Allison M. McCarthy

Partner / Trusts & Estates

Boston Office

617-880-3453

617-692-3453 fax

amccarthy@riemerlaw.com

Allison’s practice focuses on the area of trusts and estates. She is skilled at assisting families with the preservation and transfer of wealth through a variety of mechanisms, including prenuptial agreements, lifetime gifts, and estate plans. Allison assists clients in choosing and implementing estate planning techniques which best suit them, including revocable trusts, irrevocable insurance trusts, irrevocable gifting trusts, charitable trusts, and private foundations. Her practice also encompasses both estate and trust administration, including advising fiduciaries with administration and distribution issues. She also represents both fiduciaries and heirs in probate litigation matters.

Speaking Engagements

• Massachusetts Continuing Education Seminar: Crossover Issues in Estate Planning and Marital Dissolution, March 19, 2007
• Family Mediation Institute: Estate Planning and Family Law, October 15, 2004

Affiliations

American Bar Association

Boston Bar Association: Trusts and Estates New Development Committee Co-chair

Massachusetts Bar Association: Trusts & Estates New Development Committee

Women's Bar Association

Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2001

State of New York, 2001

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D., 2000

Saint Bonaventure University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1997