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Tamara Kolz Griffin

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Wellesley, MA

Estate Planning

60 Walnut Street, Wellesley, MA 02481

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About Tamara Kolz Griffin

Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Education

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002
LL.M.
- Major: Taxation
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993
J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
Northeastern University, 1990
B.S.
- Honors: summa cum laude

Classes and Seminars

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), panelist, “Privacy in the Afterlife: What Happens to Your Digital Accounts When You Die,” Global Privacy Summit 2016, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2016
Harvard Law School Legal Service Center, speaker, “Estate Planning for Veterans and Their Family Members,” 3rd annual People’s Law School, March 28, 2015
Harvard Law School Legal Service Center, speaker, “Estate Planning for Veterans and Their Family Members,” 2nd annual People’s Law School, March 29, 2014
ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section’s Legal Education Committee, speaker, “Estate Planning and Property Considerations for Same-Sex Couples,” Professors’ Corner Program, Teleconference Webcast, September 11, 2013
National LGBT Bar Association, speaker, “Basic Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples,” Lavender Law Conference, San Francisco, California, August 23, 2013
National LGBT Bar Association, speaker, “Advanced Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples,” Lavender Law Conference, San Francisco, California, August 23, 2013
American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, speaker, “In the Wake of Windsor and Perry: Estate Planning for Same Sex and Unmarried Couples,” Webcast, July 17, 2013
American Association of Attorney CPAs, speaker, “Non-Traditional Relationships and Estate Planning, 2013 Annual Meeting and Education Conference, July 3, 2013
Harvard Law School Legal Service Center, speaker, “Veterans: Using the Probate Court – Guardianship, Conservatorship, Estate Administration,” 1st annual People’s Law School, April 13, 2013
Harvard Law School Legal Service Center, speaker, “Estate Planning for Veterans: Wills, Advance Medical Directives, Powers of Attorney, Trusts,” 1st annual People’s Law School, April 13, 2013
Young Black Women’s Society, speaker, “Estate Planning,” ACCESS 2013 Workshop, January 9, 2013
Teacher, Estate Planning at Harvard Law School
Director of and Clinical Instructor at the Estate Planning Project of Harvard Law School’s Legal Services Center

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Past Positions

Holland & Knight, Private Wealth Services Partner

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Published Works

“Chapter 52: Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples and Individuals” (previously “Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples”), Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts (MCLE, 3rd edition 2012, 4th edition 2017, 5th edition 2020)
“Estate, Tax and Benefits Planning for Unmarried Couples¸” ALI ABA, 2009 (co –authored with Joan M. Burda, Patricia A. Cain and Wendy S. Goffe)
“Stocks and Marriage Bonds,” San Francisco Daily Journal, June 2008
“Tax Issues Affecting Same-Sex Couples,” GP/Solo Newsletter of ABA, Fall 2006
“The Dissolution of Same Sex Relationships: Tax and Other Ramifications”, The Practical Lawyer, ALI-ABA, June 2006
“When Same Sex Relationships End: Tax and Other Issues Facing Same Sex Couples,” The Matrimonial Strategist, Law Journal Newsletters, ALM, Spring 2006
“An Analysis of Law Regarding Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships: A White Paper,” American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Working Group on Same-Sex Marriages and Non-Marital Unions, June 2004 and updated 2005
“University Retains Gift Despite Inability to Comply With Original Restriction on Gift,” Holland and Knight Education Newsletter, October 2004
“Disclaimers: The Beauty of those three little words: No Thank You,” Holland and Knight Private Wealth Services Newsletter, October 2004