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Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

Family Law ▪ Estate PlanningDomestic Relations: Represent clients in family law matters including property valuation and division, custody, child support, alimony, paternity, modifications, and contempt actions. Draft agreements incorporating complex parenting plans and financial provisions. Negotiate settlements and advise clients through mediation. Conduct case analysis and develop strategic recommendations for new and prospective clients.Estate Planning: Develop comprehensive estate plans - including trusts, wills, powers of attorney, guardianship nominations, and health care proxies - customized to meet each client's needs and priorities. Assist in trust administration, including preparation of annual accounts.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Family Law ▪ Estate PlanningDomestic Relations: Represent clients in family law matters including property valuation and division, custody, child support, alimony, paternity, modifications, and contempt actions. Draft agreements incorporating complex parenting plans and financial provisions. Negotiate settlements and advise clients through mediation. Conduct case analysis and develop strategic recommendations for new and prospective clients.Estate Planning: Develop comprehensive estate plans - including trusts, wills, powers of attorney, guardianship nominations, and health care proxies - customized to meet each client's needs and priorities. Prepare illustrative flowcharts and written summaries to aid understanding of estate planning and administration options. Research and implement approaches to unusual estate planning circumstances, including non-U.S. citizen clients. Assist in trust administration, including preparation of annual accounts.

Greater Boston Area

Family Law ▪ Estate PlanningFamily Law: Divorce, prenuptial agreements, paternity, and post-divorce matters.▪ Developed intuitive tool to compile expenses and deductions for Rule 401 Financial Statement, with automated output of weekly figures; accommodates multiple intervals for recurring expenses and one-click reclassification; minimizes risk of client error and double-counting, helps identify outliers and duplicative entries, and streamlines subsequent adjustments and revisions.▪ Created template for long-term, multi-variable projections comparing support payment scenarios.Estate Planning and Administration: Routine review and revision of documents including trusts, wills, and powers of attorney. Drafted estate plan summaries and advisory memoranda. Produced illustrative flowcharts and tables to aid understanding of estate planning and administration options. Assisted in trust administration, including preparation of annual accounts. Conducted review of client files to identify recommended updates.

Boston, Ma

Practice focused on family law.Negotiated divorce agreements, including evaluation of mediated agreements for problematic terms. Analyzed evidentiary and procedural issues in domestic and international jurisdictions. Managed and organized discovery production and document review projects. Assisted in research, trial preparation and drafting motions, affidavits, and financial statements for firm’s New York clients.

Drafted speeches and print media statements for Rotary International senior officer and trustee of The Rotary Foundation. Tailored scripts for diverse engagements by incorporating location-specific research, adapting for cultural considerations, and optimizing for translation.Speech venues included: the United Nations, Rotary conventions, international training seminars, and regional meetings. Audiences included: philanthropists, business and political leaders, and delegates from non‑governmental organizations.

Bristol, Middlesex, Suffolk, And Worcester Divisions

Researched and drafted memoranda of law in areas including: division of marital assets, adjudication of paternity, termination of parental rights, child custody, support orders, modifications, jurisdiction, procedural issues, probate of estates, trusts, and general equity. Advised and assisted judges in drafting orders, judgments, and findings of fact. Compiled immediate research for judges during and following trials, hearings, and conferences. Provided guidance and support for incoming law clerks.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Journal of Law and Social Problems

Bachelor Of Arts (A.B.), Cum Laude, Major: English; Minor: Law And Society

Activities and Societies: Mortar Board/Der Hexenkreis honor society, Dean's List, The Quad (literary magazine), Chi Omega, Center.

Visiting Student, Law