorney Voss Lees gradutated from Providence College in 1987.  She earned her law degree (JD) in 1990 from Western New England College School of Law.  After almost 20 years of practice, Attorney Voss Lees decided to further her education and obtained her Master’s of Law Degree (LLM) in Estate Planning and Elder Law in 2010 from Western New England College School of Law.. Upon graduation from law school in 1990, she taught legal research and writing at her alma mater.  In 1991 she began working at the Law Office of Carl D. Goodan in Salem until January 2001.  In January 2001, she opened the Law Office of Jacqueline Voss Lees in Salem.  Attorney Voss Lees also is of counsel to the Law Office of Welch and Muzio.. Attorney Voss Lees is a member of the Massachusetts and Connecticut state and Federal bars.  She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.