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Benjamin Smith
also known as Ben Smith
About Benjamin
Biography
My practice is like a wheel, and the hub of the wheel is the trusts and estates practice. The spokes of the wheel are the practice areas that frequently intersect with that core practice – estate planning and estate taxation; probate and estate administration law; elder, health care and disability planning; real estate law; civil litigation; guardianship and mental health law; charitable gift planning; and, succession issues for family businesses.
Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, and several federal courts and agencies
FIVE RULES FOR EVERY ATTORNEY ENGAGEMENT
1. Your lawyer must be a good listener.
2. The lawyer is the adviser, but the client is the decider. The purpose and goal of the legal engagement must be clear to both lawyer and client.
3. Lawyer and client must discuss and agree on fees. Clients should never be surprised by a legal bill.
4. Lawyers must respond to client calls or emails promptly.
5. Lawyers should always try to help their clients find the right professionals when a matter outside the scope of the lawyer's practice arises. When a client calls me with a criminal or a divorce matter (which I do not do) or a matter in a state where I am not licensed, I do not send them away. I try to make a quality referral, and get them into capable hands.
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Licensed in Massachusetts for 36 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Licensed in Florida for 36 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Location
Benjamin Smith & Associates, Legal Counsel PC
75 North St Ste 320, Pittsfield, MA, 01201-5150
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Posted by Annette | November 15, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning
Estate Planning Review
Estate planning is a difficult topic, as an Accountant, I knew what my Mom should have to protect her assets but getting my Mom to agree was a totally different thing. Ben took the time to listen to what I thought my Mom needed and to my Mom and was able to come up with an estate plan where all of m...
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Robert Sacco
Litigation lawyer
Experience
Work Experience
2000 - Present
Attorney, Benjamin Smith & Associates, Legal Counsel PC (formerly Simons, Smith & Gerrard)
1994 - 2000
Attorney, Cain Hibbard Myers & Cook, PC
1990 - 1994
Attorney, Morgan, Brown & Joy
1988 - 1989
Law Clerk, United State District Court, Southern District of Florida
Associations
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Massachusetts Bar Association
Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts
Education
1988
University of Miami School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.G.S.
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers