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Law Offices of Brian E. Barreira, Plymouth and Hingham, Massachusetts
37 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law, Tax Law
Massachusetts
Since 1996, the Law Offices of Brian E. Barreira in Plymouth and Hingham, Massachusetts have provided legal services to individuals, married couples, business owners, senior citizens, disabled persons and their families in the areas of estate planning, long-term care planning (including Medicaid or MassHealth applications and fair hearing appeals), governmental benefits planning (including SSI), estate and gift tax matters and Probate Court issues (including estates, trusts, guardianships and conservatorships). Brian is dedicated to providing the highest level of legal expertise to clients while attempting to keep matters as simple as possible to hold clients' overall costs down. Brian received his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1984. Later, while practicing law, he enrolled part-time in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law, where he attained a Master of Laws in Taxation in 1990. An early leader in the development of elder law as a specialty, Brian served for 6 years as the first Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the American Bar Association's General Practice Section. He has also served as President, Treasurer and Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Attorneys, and as Chair of the Committee on Long-Term Health Care Issues of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section. Among Brian's diverse experiences, he has served as a background source on elder financial abuse reports for the Boston Globe Spotlight Team and 60 Minutes; as an undercover informant for the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office in shutting down an organization that was fraudulently selling trusts to senior citizens; and as an expert witness in a recent case opposing the fees of two lawyers who attempted to charge over $500,000 for an 83-day temporary guardianship. Brian has been published nationally numerous times in such legal journals as Estate Planning, Probate & Property View More ›
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information My offices always charges for initial consultations. (You may not like the idea of paying for the first meeting, but do you really want your estate planning lawyer to essentially be on commission?)
English: Spoken, Written
LL.M. | Taxation
J.D. | Law
B.S. | Operations Management
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1998 - Current
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1991 - Current
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1990 - Current
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1986 - Current
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1986 - Current