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If you are about to retire, are a senior or have a special needs child, Attorney Baker has the experience to help you plan your estate.

Attorney Michael T. Baker

Trust in His Experience - Estate Planning, Business Planning, Elder Law, Trusts

Attorney Michael Baker concentrates his practice on estate planning, business planning, elder law services, and wills, trusts and probate. His extensive experience as a financial advisor and as a lawyer with a Boston-based estate planning firm, allows him to offer clients an integrated approach to financial planning, estate planning, business planning and asset protection. His background includes advising closely held large and small businesses and individuals.

Trust in His Legal Focus - Long-Term Care, Asset Protection, Trusts

As an estate attorney, Michael regularly works with retirees, helping them develop sound estate plans that address tax liabilities, long-term care issues and asset protection. He creates various financial and legal strategies for clients to pass wealth onto heirs, to provide asset protection, to settle their estate according to their wishes, and to reduce their tax burden. He readily collaborates with the client’s accountant, investment advisor and insurance professional. In addition, he helps high net worth individuals with sophisticated estate planning and wealth transfer techniques, including revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, family limited partnerships (FLPs) and limited liability companies (LLCs).

Rely on His Unique Background in Legal and Financial Planning Issues

Prior to becoming an estate attorney, Michael was an independent financial planning advisor, providing integrated financial, estate and investment planning strategies to individual and business clients. During this time, he regularly advised businesses on their benefit plans, how to retain key employees and on crafting business succession plans, including employer-sponsored retirement and insurance plans, which were tailored to meet the needs and the financial goals of the companies.

Trust in His Commitment to Clients – Resulting in Customized Estate Plans

For business owners and high net worth individuals, Michael develops customized investment and risk protection strategies to facilitate a client’s accumulation, preservation and transfer of wealth. He keeps up-to-date on all of the changing regulations and laws on estates, trusts, finances, taxes and nursing home regulations.

Other Experience

Attorney Baker also served as a lobbyist for the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and was a legislative aide in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut for three years.

Education:

A graduate of Syracuse University with a B.A. in Political Science, Policy Studies and Economics, Attorney Baker received his law degree from the Suffolk University Law School. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2005.

His Associations:

Attorney Baker is a member of:

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• Boston Estate Planning Council
• Steering Committee of the Boston Bar, Trusts and Estates Section, 2005-08
• Co-Chairman of the Boston Bar Trusts & Estates Pro Bono Committee, 2005-08
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Massachusetts Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Metro West Chamber of Commerce
• Resources for Seniors
• Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce
• Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce

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Personal and Civic Service:

Michael lives with his wife, Ann-marie, and their three sons, Nicholas, William and Daniel, in Cohasset.  While a resident of Holliston, Massachusetts he was elected to the Planning Board of Holliston on a write-in ballot in 2008.

Michael T. Baker, Attorney
Law Offices of Michael T. Baker
Hingham, Holliston and Plymouth, Massachusetts