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Michael Broderick

Michael handles estate planning and probate matters for individuals and families across Massachusetts, from simple Wills to planning for more complex concerns including estate tax minimization and planning for beneficiaries with special needs. His clients span in life experience from families putting together a first plan to those making arrangements for imminent transfers to the next generation. Michael’s planning practice is informed by his active representation of trusts and estates in various courts throughout Massachusetts, including his representation of personal representatives, trustees, heirs, beneficiaries and estate creditors in matters from simple estate administrations to will or trust contests, accounting issues, fiduciary litigation, and creditor disputes.

He brings this depth of practical experience – a concrete understanding to how estate plans (or a lack thereof) affect the lives of families and individuals – to every estate plan he prepares for his clients. His active real estate practice further informs his approach to planning for his client’s real property assets, again utilizing his practical experience to ensure the avoidance of title issues that can sometimes accompany well-intentioned estate planning transfers.

Michael also handles real estate conveyancing and litigation matters. He represents numerous lending institutions throughout eastern Massachusetts and works closely with Boston’s top title insurance underwriters as a licensed title agent.

Michael previously spent time working for a small land use law firm in New York City, and for a boutique litigation firm here in Boston. During law school, Michael served as a member of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and worked for Justices of the Massachusetts Land Court and New Jersey Superior Court. 

Contact Information

(617) 737-9100
michael@fegreuslaw.com

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Education

Northeastern University, B.S. magna cum laude, 2010

Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2013 (concentration in real estate)

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Massachusetts

New York

United States District Court, Massachusetts

Affiliations

Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) – Pro Bono Attorney
Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Jewish Family & Children’s Service – Pro Bono Attorney
Greater Boston Legal Services – Pro Bono Attorney
BUILD Boston – Volunteer Business Coach
BNI Plus Boston

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(617) 737-9100
michael@fegreuslaw.com

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

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Fegreus & Broderick, LLP

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
t: (617) 737-9100 | f: (617) 737-9123
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An estate plan is only as strong as the foresight An estate plan is only as strong as the foresight behind it.

Attorneys with litigation experience are often better equipped to identify potential issues, spot red flags, and anticipate disputes before they arise. Without that perspective, important details can be overlooked.

Fegreus & Broderick, LLP combines planning and litigation insight to help ensure estate plans are thorough, resilient, and prepared for the unexpected.
Jointly held property, including financial account Jointly held property, including financial accounts, are classic non-probate assets which transfer to a surviving joint tenant by law and therefore avoid probate. Except when they don’t. 

As the Appeals Court confirmed in a recent decision, accounts held jointly “for convenience only” are, in fact, part of the probate estate and not a transfer to the surviving joint owner. “For convenience only” would be, for instance, where an elderly account holder authorizes a child to be a joint owner for the purpose of aiding in paying monthly bills, etc. 

However, the burden of proof is upon the P.R. of the deceased account owner’s estate to show that the joint ownership was intended for convenience only, thereby bringing the account into the probate estate.
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