Top Estate Planning Lawyers Near Me in Wakefield Area

Sharna has built a heart-centered practice and works with many individuals and families who understand the need for careful and skillful planning to protect their assets and care for their families. She understands that “caring for family” has a unique meaning to each client she works with. Sharna is invested in getting to know each client and their family to better understand them and advise on an estate plan.She focuses on all phases of planning from individual, young families, sandwich generation families who are raising children and caring for elderly parents as well as individuals heading toward retirement. She provides guardianship appointments for minors, trust planning, and tax planning.. Part of her practice focuses on Elder law where she handles planning for Long-Term Care/skilled nursing facilities. She handles both advanced planning and crisis planning for clients with an acute need for Medicaid benefits.Sharna represents start up and small business from inception to wind up. She understands that personal planning and business planning go hand in hand. She ensures the two pieces work together as intended by the clients. She is a trusted advisor when it comes to incorporation, business succession planning, contracts and employer advising.. Her practice is built on deep relationships with her clients. She has become a trusted advisor because she understands the need to balance the emotional components with the legal ones.. The key to her success is the relationships she has built to work closely with professional partners such as financial, insurance, retirement and tax advisors as the client benefits most from an integrated team approach. Her lengthy experience in real estate and probate have proven to be an invaluable resource in developing customized plans that meet clients’ current goals and provide solutions for the future considering diverse assets, evolving family dynamics or family crisis.. Sharna handles one of the most important, difficult and emotionally charged tasks on anyone’s To Do list. Her goal is to educate her clients and give them peace of mind. By bringing competence and compassion, she has been successful in providing an experience that makes clients feeling fully supported and less anxious about the planning process.

Former prosecutor with 35 years experience in criminal law and related litigation.  Experience in all Second Amendment matters.

Attorney Patrick G. Curley is an Elder Law and Asset Protection Specialist. He focuses his practice on protecting clients’ homes, savings, and independence – whether planning in advance or in a crisis.. After graduating as Valedictorian at Wakefield High School, Patrick earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree in 1997 from the University of Michigan Law School, among the top 10 law schools in the country.. Patrick leads Curley Law Firm LLP, one of the premier Estate Planning and Elder Law firms in Massachusetts and one of only three firms in the state that offers two Certified Elder Law Attorneys on the team. Under Patrick’s leadership, the firm has grown to include three Attorneys and four professional staff – with over 50 years of combined legal experience in Elder Law. The firm serves seniors and their families with a full range of Estate Planning and Elder Law services as well as younger families requiring Trust protection for minor children or Estate Tax planning.. Patrick is one of fewer than two dozen Certified Elder Law Attorneys* in MA. He earned this distinction by completing a process that requires years of focused Elder Law and Estate Planning practice, a full-day Bar-style Exam, extensive continuing legal education, and multiple peer references from other expert Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorneys.. Patrick was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers every year since 2011.  Selections are made by Super Lawyers based upon peer nominations and research, comprehensive evaluation, and further peer review within the attorney’s primary area of practice.. A member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Mass. NAELA), Patrick helps lead this distinguished organization of more than 500 Massachusetts attorneys focused on improving the lives of seniors and disabled individuals. Patrick is a member of the leading local and national Elder Law and Estate Planning associations including National NAELA, WealthCounsel (a national organization of Trust and Estate Attorneys who design sophisticated planning techniques), and ElderCounsel (a national organization of Medicaid and Asset Protection Planning Attorneys). He frequently participates in national and local conferences with the leading attorneys in the country. Because of his recognized expertise, Patrick is a frequent speaker, writer and television commentator on Elder Law and Estate Planning topics.. Patrick proudly volunteers as Treasurer of the Accelerated Cure Project, a non-profit pushing for better treatments and a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Patrick especially enjoys his time with his wife, Erin, who is a public school teacher, and their son Alan.. *The National Elder Law Foundation (NELF) is the only national organization accredited by the American Bar Association to certify attorneys in Elder Law. NELF is a private organization, whose standards for certification are not regulated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

As a practicing Attorney for 34 years, Attorney Janice Nigro has established a diverse civil practice, concentrating her practice in estates, from the planning phases of drafting wills and trusts, to the administration of an estate or trust following the death of a loved one, as well as assisting clients when problems arise such as challenges to the will or complaints regarding the handling and distribution of the estate or trust.. Known both for her deep legal knowledge and willingness to share her expertise and time, she is a leader in the legal community.  She was  selected as a 2012 Top Women of Law honoree by Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly, and was honored as one of 50 women who have made “great professional strides and demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in private practice, the corporate arena and social advocacy.”  As the past Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Probate Council, Attorney Nigro was a member of a unified team of practitioners, clerks and judges to facilitate the implementation of new probate laws know as the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, which has significant impact on how people plan their estates, as well as the administration and distribution of an estate. Highly regarded by members of the court staff and her peers, Attorney Nigro has developed and served as faculty for many seminars on the new probate laws as well as other topics.  She was honored by the Massachusetts Bar Association for her volunteer efforts to educate fellow bar members and greater legal community on the changes in probate laws. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for the years 2012--to current. She is Co-Chair of the MBA Annual Probate Law Conference which brings over 500 Probate Judges and Attorneys together to confer on recent changes in the law and timely probate topics.. “We provide our clients with the information, guidance and zealous advocacy they need to attain their personal and business goals,” Attorney Nigro said. “We adopt our clients’ causes as our own and are completely dedicated to their the depth and breadth of knowledge shared by our teams in Wakefield and Newburyport, we offer our clients comprehensive, thoughtful legal counsel that allows them to make informed decisions regarding their personal and business goals,” Attorney Nigro added.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wakefield and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wakefield and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wakefield and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wakefield and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wakefield and surrounding areas.