Kirkpatrick & Lockhart's Boston Office Expands Trusts & Estates Practice Group.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2002 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP ("K&L") is pleased to announce the expansion of its Trusts & Estates and Probate Litigation practice with the additions of George L. Cushing and Stephen G. Howard as partners and Kimberly K. Ryan and Kathleen A. Lind as associates. Mr. Cushing concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, and estate settlement and probate litigation. He has extensive experience with sophisticated wealth transfer techniques as well as a variety of sophisticated arrangements involving life insurance and trusts. Mr. Cushing's probate litigation practice covers both contested and uncontested matters. In contested litigation matters Mr. Cushing frequently coordinates with the Probate Litigation attorneys and deploys his knowledge and skill through a combined team of case specialists. Mr. Cushing views his transition to K&L as "a great opportunity to provide comprehensive trust, estate, tax and litigation advice to national and local institutional clients, fiduciaries and individual clients who seek the very best in high quality legal service." Mr. Cushing is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, where he is currently a member of its Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. , the governing body of the college, as well as a former chairman of its Fiduciary Income Tax Committee. The Boston Business and Estate Planning Council named Mr. Cushing the Estate Planner of the Year for 2001. He earned his J.D. and his B.A. from Harvard University, and served in the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. . He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and the Federal District Court District of Massachusetts. Mr. Howard, a trial lawyer with fourteen years of experience, has a litigation practice focused on complex trust and estate litigation matters. Mr. Howard represents institutional, corporate and individual clients and fiduciaries with diverse and demanding litigation needs. He has represented his clients in State and Federal Courts, in jury and non-jury trials and in appeals and mediation. Mr. Howard views his transition to K&L "as an opportunity to strategically deploy K&L's national network of trust, estate and tax planning attorneys in tandem with his team of Probate Litigation specialists who have an established presence in the State and Federal Courts." Mr. Howard received his J.D. from the University of Richmond Law School and his B.A. from Bowdoin College. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court United States Supreme Court: see Supreme Court, United States. , the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. , the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
pro hac vice (proh hock vee-chay) prep. in the New Hampshire Superior Court The New Hampshire Superior Court is the statewide court of general jurisdiction which provides jury trials in civil and criminal cases. There are 11 locations of the Superior Court, one for each county and two in Hillsborough County. , the New Hampshire Probate Court New Hampshire Probate Court in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, is the court which has jurisdiction over trusts, wills, and estates, adoptions, termination of parental rights, name changes, guardianship of incapacitated persons, guardianship of minors, partition of property and and the Connecticut Probate Court. Mr Howard has been a Court appointed Guardian, Guardian ad Litem A guardian appointed by the court to represent the interests of Infants, the unborn, or incompetent persons in legal actions. Guardians are adults who are legally responsible for protecting the well-being and interests of their ward, who is usually a minor. , and Discovery Master. Mr. Howard was a faculty member for the 2001 Trusts & Estates Planning Program of the American Law Institute of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law and has also been a panel member for the Probate Litigation Program for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. . Ms. Ryan focuses her practice on probate litigation matters, including will contests, trust modifications, fiduciary litigation and domestic relations litigation. Ms. Ryan received her J.D. from Boston College Law School and her B.A. from Boston College. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York. Ms. Lind concentrates her practice in probate litigation matters, including will contests, fiduciary litigation, guardian ad litem investigations, and domestic relations litigation. Ms. Lind received her J.D. from Boston College Law School and her A.B. from Harvard College. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. Mark E. Haddad, K&L Boston's administrative partner notes, "We are delighted to have George and Steve as partners, and Kim and Kathy as associates, in K&L's Boston office. Their experience in estate planning and probate law matters will enhance K&L's already substantial trusts and estates and fiduciary services practice group in Boston, and will further position the firm to provide the necessary services to our local and national client base in the increasingly important area of wealth preservation and transfer." Kirkpatrick & Lockhart is a national law firm with more than 650 lawyers in Boston, Dallas, Harrisburg, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington. K&L serves a dynamic and growing clientele in regional, national and international markets, currently representing over half of the Fortune 500. |
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