BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts and Florida

EDUCATION
Jennifer received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Rosemont College in 2000. She is a 2003 graduate of Boston College Law School, and received the Boston College Graduate School Association Award for Outstanding Community Service. After receiving her J.D., Jennifer attained an LL.M. from Boston University’s Graduate Tax Program in 2006, graduating with her class’s highest cumulative GPA.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Jennifer is an active member of the Boston Estate Planning Counsel and is currently a Member of its Board of Directors (FY2024-2026). She is a member of the Boston Bar Association and was a member of The Boston Foundation’s Professional Advisor Network for its inaugural class (2009-2011). Jennifer was a volunteer attorney with Shelter Legal Services Foundation Inc. and served as a board member from 2009 through 2011. She has been a member of the Boston Probate & Estate Planning Forum since 2018. Outside of the legalì community, Jennifer was a middle and high school catechist with Sts. Louis & Zelie Martin Parish (2018-2020).

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
✔ Estate, Gift & Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax MCLE BasicsPlus: Joint Interests; Proceeds of Life Insurance; Powers of Appointment, MCLE, December 2025 (Presenter)
✔ Estate Administration Checklist, MCLE, March 2024, March 2025, & March 2026 (Presenter)
✔ Ethical Issues Estate Planners Encounter, MCLE, June 2022 (Presenter)
✔ Ethics of Managing Family Dynamics in Estate Planning, MCLE, June 2019 & June 2020 (Presenter)
✔ Estate Planning Symposium 2015, MCLE, June 2015 (Presenter)
✔ Estate Planning: Client Hypotheticals, MCLE, June 2015 (Presenter)
✔ Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts: An Overview of Drafting, Funding and Administering an ILIT, BBA, April 2015 (Presenter)
✔ Gifting Basics: Year-End Planning for the Estate Planner, BBA, December 2014 (Presenter)
✔ Death Bed Planning, MCLE, October 2012 (Presenter)
✔ Lessons from Turner to Protect Against IRS Challenges to FLPs, Estate Planning Magazine, Summer 2012 (Co-Author)
✔ Gifting Strategies, MCLE, May 2010 (Presenter)
✔ When is an Irrevocable Trust Not Really Irrevocable, Women’s Business Boston, May 2009 (Author)
✔ Pass Along your Family’s Business through Gifting, Women’s Business Boston, June 2008 (Author)
✔ The State Matters, Private Wealth Magazine, April/May 2008 (Co-Author)
Recognitions
✔ Accredited Estate Planner® Designation from the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (since 2023)
✔ Boston Magazine Top Lawyer (Trusts & Estates) - 2023
✔ 2020-2025 Best Lawyers in America® Recognition (Trusts & Estates) - 2020-2025
✔ Massachusetts Super Lawyers Recognition (Estate Planning & Probate) - 2020-2026

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