Peter M. Macy

Email: peter@macylaw.com

Practice Areas:
Estate Planning and Administration, Probate, Wills, Trusts, Appellate Practice, Elder Law, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Non-Profit Organizations, Probate Litigation

Phone: 617-742-9310 Ext 330
Direct Line: 617-880-6330
Fax: 617-742-5734
Website:http://www.macylaw.com

Position: Member

Description of Practice:
Mr. Macy's law practice specializes in estate planning, asset protection and trust administration for disabled and elderly persons. Particular practice areas include Medicaid law, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, drafting and administration of special needs trusts, and court-appointed fiduciary services. Mr. Macy consults regularly with other Massachusetts counsel on trust drafting and administration matters, asset protection and probate court procedures related to estate management for incapacitated persons.

Professional History:
Mr. Macy joined Weston Patrick as a member in 2003 after nine years of solo practice in Newton and Brookline, Massachusetts. In 2004 he co-founded the Family Trust of Massachusetts, Inc., a charitable organization that presently manages over $14M in Special Needs Trust accounts for more than 200 elderly and disabled individuals. Mr. Macy continues to serve as Executive Director of the Family Trust. Prior to his law career, Mr. Macy trained and worked in counseling psychology in Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline, Massachusetts.

Publications:

Co-Author, Special Needs Trust Administration Manual: A
Guide for Trustees, (iUniverse, 2003 and 2005).

Medicaid Planning After OBRA-93: Placing the Home in a
Revocable Trust, 79 Mass. Law Review 2 (March, 1994).

Education:
Boston College Law School, JD, 1991
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M., 1983
Harvard Divinity School, M.T.S., 1982
University of Puget Sound, B.A., 1978

Admitted:
Massachusetts, 1991
Washington State, 1993

Memberships:
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
National Bar Association
Boston Bar Association