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Tamara E Kolz
also known as Tamara E Kolz Griffin
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Licensed in Massachusetts for 32 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1993
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Location
Law Office of Tamara E. Kolz Griffin
102 Lakeshore Drive, Wayland, MA, 01778
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Karen Stuntz
Family lawyer
Experience
Honors
2024
Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2023
Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2014
Best Lawyers in New England for Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers
2014
Best Lawyers Business Edition for Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers
2007
Rising Star, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2006
Rising Star, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
Work Experience
2009 - Present
Principal, Law Office of Tamara E. Kolz Griffin
2010 - 2017
Clinical Instructor, Director of Estate Planning Clinic, Harvard Law School's WilmerHale Legal Services Center
2001 - 2009
Partner, Holland & Knight
1993 - 2001
Associate, Holland & Knight
1992 - 1993
Summer Associate, Wilmerhale
Associations
2012 - Present
American College of Trust and Estate CounselFellow
2012 - Present
LGBT Family Law InstituteMember
2004 - Present
National LGBT Bar AssociationMember
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Member
American Bar Association, Taxation Section
Member
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Probate Law Section
Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Taxation Law Section
Member
Boston Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section
Member
Boston Bar Association, Tax Section
Member
Education
2002
Boston University
LL.M - Master of Laws
1993
Harvard University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1990
Northeastern University
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2016
Global Privacy Summit 2016
Privacy in the Afterlife: What Happens to Your Digital Accounts When You Die?
2015
3rd Annual People's Law School
Estate Planning for Veterans and Their Family Members
2014
People's Law School
Estate Planning for Veterans and Their Family Members
2013
Professors Corner
Implications of Same Sex Marriage for Real Estate and Trust/Estates Practitioners
2013
2013
2013
National Webinar
In the Wake of Windsor and Perry: Estate Planning for Same Sex and Unmarried Couples
2013
Lavender Law Conference
Advanced Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2013
Lavender Law Conference
Basic Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2013
Access 2013
Estate Planning
2013
2013 Annual Meeting and Education Conference
Estate Planning for NonTraditional Families and Same-Sex Couples
2012
Outlaw CLE event
Estate Planning for LGBT, unmarried couples
2012
National Teleconference
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2012
Lavender Law Conference
Basic Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2011
Lavender Law Conference's LGBT Family Law Institute
Estate Planning and Drafting for the Demise of DOMA
2011
Lavender Law Conference
Advanced Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples
2011
Lavender Law Conference
Basic Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2010
National LGBT Bar Association
Tax Issues Through the LGBT Prism: How Already Complex Tax Laws Become Even More Complicated for Same-Sex Couples
2010
Massachusetts Bar Association
Same-Sex Marriage: New Protections and New Planning Challenges
2010
Lavender Law Conference
Advanced Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2010
Boston Bar Association CLE
Drafting and Litigating: Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
2010
11th Annual Estate Planning Conference
Same-Sex Marriage and Relationship Recognition in New England: New Protections and New Challenges
2009
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Crossover Issues in Estate Planning and Divorce
2009
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Estate Planning for Subsequent Marriages and Same-Sex Marriages
2009
Massachusetts Bar Association
Planning for Same Sex Couples
2009
Estate Planning Council of Cleveland
Planning for Unmarried Couples and Non-Traditional Families
2009
Boston Estate Planning Council
Estate Planning and Family Litigation Avoidance: Strategies for Gay/Lesbian Couples
2008
Lavender Law Conference
Advanced Trust, Estate and Probate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2008
Holland & Knight Estate Planning Institute for Private Wealth Services Attorneys
'Til Death Do Us Part - Maybe: Considering Potential Marriage Difficulties or Divorce in Drafting and Administering Trusts
2008
American Law Institute
Advanced Estate and Tax Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2008
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
Non-Traditional Gifts and Distributions
2008
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Families
2008
9th Annual Estate Planning Conference
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2007
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples and Subsequent Marriages
2007
Lavender Law Conference
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2007
Estate Planning Conference
Same-Sex Estate Planning
2007
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples and Non-Traditional Families
2006
Speaker Series
Estate Planning and Tax Considerations for Same-Sex Couples,
2006
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Update on Prenuptial Agreements
2006
Lavender Law Conference
Unraveling Same Sex Relationships: Tax and Other Ramifications
2006
Lavender Law Conference
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2006
Holland & Knight Estate Planning Institute for Private Wealth Services Attorneys
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
2005
Lavender Law Conference
When the Love Ends in Our Families: Property Agreements and Litigation
2005
Holland & Knight Estate Planning Institute for Private Wealth Services Attorneys
Marital and Non-Marital Agreements for Same-Sex Couples
2005
Boston Bar Association
Animals and the Law: More Issues Than You Realize
2005
ABA Annual Conference
Unraveling Same-Sex Relationships
2004
Lavender Law Conference
Negotiating Agreements for Economically Unequal Couples: Prenuptial and Cohabitation Agreements for Same-Sex Couples
2004
ABA national teleconference
Legal Issues For Gay Couples
2004
ABA Annual Conference
Marriage Redefined: Separate, Equal or Somewhere in Between
2002
Boston Bar Association
Prenuptial Agreements
Publications
2025
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for LBTQ+ Couples and Individuals, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, 7th edition
2023
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. ("MCLE")
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples and Individuals, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, 6th edition
2020
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. ("MCLE")
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples and Individuals, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, 5th edition
2017
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. ("MCLE")
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, 4th edition
2015
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. ("MCLE")
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, 3rd edition, 1st supplement
2012
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Chapter 52: Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples, Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts
2009
2008
San Francisco Daily Journal
Stocks and Marraige Bonds
2007
Prenuptial Agreements
Prenuptial Agreements
2006
The Practical Lawyer
The Dissolution of Same Sex Relationships: Tax and Other Ramifications
2006
ABA GPSolo publication
Tax Issues Affecting Same Sex Couples
2006
The Matrimonial Strategist (LJN)
When Same Sex Relationships End: Tax and Other Issues Facing Same Sex Couples
2005
2004
Education, Newsletter
University Retains Gift Despite Inability To Comply With Original Restriction On Gift
2004
Private Wealth Services, Newsletter
The Beauty of Those Three Little Words: “No, Thank You”
2004
Languages
English