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MSI Global Alliance's Boston law firm Ruberto, Israel & Weiner is pleased to announce that Lisa Weinstein Burns has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Trusts & Estates Group.
Lisa Weinstein Burns
Burns’ practice is concentrated in the areas of tax planning, multi-generational wealth transfers, business-succession planning, and estate planning and administration. Burns counsels her clients in a variety of estate-planning matters, including revocable trusts, irrevocable insurance and generation-skipping trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable trusts, wills, and durable powers of attorney, among others. Burns also assists executors and fiduciaries with the administration of estates and trusts.
“We are delighted that Lisa is joining us,” said Christopher Litterio, the managing shareholder of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner. “Our clients will benefit immediately from her considerable experience across the spectrum of estate, business-succession, and tax planning.”
“I am excited to bring my practice to Ruberto, Israel & Weiner,” said Burns. “I was attracted to the firm’s entrepreneurial culture, broad client base and service oriented approach.”
Burns has earned widespread recognition for her client service. She was one of Boston’s “Top Ten Lawyers” in the April 2008 edition of Boston Women’s Business Journal, and she was cited as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in the area of Estates. Burns is also a prolific author on various estate-planning and tax topics.
Before joining Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, Burns was a director at Rackemann Sawyer & Brewster. She earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina; her J.D., cum laude, from the Washington College of Law at American University, where she was the note and comment editor for the American University Law Review; and her LL.M. in taxation, with distinction, from the Georgetown University School of Law. She is active in several professional organizations, including the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Estate Planning Council, and the Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum.
About Ruberto, Israel & Weiner
Ruberto, Israel & Weiner is a 25-lawyer business law firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1973, the firm serves a wide range of industries, including technology; manufacturing; securities law; banking; wholesale distribution; retail, food and hospitality; construction; and professional services; and it has clients based throughout New England, the U.S. and internationally. Primary practice areas include: Banking, Lending and Finance; Corporate & Business; Commercial Real Estate; Trusts & Estates; Technology; Intellectual Property; Mergers & Acquisitions; Employment; and Litigation. For more information, visit the firm at www.riw.com.
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