Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  These allow you to appoint someone you know and trust to make your personal health care and financial decisions even when you cannot. If you are incapacitated without these legal documents, then you and your family will be involved in a probate proceeding known as a guardianship and conservatorship. This is the court proceeding where a judge determines who should make these decisions for you under the ongoing supervision of the court.

Business and Corporate Law

• Limited Liability Companies

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  Bianca L. Huntley joined the firm in July 2016. She specializes in Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Medicaid applications for seniors needing long-term care. Other responsibilities within the firm consist of scheduling appointments, guardianships/conservatorships and real estate sales. She prides herself in always putting the client’s best interest first along with having a very keen attention to detail. Bianca is also a licensed Massachusetts Notary Public.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Self-Settled Special Needs Trust: Generally created by a parent, grandparent or legal guardian using the child’s assets to fund the Trust (e.g., when the child receives a settlement from a personal injury lawsuit and will require lifelong care). If assets remain in the Trust after the child’s death, a
• Medicaid Planning
  Revocable Living Trusts • Wills • Powers of Attorney • Living Wills • Healthcare Power of Attorney • Life Insurance Trusts • Family Limited Partnerships • Limited Liability Companies • Corporations • Charitable Trusts • Medicaid Planning • and Other Estate Planning and Tax Planning Strategies

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Estate Planning Attorney serving Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Lunenburg, Ashburnham, Westminster, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, and ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN.
• Wills
  Your last will and testament is just one part of a comprehensive estate plan. If a person dies without a Will they are said to have died “intestate” and state laws will determine how and to whom the person’s assets will be distributed. Some things you should know about wills...
• Trusts
  Special Needs Trusts:  For many parents, a Special Needs Trust is the most effective way to help their child with a disability. A Special Needs Trust manages resources while also maintaining the child’s eligibility for public assistance benefits.
• Power of Attorney
  Sometimes called an Advance Medical Directive, a living will allows you to state your wishes in advance regarding what types of medical life support measures you prefer to have, or have withheld/withdrawn if you are in a terminal condition (without reasonable hope of recovery) and cannot express your wishes yourself. Oftentimes a living will is executed along with a Durable Power of Attorney for Health care, which gives someone legal authority to make your health care decisions when you are unable to do so yourself.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Trusts come in many “flavors,” they can be simple or complex, and serve a variety of legal, personal, investment or tax planning purposes. At the most basic level, a trust is a legal entity with at least three parties involved: the trust-maker, the trustee (trust manager), and the trust beneficiary. Oftentimes, all three parties are represented by one person or a married couple. In the case of a revocable living trust, for example, a person may create a trust (the trust-maker) and name themselves the current trustees (trust managers) who manage the trust assets for their own benefit (trust beneficiary).