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Edward Fegreus

Ed Fegreus has represented clients for more than 40 years in a wide range of legal matters relating to estate planning, probate of estates, real estate, litigation and small business transactions. Ed has extensive trial experience in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts, having successfully tried a large number of cases to both bench and juries, and has recovered multi-million dollar judgments for his clients. Over his decades of practice, Ed has been involved in the drafting of well over 1,000 estate plans and represented hundreds of Personal Representatives and Trustees in all manner of estate matters, from Will contests and accounting disputes to partitions and creditor claims. Ed also serves as counsel to Trustees of condominium associations. 

In addition to studying law, Ed earned a Master’s Degree in City Planning from Harvard University and has considerable experience in regulatory practice before municipal and state agencies and boards. For 12 years, Ed served as a member of the Massachusetts Citizens Advisory Committee to the MBTA’s Old Colony Railroad Rehabilitation Project, Greenbush Line Corridor.

Following graduation from law school, Ed clerked for Justice John M. Greaney in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and worked in the General Counsel’s Office of the U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission before opening his firm in downtown Boston. Ed also served as a Pretrial Case Conferencer for the Boston Municipal Court for approximately 15 years.

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(617) 737-9100
ed.fegreus@fegreuslaw.com

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

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Massachusetts

United States District Court, Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Selected Cases:

Sullivan v. Boston Gas, 414 Mass. 129, 605 N.E.2d 805 (1993)

Nowak v. Tak How Investments, Ltd., 94 F.3d 708, 712 (1st Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1155, 117 S. Ct. 1333 (1997)

Howell v. Larson (In re: Larson), 513 F.3d 325 (1st Cir. 2008)

Nickerson v. Lee, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 106, 674 NE 2d 1111 (1997)

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(617) 737-9100
ed.fegreus@fegreuslaw.com

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

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Fegreus & Broderick, LLP

21 Custom House Street, Suite 480
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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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