Practice:
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Experience:
Ms. Crowley concentrates her practice in all aspects of probate and family court litigation: complaints, petitions, appeals, will contests, representation of trustees, executors and beneficiaries, guardianships, conservatorships and all areas of family law including but not limited to divorce, paternity, child custody and modification matters. Ms. Crowley also has experience in drafting and negotiating prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Prior to joining Burns and Levinson in March of 2006, Ms. Crowley served as a judicial law clerk for the Massachusetts Trial Courts in the Probate and Family Court Department.
Memberships:
- Boston Bar Association
- Boston Estate Planning Council
- Boston Inn of Court
- Harvard Club
- Women's Bar Association
Additional Information:
- Ms. Crowley is actively involved with Horizons for Homeless Children, as a member of the Women's Breakfast Committee and the Young Professionals Group.
- Ms. Crowley regularly volunteers with the Discovering Justice program, teaching local youths about the legal system.
- While attending law school, Ms. Crowley was a law clerk at the law firm White, Inker & Aronson, P.C. from 2003 to 2005.
- Ms. Crowley was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board, Phi Delta Phi, staff member and note author of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy.
- While at Holy Cross, Ms. Crowley served as an intern to the Superior Court judges at the Worcester Superior Courthouse.
Education:
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School, May 2005
- B.A., College of the Holy Cross, May 2002
Awards:
- Ms. Crowley was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Rising Stars ® (2012, 2011 and 2010). Super Lawyers and Rising Stars employ an annual jurisdictional selection process. Only five percent of lawyers in the state were selected to the Super Lawyers list and 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The listing appears annually in the November issue of Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers.
- Ms. Crowley won the 3rd Year Day/4th Year Evening Trial Competition in 2004.
- Ms. Crowley was a recipient of the Christopher Hayes Memorial Scholarship.
- Ms. Crowley was a recipient of the Harold B. Goodwin, Jr. “Best Trial Advocate Award.”
Quotes:
Recent Articles and Publications:
The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2012
Co-editor: Peter F. Zupcofska, et al. Other Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Ronald Barriere, Brian Bixby, Elizabeth Crowley, Lisa Cukier, Robin Lynch Nardone, Robert O'Regan, Susan Stenger, Nancy Van Tine and Peter Zupcofska.
Speaking Engagements:
Newton Community Education Seminar, 3.13.2013
Location: Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Divorce and Custody
Newton Community Education Seminar, 6.27.2012
Location: Newton South High School, Newton, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Protective strategies in divorce and custody matters
Newton Adult Education Seminars, 3.22.2012
Location: Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Divorce and Family Law